Battling Associative Stigma in Psychiatric Nursing

Waddell, Candice; Graham, Jan Marie; Pachkowski, Katherine; Friesen, Heather

doi:10.1080/01612840.2019.1710009

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“…This finding echoed that of Crawford et al (2008), where interviewed MHNs reported an identity of public servant, were subservient and subordinate to medicine, and lacked recognition. Some 12 years later, Waddell et al (2020) in their survey and focus group study also found the value MHN work was not recognized. Similarly, Crowther and Theresa Ragusa's (2011) study of MHNs in rural Australia found low regard towards MHNs compared to other disciplines with a consequent challenge in recruiting new people.…”

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Utilizing the mental health nursing workforce: A scoping review of mental health nursing clinical roles and identities

Hurley

Lakeman

Linsley

et al. 2022

Int J Mental Health Nurs

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Despite rising international needs for mental health practitioners, the mental health nursing workforce is underutilized. This is in part due to limited understandings of their roles, identities, and capabilities. This paper aimed to collate and synthesize published research on the clinical roles of mental health nurses in order to systematically clarify their professional identity and potential. We searched for eligible studies, published between 2001 and 2021, in five electronic databases. Abstracts of retrieved studies were independently screened against exclusion and inclusion criteria (primarily that studies reported on the outcomes associated with mental health nursing roles). Decisions of whether to include studies were through researcher consensus guided by the criteria. The search yielded 324 records, of which 47 were included. Retained papers primarily focused on three themes related to mental health nursing clinical roles and capabilities. Technical roles included those associated with psychotherapy, consumer safety, and diagnosis. Non‐technical roles and capabilities were also described. These included emotional intelligence, advanced communication, and reduction of power differentials. Thirdly, the retained papers reported the generative contexts that influenced clinical roles. These included prolonged proximity with consumers with tensions between therapeutic and custodial roles. The results of this scoping review suggest the mental health nurses (MHNs) have a wide scope of technical skills which they employ in clinical practice. These roles are informed by a distinctive cluster of non‐technical capabilities to promote the well‐being of service users. They are an adaptable and underutilized component of the mental health workforce in a context of escalating unmet needs for expert mental health care.

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Section: Generative Contexts Of Roles and Identitymentioning

confidence: 99%

Utilizing the mental health nursing workforce: A scoping review of mental health nursing clinical roles and identities

Hurley

Lakeman

Linsley

et al. 2022

Int J Mental Health Nurs

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“…For example, the study revealed that factors such as job devaluation (e.g., minimizing the training required for mental health professionals) contributes to feelings of frustration and burnout among these healthcare professionals [ 3 ]. Other studies have also revealed that psychiatric nurses were deemed as less skilled and valued or even viewed as not “real” nurses [ 19 – 21 ]. These stereotypes associated with mental health professionals not only devalues the role these individuals play in treatment and recovery but also underplay the needs of PMI in the healthcare system.…”

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The perspectives of healthcare professionals in mental health settings on stigma and recovery - A qualitative inquiry

Gunasekaran

Tan

Shahwan

et al. 2022

BMC Health Serv Res

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Background Mental health stigma is one of the most prominent barriers to recovery, and it is widely known that stigma may manifest differentially in different cultures. Healthcare professionals working closely with persons with mental illnesses (PMI) may provide important insights towards stigma that are otherwise unattainable from caregivers and consumers. However, there is a dearth of literature on healthcare professionals’ perspectives on this topic. Thus, this study uses a multilevel approach to explore how stigma affects recovery from the perspectives of healthcare professionals that work closely with PMI in Singapore. Methods Semi-structured interviews were conducted with a total of 17 healthcare professionals who were working in mental health settings in Singapore. Participants were recruited via direct email invitation or through snowball sampling. Data collected was analysed with the inductive thematic analysis method. All coding and inter-rater analyses were performed with NVivo. Results The current study themes identified stigma-related factors that influence PMI’s recovery from the perspectives of healthcare professionals working closely with PMI. These factors were organised into three overarching themes in a multilevel structure. The three themes were classified as Micro Factors (e.g., internalised stigma), Meso Factors (e.g., discrimination of people associated with the stigmatised group), and Macro Factors (e.g., structural stigma and stigma within healthcare settings). Conclusions The findings of this study gave us a greater understanding of how stigma influences recovery in Singapore, which could be used to guide the development and implementation of future policies and strategies to promote recovery. Importantly, our results suggest that improving mental health literacy, addressing cultural misgivings towards mental illness, implementing recovery-oriented practices, and making insurance more accessible for PMI could mitigate the deleterious impact that stigma has on recovery.

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“…The unique characteristics were that psychiatric nurses use specialized knowledge in mental health, mental illness, and addictions as the central theme that influences the use of the therapeutic relationship, holistic approach, recovery, stigma reduction, and advocacy for system change. These unique characteristics could be used as the foundation for the promotion of the profession and the education of other health professionals [37].…”

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Nurses’ experiences of the causes of their lack of interest in working in psychiatric wards: a qualitative study

2021

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Background The shortage of psychiatric nurses is a major healthcare challenge. Lack of interest (LOI) contributes to the shortage of psychiatric nurses. Nonetheless, there are limited studies in this area. The present study was conducted to explore nurses’ experiences of the causes of their LOI in working in psychiatric wards. Methods This qualitative study was conducted in 2016–2019 using the content analysis approach. Participants were 27 nurses purposively recruited with maximum variation from the psychiatric wards of three referral hospitals in Iran. Data were collected via unstructured interviews and were concurrently analyzed using the conventional content analysis approach recommended by Graneheim and Lundman. Results The causes of participants’ LOI in working in psychiatric wards were grouped into three main categories, namely inadequate professional skills for psychiatric care practice, negative public attitude towards psychiatric nurses, and concerns over patients. Conclusion This study suggests that the causes of nurses’ LOI in working in psychiatric wards are not only personal, but also social and organizational. Findings help managers and authorities develop strategies to increase psychiatric nurses’ interest in working in psychiatric wards through improving their work conditions and professional knowledge and skills.

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Battling Associative Stigma in Psychiatric Nursing

Cited by 15 publications

References 34 publications

Utilizing the mental health nursing workforce: A scoping review of mental health nursing clinical roles and identities

Utilizing the mental health nursing workforce: A scoping review of mental health nursing clinical roles and identities

The perspectives of healthcare professionals in mental health settings on stigma and recovery - A qualitative inquiry

Nurses’ experiences of the causes of their lack of interest in working in psychiatric wards: a qualitative study

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