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Mental health nursing education in preregistration nursing curricula: A national report
Author(s) -
Moxham Lorna,
McCann Terence,
Usher Kim,
Farrell Gerry,
Crookes Patrick
Publication year - 2011
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.1447-0349.2010.00735.x
Subject(s) - curriculum , nursing , mental health , nurse education , mental health nursing , medicine , occupational health nursing , health education , medical education , psychology , public health , pedagogy , psychiatry
The Australian Mental Health Nurse Education Taskforce conducted a national examination of mental health content of preregistration nursing curricula in order to develop a framework for including mental health in future curricula. This paper presents the qualitative findings from national consultations about the framework. Content analysis of data was undertaken, and the findings show four key themes. First, the mental health content of curricula should be increased; second, overall mental health nursing leadership should be strengthened; third, mental health consumer participation should be increased in all aspects of curricula; and finally, a repository should be established for mental health teaching resources.