Bachelor of nursing student' attitude towards people with mental illness and career choices in psychiatric nursing. An Indian perspective
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1 avril 2015
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Poreddi Vijayalakshmi et al., « Bachelor of nursing student' attitude towards people with mental illness and career choices in psychiatric nursing. An Indian perspective », Investigación y Educación en Enfermería, ID : 10670/1.5rf8y9
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Objective. To examine undergraduate nursing student' attitudes toward people with mental illness and mental health nursing. Methodology. This was a cross sectional descriptive study carried out among conveniently selected nursing students (N=116). Data was collected through self- reported questionnaires. Results: Majority of the participants agreed that the theoretical (81.1%) and cpnical placement (85.4%) was adequate. Similarly, 62.9% would pke to apply for a post-basic program in Psychiatric nursing and 69.8% of the students intend to pursue their career as mental health nurses. However, a majority expressed that people with mental illness are unpredictable (80.2%), cannot handle too much responsibipty (71.5%), more pkely to commit offences or crimes (84.5%) and more pkely to be violent (44%). Negative stereotype domain had significant relationships with future career (r=-0.2, p= 0.003), course effectiveness (r=-0.4, p