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Transition to psychiatric/mental health nursing programs: Expectations and practical considerations
Michelle Cleary1, Jan Horsfall, Brenda Happell
1Research Unit, Concord Centre for Mental Health, Sydney South West Area Mental Health Service, Concord, NSW 2139, Australia. michelle.cleary@email.cs.nsw.gov.au
International Journal of Mental Health Nursing
|July 15, 2009
Summary
Mental health nursing transition programs aim to attract diverse staff but lack published evaluations. Their effectiveness and stakeholder expectations require further study for better program design.
Area of Science:
- Nursing
- Mental Health
- Healthcare Workforce Development
Background:
- Mental health services face staffing challenges, utilizing transition programs to recruit nurses.
- Undergraduate nursing curricula often lack sufficient psychiatric/mental health content, necessitating specialized training.
- Existing literature on transition programs is limited, with few evaluations of their effectiveness.
Purpose of the Study:
- To examine existing transition programs for psychiatric/mental health nurses.
- To assess how these programs meet the expectations of service consumers and participants.
- To identify gaps in the evaluation of transition program effectiveness.
Main Methods:
- Literature review of transition programs in mental health nursing.
- Analysis of program design and delivery in relation to stakeholder expectations.
- Examination of the paucity of published effectiveness evaluations.
Main Results:
- Transition programs are crucial for workforce development in mental health nursing.
- There is a significant lack of published systematic evaluations of these programs.
- Stakeholder perspectives (consumers, participants) are underrepresented in current evaluations.
Conclusions:
- Published evaluations of mental health nursing transition programs are scarce, especially from stakeholder viewpoints.
- The effectiveness of current transition programs remains largely unevaluated.
- Future program design and delivery should incorporate stakeholder expectations and rigorous evaluation methods.
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