Alfred Mental Health and Addictions, Alfred Health Victoria, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
Institute of Health and Wellbeing, Federation University, Ballarat, Victoria, Australia.
Int J Ment Health Nurs. 2024 Dec;33(6):2113-2120. doi: 10.1111/inm.13370. Epub 2024 Jun 14.
The overall aim of this study is to explore the views of mental health nurses (MHNs) about the sexual safety of consumers receiving care in acute inpatient units. In Australia, people accessing mental health inpatient units have reported feeling unsafe while receiving care including experiences of sexual harassment and abuse from other patients. There has been no study to date that has explored the views of the MHNs providing care. An explorative descriptive qualitative study. Data were collected through semi-structured interviews involving n = 8 MHNs working on a metropolitan acute inpatient unit recruited using purposive convenience sampling. Data were analysed using thematic analysis. The findings of this study highlighted the themes of 'It's everyone's job to keep the patient safe', 'Going over expectations', 'Impact on patients' and 'Built environment'. Participants in this study believed that the sexual safety of patients in the inpatient unit is everyone's responsibility and that it was important during the admission process to ensure patients are aware of how to both seek help if needed and ensure that their actions or behaviours do not pose sexual safety concerns in others. Ensuring sexual safety in the mental health inpatient units is a complex issue that requires evidence-based multipronged interventions involving all key stakeholders within the units.
本研究的总体目标是探讨精神科护士（MHN）对在急性住院病房接受护理的消费者的性安全的看法。在澳大利亚，有报道称，在精神科住院病房接受护理的人感到不安全，包括遭受其他病人的性骚扰和虐待的经历。迄今为止，还没有研究探讨提供护理的 MHN 的观点。这是一项探索性描述性的定性研究。数据通过半结构化访谈收集，涉及在大都市急性住院病房工作的 n = 8 名 MHN，他们使用目的便利抽样招募。使用主题分析进行数据分析。这项研究的结果强调了“保护患者安全是每个人的职责”、“超越期望”、“对患者的影响”和“建筑环境”的主题。参与这项研究的人认为，住院病房患者的性安全是每个人的责任，在入院过程中确保患者意识到在需要时如何寻求帮助以及确保他们的行为或行为不会对他人造成性安全问题非常重要。确保精神科住院病房的性安全是一个复杂的问题，需要多方面的循证干预措施，涉及病房内的所有主要利益相关者。
