Effect Of Psychiatric Clinical Posting On Attitudes Among Student Nurses in University Malaysia Sabah

Segaran R. and Olga Wilfred (2018) Effect Of Psychiatric Clinical Posting On Attitudes Among Student Nurses in University Malaysia Sabah. Borneo Journal of Medical Sciences, 1. p. 47.

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Abstract

Students taking up nursing course, bring with them stereotypes and prejudice towards mentally-ill clients. Nurses harbouring such stigmatising attitude can have a profound effect on their subsequent therapeutic relationship and quality of care rendered for the mentally -ill client. Typically, students who harbour stigmatising views, develop positive mind-set after psychiatric posting. Objective: The purpose of this study was to examine whether attitudes towards psychiatric clients improved after psychiatric clinical posting intervention Method: This is a quasi-experimental study, designed to compare change in attitude among a cohort of nurses before and after psychiatry clinical posting. The study involved a convenient sample of all fifty one 5th - semester UMS nursing students undergoing psychiatric postings in Hospital Mesra Bukit Padang Sabah. A validated instrument, the Mental Health Nursing Questionnaire (Happel B, 2008,)was used for pre-post posting assessment. Data collection was done at 2 intervals (To and T1), at day 1 and on the last day (day 15,) of student`s posting. Paired t -test was used to analyse the difference in the attitudes between day 1 and day 15. Results: The nursing students had high scores on negative and positive attitude factors on day 1. On day 15, among 5 negative attitude factors, there was a significant positive change in the stereotypism factor. Conclusion: Nursing student`s placement in psychiatry setting reduces stigmatising attitudes, and as such, psychiatric posting need to remain as a essential practicum requisite incorporated into all levels of nurse training curricula.

Item Type: Article
Keyword: nursing students,attitudes, psychiatric posting
Subjects: R Medicine > RT Nursing
Department: FACULTY > Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences
Depositing User: SITI AZIZAH BINTI IDRIS -
Date Deposited: 30 Sep 2019 08:23
Last Modified: 30 Sep 2019 08:23
URI: https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/23653

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