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Journal of Korean Academy of psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing 2017;26(1):55-66.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.12934/jkpmhn.2017.26.1.55    Published online April 27, 2017.
Care Burden for Mental Illness Patients, Attitude toward Mental Illness and Psychiatric Nursing Competency in Non-psychiatric Nurses.
Mi Young Jang, Sung Hee Shin
College of Nursing Science, Kyung Hee University, Seoul, Korea. sunghshin@khu.ac.kr
Abstract
PURPOSE
The purposes of this study were to identify the level of care burden for patients with mental illness, attitudes toward mental illness and psychiatric nursing competency in non-psychiatric nurses and to identify correlations among these variables. METHODS: Data were collected from 153 non-psychiatric nurses who worked at a hospital located in Seoul, Korea. Care burden for mental illness patients, attitudes toward mental illness, and psychiatric nursing competency were measured using structured questionnaires. The collected data were analyzed using frequency, percentage, independent t-test, one-way ANOVA, Scheffé test and Pearson's correlation coefficients with the SPSS/WIN 21.0 program. RESULTS: Non-psychiatric nurses' care burden for mental illness patients showed negative correlations with attitude toward mental illness (r=-.50, p<.001) and intervention competency (r=-.31, p<.001). CONCLUSION: The findings of this study suggest that effective nursing care for patients with mental illness in non-psychiatric departments requires enhancing nurses' competency in psychiatric nursing and developing positive attitudes toward mental illness.
Key Words: Mental disorders; Nurse; Burden; Attitude; Competency


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