Moen Øyfrid Larsen, Jacobsen Inger Christine Roth
Faculty of Medicine and Health, Institute of Health Sciences, Gjøvik, Norway.
Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Norway.
SAGE Open Nurs. 2022 Sep 6;8:23779608221124411. doi: 10.1177/23779608221124411. eCollection 2022 Jan-Dec.
An increased number of adolescents experience mental health problems. School nurses have described spending more than 50% of their time working with mental health in students. The lack of knowledge and necessary training to meet students' mental health needs has been described previously. School nurses have a responsibility to find and guide those who need help with mental health problems.
The aim of this study was, therefore, to explore school nurses' experiences with mental health and how they in this work identify, talk, and intervene with adolescents having mental health problems.
A qualitative study was conducted with 21 school nurses using focus group interviews which were analyzed by means of content analysis.
Three descriptive categories emerged: Health-promoting or preventive approaches, Enabling students to talk about feelings, and Collaborating partners.
School nurses highlight their mandate to work with health promotion and prevention but also draw attention to their difficulties in identifying those who need help. School nurses use their creativity, intuition, and knowledge but have difficulty identifying those students who need help with mental health problems. They also highlight collaboration with other professionals both in schools and in the health system.
越来越多的青少年出现心理健康问题。学校护士表示，他们超过50%的工作时间都用于处理学生的心理健康问题。此前曾提到，在满足学生心理健康需求方面缺乏相关知识和必要培训。学校护士有责任发现并引导那些有心理健康问题需要帮助的人。
因此，本研究的目的是探讨学校护士在心理健康方面的经历，以及他们在这项工作中如何识别、与有心理健康问题的青少年交谈并进行干预。
对21名学校护士进行了一项定性研究，采用焦点小组访谈，并通过内容分析法进行分析。
出现了三个描述性类别：促进健康或预防方法、促使学生谈论感受以及合作伙伴。
学校护士强调他们在促进健康和预防方面的职责，但也提请注意他们在识别需要帮助的学生方面存在的困难。学校护士运用他们的创造力、直觉和知识，但在识别那些有心理健康问题需要帮助的学生方面存在困难。他们还强调与学校和卫生系统中的其他专业人员合作。
