Demands for Mental Health Nursing Education and Works of Nurses at Private Psychiatric Hospital: A Mixed Methods Research

Hyo-Ja An; Yeongju Bae; Myeong Suk Cho

doi:10.12934/jkpmhn.2019.28.4.298

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An, Bae, and Cho: Demands for Mental Health Nursing Education and Works of Nurses at Private Psychiatric Hospital: A Mixed Methods Research

Original Article

Journal of Korean Academy of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing 2019; 28(4): 298-308.

Published online: 31 December 2019

DOI: https://doi.org/10.12934/jkpmhn.2019.28.4.298

Demands for Mental Health Nursing Education and Works of Nurses at Private Psychiatric Hospital: A Mixed Methods Research

Hyo-Ja An¹

, Yeongju Bae²

, Myeong Suk Cho³

¹Professor, Department of Nursing, Dongshin University, Naju, Korea.

²Assistant Professor, Department of Nursing, Hanyeong University, Yeosu, Korea.

³Assistant Professor, Department of Nursing, Gwangyang Health Science University, Gwangyang, Korea.

Corresponding author: Cho, Myeong Suk. Department of Nursing, Gwangyang Health Science University, 85 Daehak-ro, Gwangyang-eup, Gwangyang 57764, Korea. Tel: +82-61-760-1465, Fax: +82-61-763-9003, tmddnaudtnr@hanmail.net

Received 21 August 2019 Revised 3 October 2019 Accepted 22 November 2019

The Korean Academy of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing

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Abstract

Purpose

The purpose of this mixed-method study was to identify the demand for mental health nursing education and work of nurses at a private psychiatric hospital.

Methods

The survey of demand for mental nursing education was conducted by including 231 nurses at a private psychiatric hospital from November to December, 2017. Qualitative research by two focus groups was conducted from October to November, 2018.

Results

The mean of mental health nursing education demands according to major category were the therapeutic environment (4.27±0.76), substancerelated and addictive disorders (4.18±0.68), therapeutic relationship and communication (4.17±0.64), respect for human (4.11±0.74), and neurocognitive disorders (4.07±0.74). The qualitative research participants’ demands for mental health nursing education were classified into five categories: ‘discrimination power’, ‘communication techniques’, ‘psychiatric drugs’, ‘coping method’, and ‘legal issues’.

Conclusion

Nurses with less psychiatric careers have strong need to learn a therapeutic environment and alcoholism, and nurses with more experience in psychiatry have education of humanities. Nurses at private psychiatric hospitals have high demand for continous education of updated mental nursing to expand their extensive experience required for becoming more professional nurses in future.

Keywords: Psychiatric nursing, Work, Education, Nursing

Figures and Tables

Table 1

General Characteristics and Educational Necessary of Participants (N=231)

Table 2

Demands for Mental Health Nursing Education (N=231)

^†Relationship between major category, subcategory, and sub-sub-category.

Table 3

Educational Needs and Participation according to Subjects' Characteristics

Table 4

Mental Health Nursing Education on Major Category according to Subjects' Job

TE=therapeutic environment; SA=substance related and addictive disorders; TC=therapeutic relationship and communication; RH=respect for human; ND=neurocognitive disorders; SD=sleep disorders; UMH=understanding mental health.

Table 5

Contents Analysis of Mental Health Nursing Education in Focus Group Participants

Notes

^{CONFLICTS OF INTEREST} The authors declared no conflict of interest.

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ORCID iDs

Hyo-Ja An
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1890-4062

Yeongju Bae
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3224-0888

Myeong Suk Cho
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5425-7280

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