Browne Graeme, Cashin Andrew, Graham Iain, Shaw Warren
School of Nursing and Midwifery, University of Newcastle, Australia.
Int J Nurs Pract. 2013 Oct;19(5):539-45. doi: 10.1111/ijn.12090. Epub 2013 May 28.
The population of mental health nurses is ageing and in the next few years we can expect many to retire. This paper makes an argument for the employment of undergraduate nursing students as Assistants in Nursing (AINs) in mental health settings as a strategy to encourage them to consider a career in mental health nursing. Skill mix in nursing has been debated since at least the 1980s. It appears that the use of AINs in general nursing is established and will continue. The research suggests that with the right skill mix, nursing outcomes and safety are not compromised. It seems inevitable that assistants in nursing will increasingly be part of the mental health nursing workforce; it is timely for mental health nurses to lead these changes so nursing care and the future mental health nursing workforce stay in control of nursing.
心理健康护士群体正在老龄化，在未来几年我们预计会有许多人退休。本文主张在心理健康机构雇佣本科护理专业学生作为护理助理（AINs），以此作为鼓励他们考虑从事心理健康护理职业的一种策略。至少从20世纪80年代起，护理工作中的技能组合就一直存在争议。在普通护理中使用护理助理似乎已得到确立并将持续下去。研究表明，有了合适的技能组合，护理结果和安全性不会受到影响。护理助理似乎不可避免地将越来越多地成为心理健康护理队伍的一部分；心理健康护士引领这些变革恰逢其时，这样护理工作以及未来的心理健康护理队伍才能掌控护理工作。
