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Perceptions from the front line: Professional identity in mental health nursing.
- Source :
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International Journal of Mental Health Nursing . Feb2014, Vol. 23 Issue 1, p24-32. 9p. - Publication Year :
- 2014
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Abstract
- In the context of a growing population of people experiencing mental illness worldwide, mental health nurses are a crucial workforce. Their recruitment and retention, however, is in decline. Drawing on qualitative data obtained from interviews with mental health nurses ( MHN) in Victoria, Australia, the paper employs a range of concepts from role theory to explore professional identity within mental health nursing. The data highlight three key issues in relation to the future recruitment and retention of MHN: (i) the ambiguity of the MHN role; (ii) the weak definition and lack of understanding of the scope of the MHN role by nursing students; and (iii) a lack of communication about MHN as a profession to a wider audience. These findings indicate three avenues through which recruitment and retention in mental health nursing could be improved: (i) public communication; (ii) training and educating of the next generation of MHN; and (iii) more accurately defining the role of the MHN. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- *ATTITUDE (Psychology)
*COMMUNICATION
*EMPLOYEE recruitment
*GROUP identity
*INTERVIEWING
*RESEARCH methodology
*NURSES
*NURSES' attitudes
*PSYCHOLOGY of nurses
*NURSING practice
*OCCUPATIONAL prestige
*PSYCHIATRIC nursing
*RESEARCH
*EMPLOYEE retention
*QUALITATIVE research
*OCCUPATIONAL roles
*PEER relations
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 14458330
- Volume :
- 23
- Issue :
- 1
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- International Journal of Mental Health Nursing
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 104135151
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1111/inm.12001