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Nurse faculty perceptions regarding psychiatric-mental health nursing behaviour interventions
A cross-cultural comparison
Clinton E Lambert
Associate Clinical Professor, College of Nursing, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
Little Rock, Arkansas, United States of America
Vicki A Lambert
Professor; Associate Dean, Graduate Education
College of Nursing, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, Arkansas, United States of America
Patricia M Davidson
Professor of Cardiovascular and Chronic Care, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Curtin University of Technology, Sydney Campus, NSW
Robert Anders
Associate Dean; Professor; Director of School of Nursing, University of Texas at El Paso, United States of America
Louise O'Brien
School of Nursing Family and Community Health and Western Sydney Area Health Service, Cumberland Hospital, Parramatta NSW
Jintana Yunibhand
Dean, Faculty of Nursing, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand
Thomas KS Wong
Chair Professor; Head, School of Nursing, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong
Sook Lee
Professor, Department of Nursing, Dankook University, Seoul, South Korea
Sunah Kim
Associate Professor, School of Nursing, Yonsei University, Seoul, South Korea
Masashi Kawano
Director, School of Nursing, Mie Prefectural University, Tsu, Japan
Abstract
Mental disorders are internationally responsible for significant disease burden and disability. However, limited cross-culturally comparisons, related to psychiatric-mental health nurses and the care they deliver, have been conducted. Therefore, the purpose of this article is to present information obtained from nurse faculty from Australia, Hong Kong, Japan, South Korea, Thailand and the USA (State of Hawaii) about: a) titles and educational preparation of the psychiatric-mental health nurses; b) the role and perception of others about the psychiatric-mental health nurses; c) nursing behavioral interventions, including medications; d) length of stay of hospitalized psychiatric patients; e) leading mental health problems; and, f) the profile of the population with a mental illness. The findings reflect diversity in the role and educational preparation of psychiatric-mental health nurses, as well as how psychiatric-mental health patients are treated.
Keywords
nurse faculty perceptions, psychiatric-mental health nursing, nursing behavioral interventions, cross-cultural
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