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S C Marriott1, E K Grov2, M T Gonzalez1
1Faculty of Health and Social Sciences, Institute of Nursing and Health Sciences, University of South-East Norway, Drammen, Norway.
Issues in Mental Health Nursing
|December 16, 2021
Summary
Novice nurses often struggle with consistent mental health assessments. This study identified key mental health signs, categorized into ten areas, to develop a foundational assessment tool for nursing education and practice.
Area of Science:
- Nursing
- Mental Health
- Healthcare Education
Background:
- Inconsistent mental health assessment practices among novice nurses pose risks to patient safety.
- There is a critical need for standardized tools to support novice nurses in mental health evaluations.
Purpose of the Study:
- To identify essential mental health signs for developing an assessment tool.
- To create a tool suitable for student and novice nurses' educational and clinical use.
Main Methods:
- Document analysis of selected literature.
- Content analysis of extracted data to categorize mental health issues and signs.
Main Results:
- Four primary categories of mental health issues were identified: risk, symptom, psychological, and self-care.
- Ten sub-categories of mental health signs were defined, including risk, psychotic, mood, substance use, somatic, perception, communication, cognitive, anxiety, and self-care concerns.
Conclusions:
- The identified mental health signs are relevant for novice nurses' training.
- These signs can form the basis of a clinical assessment tool to enhance mental health assessment competence in nursing education.
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