Journal article
Promoting recovery-oriented mental health nursing practice through consumer participation in mental health nursing education
Journal of mental health (Abingdon, England), Vol.28(6), pp.633-639
02/11/2019
PMID: 28290715
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Abstract
Background: Developing recovery-oriented services, and ensuring genuine consumer participation in all aspects of services are central components of contemporary Australian mental health policy. However, attitudes of mental health professionals present a significant barrier. Given the positive impact of education on health professionals' attitudes, particularly when consumers are involved, further exploration of consumer involvement in education is required.
Aims: To enhance understanding of the role consumers can play within mental health nursing education.
Method: A qualitative exploratory project was undertaken involving individual interviews with mental health nurse academics and consumer educators.
Results: Two main themes emerged from nurse participants: Recovery in action, consumer educators were able to demonstrate and describe their own recovery journey; and not representative, some participants believed consumer educators did not necessary reflect views and opinions of consumers more broadly. Two main themes for consumers were: the truth about recovery, consumer educators demonstrated recovery as an achievable goal; and not a real consumer, where health professionals to dismiss the consumer experience as unrepresentative and therefore not credible.
Conclusions: Consumer participation can contribute positively to nurse education, however representativeness presents a major barrier, potentially enabling nurses to dismiss experiences of consumer academics and educators as exceptional rather than typical.
Details
- Title
- Promoting recovery-oriented mental health nursing practice through consumer participation in mental health nursing education
- Creators
- Brenda Happell - University of CanberraWanda Bennetts - Independent Mental Health Authority, Melbourne, Australia, and.Jenny Tohotoa - Curtin UniversityDianne Wynaden - Curtin UniversityChris Platania-Phung - University of Canberra
- Publication Details
- Journal of mental health (Abingdon, England), Vol.28(6), pp.633-639
- Publisher
- Routledge
- Identifiers
- 991013035779002368
- Academic Unit
- Faculty of Health
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Journal article