Figen Şengün İnan1, Neslihan Günüşen2, Zekiye Çetinkaya Duman2, Melike Yönder Ertem3. 1. Dokuz Eylül University, Nursing Faculty, Department of Psychiatric Nursing, İzmir, Turkey. Electronic address: figen.sengun@deu.edu.tr. 2. Dokuz Eylül University, Nursing Faculty, Department of Psychiatric Nursing, İzmir, Turkey. 3. İzmir Katip Çelebi University, Faculty of Health Sciences, Department of Psychiatric Nursing, İzmir, Turkey.
Abstract
BACKGROUND: It is important to support nursing students during their education in developing positive attitudes toward people with mental illness. OBJECTIVES: To examine the impact of mental health nursing module, clinical practice, and anti-stigma program on the attitudes of nursing students toward mental illness. DESIGN: The study was a single group pretest and posttest quasi-experimental design. SETTINGS: This study was conducted in a nursing school in the west of Turkey. PARTICIPANTS: The sample of the study consisted of 64 undergraduate nursing students. METHODS: The data were collected through the Beliefs Toward Mental Illness Scale and Social Distance Scale. RESULTS: The mean scores of the dangerousness subscale significantly decreased after mental health nursing module, clinical practice and anti-stigma program. The results revealed significant positive differences in the mean scores of the social distance scale after the theory, clinical practice, and anti-stigma program were completed. CONCLUSIONS: The mental health nursing curriculum should be focused on replacing stereotypes with accurate information. Anti-stigma programs should be included in standard mental health nursing courses.
BACKGROUND: It is important to support nursing students during their education in developing positive attitudes toward people with mental illness. OBJECTIVES: To examine the impact of mental health nursing module, clinical practice, and anti-stigma program on the attitudes of nursing students toward mental illness. DESIGN: The study was a single group pretest and posttest quasi-experimental design. SETTINGS: This study was conducted in a nursing school in the west of Turkey. PARTICIPANTS: The sample of the study consisted of 64 undergraduate nursing students. METHODS: The data were collected through the Beliefs Toward Mental Illness Scale and Social Distance Scale. RESULTS: The mean scores of the dangerousness subscale significantly decreased after mental health nursing module, clinical practice and anti-stigma program. The results revealed significant positive differences in the mean scores of the social distance scale after the theory, clinical practice, and anti-stigma program were completed. CONCLUSIONS: The mental health nursing curriculum should be focused on replacing stereotypes with accurate information. Anti-stigma programs should be included in standard mental health nursing courses.
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