Assistants in nursing working with mental health consumers in the emergency department

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dc.contributor.author Gerace, Adam
dc.contributor.author Muir-Cochrane, Eimear Caitlin
dc.contributor.author O'Kane, Deb
dc.contributor.author Couzner, Leah
dc.contributor.author Palmer, Christine
dc.contributor.author Thornton, Karleen
dc.date.accessioned 2018-12-18T02:25:36Z
dc.date.available 2018-12-18T02:25:36Z
dc.date.issued 2018-03-15
dc.description This article may be used for non-commercial purposes in accordance with Wiley Terms and Conditions for self-archiving. This author accepted manuscript is made available following 12 month embargo from date of publication (May 2018) in accordance with the publisher’s archiving policy en_US
dc.description.abstract Nursing students, regardless of setting, require skills in working with people with mental health issues. One way to provide students with learning opportunities within the context of limited undergraduate mental health content and lack of mental health placements is through employment as assistants in nursing (AIN). The purpose of the study was to investigate the use of AINs employed in an emergency department in South Australia to supervise (continuous observation) mental health consumers on inpatient treatment orders. Twenty-four participants took part in the study, with AINs (n = 8, all studying in an undergraduate nursing programme), nurse managers (n = 5), and nurses (n = 11) participating in semi-structured interviews. Data were analysed using thematic analysis. Themes focused on (i) the AIN role, their practice, boundaries or restrictions of their role, and the image consumers have of AINs; (ii) learning through experience, where the AIN role was a practical opportunity to learn and apply knowledge obtained through university studies; and (iii) support, which focused on how AINs worked with nursing staff as part of the healthcare team. Overall, participants believed that AINs played an important role in the ED in supervising consumers on involuntary mental health treatment orders, where their unique role was seen to facilitate more positive consumer experiences. The AIN role is one way for nursing students to develop skills in working with people with mental health issues. en_US
dc.identifier.citation Gerace, A., Muir-Cochrane, E., O’Kane, D., Couzner, L., Palmer, C., & Thornton, K. (2018). Assistants in nursing working with mental health consumers in the emergency department. International Journal of Mental Health Nursing, 27(6), 1729–1741. https://doi.org/10.1111/inm.12477 en_US
dc.identifier.doi https://doi.org/10.1111/inm.12477 en_US
dc.identifier.issn 14477-0349
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/2328/38706
dc.language.iso en en_US
dc.oaire.license.condition.license In Copyright
dc.publisher Wiley en_US
dc.rights Copyright (2018) John Wiley & Sons, Inc. en_US
dc.rights.holder John Wiley & Sons, Inc. en_US
dc.subject assistants in nursing en_US
dc.subject clinical experience en_US
dc.subject emergency department en_US
dc.subject mental health consumers en_US
dc.subject nursing workforce en_US
dc.title Assistants in nursing working with mental health consumers in the emergency department en_US
dc.type Article en_US
local.contributor.authorOrcidLookup Gerace, Adam: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8272-8799 en_US
local.contributor.authorOrcidLookup Muir-Cochrane, Eimear Caitlin: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5036-4908 en_US
local.contributor.authorOrcidLookup O'Kane, Deb: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3005-8169 en_US
local.contributor.authorOrcidLookup Couzner, Leah: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5911-5900 en_US
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