School of Nursing, Faculty of Health, Social Care and Education, Kingston University, Kingston upon Thames, England.
Nurs Child Young People. 2022 May 5;34(3):26-32. doi: 10.7748/ncyp.2021.e1383. Epub 2021 Oct 19.
Over the past 20 years, the number of children and young people with mental health issues has increased. During their clinical placements, children's nursing students often encounter such service users, as well as mothers with mental health issues such as postnatal depression. Many of these students have reported feeling inadequately prepared to meet the needs of these service users.
To evaluate a service user-led workshop to improve the knowledge and confidence of children's nursing students in caring for children and young people with mental health issues.
One university in the south of England ran an interactive workshop as part of a final-year module for BSc and MSc children's nursing students. The workshop was facilitated by service users who had experienced mental health issues. Questionnaires were administered before and after the workshop to collect data from students who attended, then quantitative and qualitative analyses of the data were conducted.
This study found that children's nursing students gained knowledge and confidence in caring for children and young people with mental health issues after attending the workshop. Four themes were identified from the pre-questionnaire data: fear and anxiety; boundaries; mixed experiences; and learning on the job. The themes of boundaries and learning on the job were identified again in the post-questionnaire data, as well as the additional themes of 'being with, rather than doing' and 'further knowledge'.
Service user involvement is an essential aspect of nurse education due to its positive and motivating effects on students. Future research could explore the optimal type of service user input required at different stages of nurse education, to ensure that it enhances the development of students' knowledge and confidence.
在过去的 20 年中，患有心理健康问题的儿童和年轻人的数量有所增加。在临床实习期间，儿童护理专业的学生经常会遇到这些服务使用者，以及患有产后抑郁症等心理健康问题的母亲。许多学生报告说，他们感到自己没有充分准备好满足这些服务使用者的需求。
评估以服务使用者为导向的研讨会，以提高儿童护理专业学生照顾有心理健康问题的儿童和年轻人的知识和信心。
英国南部的一所大学为 BSc 和 MSc 儿童护理专业的学生开设了一门互动式研讨会，作为最后一年课程的一部分。该研讨会由有心理健康问题经历的服务使用者主持。参加研讨会的学生在会前和会后都填写了问卷，然后对数据进行了定量和定性分析。
这项研究发现，参加研讨会后，儿童护理专业的学生在照顾有心理健康问题的儿童和年轻人方面获得了知识和信心。从会前问卷数据中确定了四个主题：恐惧和焦虑；界限；混合体验；在职学习。在会后问卷数据中，又确定了界限和在职学习这两个主题，以及“陪伴而非做事”和“进一步了解”这两个额外的主题。
由于对学生产生积极和激励的影响，服务使用者的参与是护理教育的一个重要方面。未来的研究可以探索在护理教育的不同阶段所需的最佳类型的服务使用者投入，以确保它增强学生知识和信心的发展。
