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JOURNAL OF PSYCHIATRIC AND MENTAL HEALTH NURSING
Volume 18, Issue 7, Pages 622-628Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2850.2011.01711.x
Keywords
belonging; emotions; mental health nursing; narrative study; nursing students; reflection
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This narrative study describes the substance of nursing students' learning in the area of mental health and their responses to the challenges of working in the psychiatric field. The data consisted of 39 critical incidents written by 20 Finnish second-year nursing students during their 5-week mental health placement. The narrative analysis method was used in the data analysis and the configuration of three consistent learning storylines: self-awareness and self-esteem, the nurse-patient relationship and mental health care methods. The three storylines characterized the essence of the students' learning and their responses to the challenges of the psychiatric field during the placement. The students were actively exposed to complicated care situations and patient encounters in which they had to face their own emotions and test coping skills. It seems that the critical incident technique stimulated students' narrative skills and possibly sensitized them for listening at the stories of their future patients.
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