Exploring recovery‐focused educational programmes for advancing mental health nursing: An integrative systematic literature review

Abstract

Recovery‐focused educational programmes have been implemented in mental health services in an attempt to transform care from a purely biomedical orientation to a more recovery‐oriented approach. Mental health nurses have identified the need for enhancing their abilities and confidence in translating recovery knowledge into mental health nursing practice. However, recovery‐focused educational programmes have not fully address nurses’ learning needs. Therefore, this review synthesized the evidence of the effectiveness of recovery‐focused educational programmes for mental health nurses. A systematic search of electronic databases and hand‐searched references was conducted. It identified 35 programmes and 55 educational materials within 39 studies. Synthesizing the literature revealed three themes and nine subthemes. The first theme, a framework for understanding and supporting consumers’ recovery, had four subthemes: consumers’ involvement, multidisciplinary approach, profession‐specific training, and performance indicators. The second theme, contents of educational materials, included the subthemes: knowledge development and recovery‐focused care planning. The final theme, nurses’ learning experiences, included the subthemes: understanding recovery, the positive effects of recovery‐focused educational programmes, and implementation of recovery‐oriented practices. Based on these findings, a mental health nursing recovery‐focused educational programme framework is proposed. Further research should investigate the effectiveness of the framework, especially in relation to recovery‐focused care planning and consumer and carer involvement in the development, delivery, participation, and evaluation of these educational programmes.

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“…Furthermore, other features such as trauma‐informed and culturally safe practices and policies. These features are important for supporting recovery focused practice across mental health care settings (Hawsawi et al, 2021 ). The absence of these key features creates many barriers for readers when attempting to compare and apply findings to their own inpatient unit settings.…”

Mental health recovery in a collectivist society: Saudi consumers, carers and nurses' shared perspectives

“…This might augment and enhance their perception of recovery as clinical improvement, which is a limited view that might negatively impact consumers' recovery outcomes (Byrne et al, 2015). Recovery-focused educational sessions including these findings supported by the original recoveryoriented approach might improve nurses' knowledge and attitude and change their behaviour towards supporting recovery (Anthony, 1993;Hawsawi et al, 2021).…”

“…Western mental healthcare services are increasingly adopting recovery‐oriented approaches Bird, Leamy, et al., 2014; Department of Health, 2011; Hawsawi et al., 2021; The Irish Mental Health & Recovery Education Consortium, 2020). However, challenges remain, including increasing rates of mental health conditions and questions about the effectiveness of these services (GBD 2019 Mental Disorders Collaborators, 2022; Lally et al., 2017).…”

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“…Psychological and therapeutic safety must be woven through the entire three-year nursing degree course. If undergraduate student nurses understand recovery, and realise the positive effects of recoveryfocused educational programmes, this can help support the implementation of recovery-oriented practices (Hawsawi et al, 2021). Ultimately, these learning strategies may enhance and increase student nurses' knowledge base and compassion, thus informing practice and ultimately supporting mental health service-users within mental health clinical settings.…”