Perception, satisfaction and resistance reported by nursing professionals working in psychiatry
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https://doi.org/10.5433/1679-0367.2019v40n1p63Keywords:
Nursing care, Psychiatric department hospital, Job satisfaction, Psychiatric nursing.Abstract
Objective: to identify nursing professionals’ perception, satisfaction and resistance to work in psychiatry.Methods: this is a exploratory study with 16 nursing professionals of psychiatric hospitalization unit of the State of São Paulo. Interviews with guiding questions about the beginning of their career and how they feel nowadays working in this area. Content thematic analysis.
Results: of the 16 professionals, 68.8% women, mean age 35.7 years old. 87.5% of the professionals have resisted to work in psychiatry. The resistance reasons were lack of preparation (100%), preconception (43.7%), scare of developing mental disorders (30%). Nowadays 50% are scared of aggressive patients, but they do not like to work in other area. They are satisfied with their work because they feel important to the patients’ recovery.
Conclusion: many nursing professionals began working in psychiatry due the lack of opportunities for their first job. Preconception regarding psychiatry, insufficient teaching of psychiatric nursing and the fear of developing mental disorders predispose these professionals to consider the psychiatric nursing career negatively.
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Harrison CA, Hauck Y, Hoffman R. Choosing and remaining in mental health nursing: perceptions of Western Australian nurses. Int J Ment Health Nurs, 23(6):561-69. doi: 10.1111/inm.12094
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Happell, B. Let the buyer beware! Less of the professional identity in mental health nursing. Int J Ment Health Nurs. 2014; 23(2):99-100. doi: 10.1111/inm.12001.
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Flaskerud JH. Stigma and Psychiatric/Mental Health Nursing. Issues Ment Health Nurs. 2018; 39(2):188-91. doi: 10.1080/01612840.2017.1307887.
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Oliveira RM de, Siqueira Júnior AC, Furegato ARF. Perception, satisfaction and resistance reported by nursing professionals working in psychiatry. Semin. Cienc. Biol. Saude [Internet]. 2019 Sep. 5 [cited 2024 May 17];40(1):63-74. Available from: https://ojs.uel.br/revistas/uel/index.php/seminabio/article/view/34216
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