Other Titles
Improving student attitudes toward mental health
Abstract
Nursing students harbor stigma toward people with mental illness which may impact their clinical experience, comfort, and care delivery with psychiatric nursing. The current study indicates the positive effect of innovative short and practical interventions through media and speaker presentations to improve student impressions of people with mental health problems.
Sigma Membership
Theta Zeta
Lead Author Affiliation
Cedar Crest College, Allentown, Pennsylvania, USA
Type
Presentation
Format Type
Text-based Document
Research Approach
N/A
Keywords:
Innovative and Brief Interventions, Nurse Educators, Undergraduate Nursing Student Attitudes
Recommended Citation
Hastings, Todd B., "Interventions to improve nursing student attitudes about people with mental illness" (2018). NERC (Nursing Education Research Conference). 160.
https://www.sigmarepository.org/nerc/2018/presentations_2018/160
Conference Name
Nursing Education Research Conference 2018
Conference Host
Sigma Theta Tau International,National League for Nursing
Conference Location
Washington, DC, USA
Conference Year
2018
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Interventions to improve nursing student attitudes about people with mental illness
Washington, DC, USA
Nursing students harbor stigma toward people with mental illness which may impact their clinical experience, comfort, and care delivery with psychiatric nursing. The current study indicates the positive effect of innovative short and practical interventions through media and speaker presentations to improve student impressions of people with mental health problems.