Interdisciplinary Capstone Course: Synthesising Theory and Practice through an Innovative Mental Health Clinical Placement

Moxham, Lorna; Johnston, Ellie; Patterson, Christopher F; Brighton, Renee M; Pegg, Shane; Perlman, Dana J

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“…The duration of clinical placement has been shown to influence students' satisfaction with the placement experience (Levett-Jones et al 2008). In addition, clinical placements within mental health nursing that emphasize a recovery-oriented approach have been shown to shift students' thinking away from a medical model of care towards recovery-oriented practice (Moxham et al 2015). It could also be argued that the key factor determining students' satisfaction with a clinical placement experience is the clinical facilitator (Courtney-Pratt et al 2012).…”

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Does clinical placement in a community alcohol and other drugs rehabilitation centre influence students’ career intention?

Salamonson

Ramjan

Villarosa

et al. 2017

Int J Mental Health Nurs

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Due to an ageing workforce, there is a growing need for greater numbers of nurses to work in areas, such as mental health and alcohol and other drugs (AOD) rehabilitation. These practitioners need to approach their work as 'recovery-oriented practitioners'. Positive experiences and preceptorship during clinical placement in AOD rehabilitation settings might influence students' later career choices and address some of the workforce shortage issues. The aim of the present concurrent, mixed-methods study was to explore students' perceptions of their clinical placement experience in a community-based AOD rehabilitation setting, and to examine attitude, career intention, and satisfaction with the placement. Fifty-eight students completed pre-post-test surveys, with closed and open-ended questions, which included standardized measures. A small sample of survey respondents also agreed to participate in a semistructured interview. The quantitative results revealed two predictors for higher intention to pursue a career in AOD: (i) a high satisfaction with their clinical placement (β = 0.29, P = 0.008); and (ii) a high baseline attitude to recovery-oriented practice (β = 0.28, P = 0.013). The qualitative findings identified five factors influencing placement experience: (i) educational factors; (ii) students' background factors; (iii) placement factors; (iv) client factors; and (v) staff factors. A model that synthesizes the quantitative and qualitative findings was also developed. In conclusion, clinical placement in a community-based AOD rehabilitation centre improved students' intention to work in that setting.

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Does clinical placement in a community alcohol and other drugs rehabilitation centre influence students’ career intention?

Salamonson

Ramjan

Villarosa

et al. 2017

Int J Mental Health Nurs

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“…Moxham [20] asserts that consumers with a mental illness are already living with entrenched disadvantage and this disadvantage will have an effect on the widening gap for mental health consumers and concomitantly the effect on the community at large will be devastating.…”

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“…Recovery Camp offers students a safe, inclusive and supportive environment, where they can engage with people who have a mental illness to promote recovery focused care, whilst reducing the stigma and discrimination related to living with a mental illness [20,[38][39][40]. Most important to the future of mental health nursing, is that RC exposes pre-registration nursing students to the practice standards set out by the National Standards for Mental Health Services and collaborates with the theoretical component, currently being taught at UOW, to bridge the theory practice gap in mental health nursing [11].…”

Section: A Specialist Mental Health Clinical Placement Recovery Campmentioning

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“…To date, very little research has been done using SDT to understand the motivation of pre-registration nursing students. Recovery Camp offers pre-registration nursing students an opportunity to combine the theory component of the baccalaureate nursing program with the practical component in a safe and supportive environment [20,38,40,58]. From a conceptually-aligned perspective, students are given opportunities and encouraged to participate with the consumer's in activities that increase the student's autonomy, competence and relatedness, while increasing their emotional control in a clinical experience that at times in an acute care clinical setting can be difficult to achieve.…”

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“…Recovery Camp (RC) was founded in 2012 by a team at the University of Wollongong (UOW) to address the need for quality mental health clinical placements and to improve mental health nursing knowledge and skills through an immersive, experiential learning experience [20,38]. Recovery Camp offers students a safe, inclusive and supportive environment, where they can engage with people who have a mental illness to promote recovery focused care, whilst reducing the stigma and discrimination related to living with a mental illness [20,[38][39][40].…”

Section: A Specialist Mental Health Clinical Placement Recovery Campmentioning

confidence: 99%

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A Self-Determination Theory perspective on the motivation of pre-registration nursing students

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Moxham³

2016

Proceedings of the 4th Virtual Multidisciplinary Conference

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Research of current and past literature has identified an increasing shortage of mental health nurses, currently employed, within the Australian healthcare system. Strikingly more alarming is the rising number of mental health consumers; both with a lived experience and those with a current mental illness. This diversity between mental health nurses and mental health consumers only serves to increase the stigma and discrimination whilst further defining the barrier consumers experience when accessing health care services. This paper investigates how an innovative clinical placement, based on personal recovery and grounded in tenets of SelfDetermination Theory of human behaviour, can influence the self-determined response of pre-registration nursing students towards working in the specialty area of mental health. University of Wollongong AustraliaAbstract-Research of current and past literature has identified an increasing shortage of mental health nurses, currently employed, within the Australian healthcare system. Strikingly more alarming is the rising number of mental health consumers; both with a lived experience and those with a current mental illness. This diversity between mental health nurses and mental health consumers only serves to increase the stigma and discrimination whilst further defining the barrier consumers experience when accessing health care services. This paper investigates how an innovative clinical placement, based on personal recovery and grounded in tenets of Self-Determination Theory of human behaviour, can influence the self-determined response of pre-registration nursing students towards working in the specialty area of mental health.

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Interdisciplinary Capstone Course: Synthesising Theory and Practice through an Innovative Mental Health Clinical Placement

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Does clinical placement in a community alcohol and other drugs rehabilitation centre influence students’ career intention?

Does clinical placement in a community alcohol and other drugs rehabilitation centre influence students’ career intention?

A Self-Determination Theory perspective on the motivation of pre-registration nursing students

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