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The future for mental health nursing.

M Ward1, J Jones, S Gorton

  • 1Mental Health Programme, RCN Institute, Oxford.

Nursing Times
|August 24, 1999
PubMed
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Mental health nurses face physical assault risks. While resourcing and skill mix issues are perceived, nurses do not directly link them to threatening behavior in their practice.

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Area of Science:

  • Nursing
  • Mental Health Care
  • Healthcare Management

Background:

  • The Royal College of Nursing (RCN) European Mental Health Nursing Conference in Belfast (February 1998) convened 200 mental health nurses.
  • Conference delegates were surveyed on critical aspects of their profession.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To report findings from a delegate questionnaire on mental health nursing.
  • To assess perceptions regarding resourcing, personal safety, skill mix, and commissioning in mental health services.

Main Methods:

  • A questionnaire survey was administered to delegates at the RCN European Mental Health Nursing Conference.
  • Data collected focused on issues pertinent to mental health nursing practice and service provision.

Main Results:

  • Mental health nurses perceive a continued threat of physical assault in their work environment.
  • Nurses surveyed did not strongly associate human resourcing or skill mix with threatening behaviors in their practice.
  • A significant perception exists that service purchasers lack understanding of user and provider needs.

Conclusions:

  • Mental health nurses experience ongoing risks of physical assault.
  • The relationship between staffing, skill composition, and workplace aggression is not perceived as a direct link by practitioners.
  • There is a perceived disconnect between healthcare commissioners and the realities faced by mental health service users and providers.

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