Authenticity, Creativity and a Love of the Job: Experiences of Grassroots Leaders of Mental Health Nursing in Queensland

McAllister, Margaret; Happell, Brenda; Bradshaw, Julie

doi:10.3109/01612840.2013.766821

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“…Such engagement is both the hallmark to good nursing practice (McAllister et al . ; McAndrew et al . ) and a key to the recovery‐oriented approach preferred by consumers (Holt & Tickle ; de Jager et al .…”

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Working with consumers who hear voices: The experience of early career nurses in mental health services in Australia

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Stein‐Parbury

Orr

et al. 2018

Int J Mental Health Nurs

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Mental health consumers who hear voices frequently experience distress and express a desire to discuss their voice‐hearing experience. Nurses do not regularly demonstrate a willingness to engage in such discussions. With the introduction of educational strategies that develop empathy and an understanding of voice‐hearing experiences, it is anticipated that early career nurses will be able to translate such understanding into their professional nursing practice. To explore early career nurses’ understanding of providing care to mental health consumers who hear voices, a qualitative exploratory descriptive study was conducted in which nine early career Registered Nurses were interviewed regarding their experiences of caring for people who hear voices. Thematic analysis was employed to analyse the data and generate themes. Participants reported difficulty in developing relationships with consumers who hear voices, due to a workplace culture that was focussed on risk and lacking professional support. Nurses need specific education to develop the skills necessary to respond to consumers who hear voices and engage in dialogue that assists consumers to relate to the voices in a meaningful way. However, for this to succeed in practice, changes need to be supported by addressing the cultural barriers, such as risk‐focussed environments, that prevent nurses implementing best practice.

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confidence: 99%

Working with consumers who hear voices: The experience of early career nurses in mental health services in Australia

White

Stein‐Parbury

Orr

et al. 2018

Int J Mental Health Nurs

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“…McAllister et al . 's () MHN leaders talked about making ‘authentic connections’. Life experience, not just of mental ill health, was something that gave the MHNs credibility and insight.…”

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‘Your experiences were your tools’. How personal experience of mental health problems informs mental health nursing practice

Oates

Drey

Jones

2017

Psychiatric Ment Health Nurs

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This is the accepted version of the paper.This version of the publication may differ from the final published version. Permanent repository link AbstractIntroduction: 'Expertise by experience' is a highly valued element of service delivery in recoveryoriented mental health care, but is unacknowledged within the mental health nursing literature.Aim: To explore the extent and influence of mental health professionals' personal experience of mental ill health on clinical practice.Method: Twenty seven mental health nurses with their own personal experience of mental ill health were interviewed about how their personal experience informed their mental health nursing practice, as part of a sequential mixed methods study.Results: The influence of personal experience in nursing work was threefold: first, through overt disclosure; second, through the 'use of the self as a tool'; third, through the formation of professional nursing identity.Discussion: Mental health nurses' experience of mental illness was contextualised by other life experiences and by particular therapeutic relationships and clinical settings. In previous empirical studies nurses have cited personal experience of mental illness as a motivator and an aspect of their identity. In this study there was also an association between personal experience and enhanced nursing expertise.Implications for practice: If drawing on personal experience is commonplace, then we must address the taboo of disclosure and debate the extent to which personal and professional boundaries are negotiated during clinical encounters.

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“…Many of the studies that explore professionals with personal experience of mental illness, report that professionals use this experience to guide practice with the service user [ 28 , 38 , 39 ]. Professionals in these studies used their experience to build rapport, trust, and relationships with the service user [ 38 , 40 , 41 ], viewing themselves as more authentic [ 42 ], and credible [ 28 ]. However, these studies did not explore how these experiences lead to a deeper understanding of the needs and impact beyond the service user (i.e.…”

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Personal and professional influences on health visitors’ family focused practice for maternal mental illness: a cross sectional study

Leonard

Linden

2022

BMC Health Serv Res

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Background Family focused practice (FFP) is an approach that recognises the inter-related needs of family members and recommends a continuum of activities to support families. While it is recognised that health visitors play a key role in supporting families when mothers have mental illness, there is limited understanding of health visitor’s family focused practice (FFP) in this context and its relationships with factors, such as, workload, training, skill and knowledge, and personal and professional experience. This paper examined the effect of health visitors’ interaction with the family, and personal and professional experience on their family focused practice. Methods A cross sectional questionnaire (Family Focused Mental Health Practice Questionnaire) was distributed to 488 health visitors within community practice in Northern Ireland, with 230 choosing to take part. Independent t-tests and one-way analysis of variance were used to compare family focused practice scores. Results Results found that health visitors who had face to face contact with partners and children (t(221) = 2.61, p = .01), and those that directly supported the partner (t(221) = 2.61, p = 0.01) had a significantly higher mean score of FFP, than those that did not. However, frequency of visits (daily, weekly, monthly or yearly) had no effect on family focused practice scores. Training also had a significant effect on family focused practice scores (F(2,221) = 4.841, p = 0.029). Analysis of variance revealed that personal experience of mental illness had a significant effect on scores (M = 97.58, p = 0.009), however variables such as, age, parental status, time since registration, and being in a specialist position had no effect. Conclusions In order for family focused practice to be effective, the quality, and content of visits and contact with family should be addressed, as opposed to a focus on the quantity of visits. However, in order for this to occur health visitors need to have appropriate support in their own right, with manageable caseloads and resources.

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Authenticity, Creativity and a Love of the Job: Experiences of Grassroots Leaders of Mental Health Nursing in Queensland

Cited by 8 publications

References 33 publications

Working with consumers who hear voices: The experience of early career nurses in mental health services in Australia

Working with consumers who hear voices: The experience of early career nurses in mental health services in Australia

‘Your experiences were your tools’. How personal experience of mental health problems informs mental health nursing practice

Personal and professional influences on health visitors’ family focused practice for maternal mental illness: a cross sectional study

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