Hastings Todd, Kroposki Margaret, Williams Gail
a Nursing Department , Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania , Bloomsburg , Pennsylvania , USA.
b School of Advanced Studies , University of Phoenix , Phoenix , Arizona , USA.
Issues Ment Health Nurs. 2017 May;38(5):449-454. doi: 10.1080/01612840.2017.1278810. Epub 2017 Feb 21.
Nursing program graduates rarely choose mental health nursing as a career. A quasi-experimental study was conducted to examine attitudes of 310 nursing students towards persons with mental illness. Students completed surveys on the first and last days of their program's psychiatric mental health nursing course. The pre- and post-test survey analysis indicated that students improved their attitude, knowledge and preparedness to care for persons with mental illness. However, students maintained little interest in working as a mental health nurse. Modifications in mental health nursing courses could be made to improve students' interest in choosing a career in mental health nursing.
护理专业毕业生很少选择精神健康护理作为职业。一项准实验研究旨在调查310名护理专业学生对患有精神疾病的人的态度。学生们在其课程中的精神科心理健康护理课程的第一天和最后一天完成了调查问卷。前后测试的调查分析表明，学生们在照顾患有精神疾病的人方面，态度、知识和准备程度都有所改善。然而，学生们对从事精神健康护士工作的兴趣依然不大。可以对精神健康护理课程进行修改，以提高学生选择精神健康护理职业的兴趣。
