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Challenges in mental health nursing: current opinion
Nursing : research and reviews (Auckland, N.Z.), v 4(default), pp 1-6
01 Jan 2014
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Abstract
The current mental health care system in the US continues to struggle with providing adequate care and services to all that require it due to limited resources, biases from both other professions and the public, and the complexities of treatment of many of those individuals or populations that suffer from mental illness. Mental health nurses, also referred to as psychiatric nurses, are impacted by those same biases, limited resources, and complexities in their role. This paper provides a brief history of mental health nursing and a discussion of the current challenges faced within the profession. It will also include how the public's perception of both those who have mental illness and those who treat it is based on the sensationalism of those who are violent, and misunderstanding of current treatments. It is imperative that mental health nurses continue to define and educate other health care professionals as well as the general public of the role of the mental health nurse and those who suffer from mental illness. Unfortunately, some of the same bias that was present in the 1930s remains today, but perhaps with perseverance and education it will not continue into the future.
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- Title
- Challenges in mental health nursing: current opinion
- Creators
- Donna Sabella - Drexel UniversityTheresa Fay-Hillier - Drexel University
- Publication Details
- Nursing : research and reviews (Auckland, N.Z.), v 4(default), pp 1-6
- Publisher
- Dove Medical Press Ltd
- Number of pages
- 6
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Accelerated Career Entry Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN)
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:000218838300001
- Other Identifier
- 991019167602204721
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