Mental health nurses should integrate physical healthcare practices into their routine care. In addition, mental health nurses' knowledge and skills about physical health care should be improved.
The aim of this qualitative study was to explore the factors that affect the choices of nursing students who chose a psychiatric nursing internship. The sample group of the study consisted of 13 students who listed psychiatric nursing as their first choice and 11 students who listed psychiatric nursing as their last choice. Four themes were determined: personal reasons, stigmatization, experiences related to psychiatric nursing, and perception of care. Providing activities in nursing education to reduce stigmatization and increasing the time allocated for psychiatric nursing theory and practice are recommended.
Purpose
This study aims to determine the predictive role of nursing students' individual characteristics and psychological resilience in psychological distress.
Design and Methods
This study is a descriptive cross‐sectional study. The study sample included 652 nursing students. Binary logistic regression analysis was used for analysis.
Findings
It has been determined that 65.3% of nursing students have psychological distress. Having a chronic disease, being a woman, poor academic success, choosing the profession so as not to be unemployed, being single and low psychological resilience are factors that affect psychological distress.
Practice Implications
It is recommended to screen nursing students for psychological distress to increase interventions that improve the psychological resilience of risky students.
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