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Rethinking mental health nursing education in Australia: A case for direct entry
Author(s) -
Stuhlmiller Cynthia
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
international journal of mental health nursing
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.911
H-Index - 54
eISSN - 1447-0349
pISSN - 1445-8330
DOI - 10.1111/j.1440-0979.2005.00374.x
Subject(s) - mental health , workforce , nursing , economic shortage , mental health nursing , medicine , nurse education , psychology , political science , psychiatry , government (linguistics) , linguistics , philosophy , law
Desperate times call for creative solutions. The mental health workforce shortage has created an opportunity to rethink current and future education and training needs in order to prepare competent and compassionate practitioners to meet the changing demands of consumers and their carers requiring mental heath treatment and support. This article urges consideration of an undergraduate direct entry mental health programme similar to that of midwifery or the nursing foundation/mental health branch programmes of the UK.