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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.

Author Details

Todd B. Hastings, PhD, Nursing Department, Cedar Crest College, Allentown, Pennsylvania, USA

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

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.