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Briana L Snyder1, Mary Sharon Curran, Caroline Cooney
1About the Authors Briana L. Snyder, PhD, RN, PMH-BC, CNE, RYT 200, is associate professor and graduate program director, Department of Nursing, Towson University, Towson, Maryland. Mary Sharon Curran, MS, RN, PMH-BC, CNE, is clinical associate professor, Department of Nursing, Towson University. Caroline Cooney, BS, is research technician, Women's Health Sciences Division, National Center for PTSD, US Department of Veteran Affairs. For more information, contact Dr. Snyder at blsnyder@towson.edu .
Background And Purpose:
Although the prevalence of dissociative disorders (DDs) is up to 10 percent of the general population, psychiatric-mental health (PMH) registered nurses lack education on how to care for individuals diagnosed with these disorders.
Method:
Sixty-two PMH nurse educators completed an anonymous online survey about their perceptions of teaching DDs to nursing students. Braun and Clarke's six-phase framework was used to conduct an inductive, reflexive thematic analysis of the data.
Results:
Three primary themes were identified: lack of resources, differing opinions on the value of teaching DDs, and stigma.
Conclusion:
Though roughly 75 percent of participants reported that they teach DDs to their nursing students, they endorsed concerning misperceptions about the diagnoses. By failing to properly educate future PMH RNs about DDs, individuals with DDs are at risk of receiving inadequate and inappropriate nursing care and experiencing poor outcomes.
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