Objectives: Numerous studies revealed that improved nursing skills are associated with the experience of the nurses, social skills, self-education, autonomy, anxiety. In the present study, we have examined whether nursing skills are related to occupational stress. Methods: An institution based cross sectional study was conducted from June 20 to December 25, 2020. A total of one hundred and forty-four psychiatric nurses completed a questionnaire assessing the aforementioned variables. Descriptive statistics and independent t-test were used to determine the characteristics of the participants and examine the difference among different variables.Results: During the one-month data collection period, 144 psychiatric nurses were included in the analysis. Mean age of the participants were 39.3 ± 9.4. The majority (127 (88.2%)) of them were female. Of 144 respondents, 83 (57.6%) had a bachelor's degree and 6 (6%) had a higher degree certification. Comparison by courses, those who studied psychiatry more than 3 months reported greater knowledge of psychiatric services. Certification was also associated with greater perceived value. Education level was not associated with greater knowledge of or perceived value in evidence -based practices. Conclusion: Nursing specialty certification was associated with nurses' individual psychosocial beliefs. Supporting nurses in obtaining specialty certification could assist with the adoption of evidence-based practices as a means to improve quality of care.

Objectives: The satisfaction scale is an imperious and commonly used indicator for measuring the quality of healthcare. We have aimed in the present study to determine the satisfaction level of the associated factors on psychiatric patient caretakers in Mongolia. Methods: The cross-sectional study was conducted from March 5 to June 12, 2020, and a total of 264 psychiatric patient caretakers visiting outpatient psychiatric care in Mental Hospital during the study period completed a satisfaction questionnaire. Independent t-test and descriptive statistics were used to determine the participants' characteristics and examine the satisfaction variables. Results: During the one-month data collection period, 264 participants were included in the analysis. The mean age of the participants was 42 ± 3.3. The majority (157,59.5%) were females and visited the hospital more than once (216,81.8%).The participants were mostly dissatisfied with health professional communications, particularly regarding nurse communication. On the other hand, caretakers were satisfied with the nurses' clinical skills and the hospital's cleanliness, infection prevention measures and hygiene. Conclusions: We conclude that health professionals' communication is essential to improve caretakers' satisfaction and further research is needed to investigate why satisfaction difference exists among different types of mental illnesses.