“…Despite research demonstrating that nursing education can positively influence attitudes toward mental health nursing (Cooper & Carver, 2012;Curtis, 2007;266 L. BYRNE ET AL. Happell, 2008aHappell, , 2008bHenderson, Happell, & Martin, 2007;Mullen & Murray, 2002;O'Brien, Buxton, & Gillies, 2008;Stevens & Dulhunty, 1997), negative attitudes toward people with mental illness and a perceived lack of skill for practice in this area remain characteristic of registered nurses (Happell & Platania-Phung, 2005b;Reed & Fitzgerald, 2005;Sharrock & Happell, 2006).…”