Undergraduate Nursing Students' Understandings of Mental Health: A Review of the Literature.

Issues Ment Health Nurs

a La Trobe University, College of Science Health and Engineering, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Melbourne , Australia.

Published: February 2017

AI Article Synopsis

  • - The literature review aimed to explore nursing students' understanding of mental health by examining national and international research on undergraduate nurse education related to mental health from 2008 to 2016.
  • - Data were gathered through a detailed search of various electronic databases, focusing on themes concerning the representation of mental health in nursing curricula and the quality of learning experiences.
  • - Three main themes arose: inconsistencies in curricula affect students' knowledge, the quality of theoretical and practical learning opportunities is insufficient, and personal experiences with mental health content shape students' understanding.

Article Abstract

The purpose of this literature review was to identify research and current literature surrounding nursing students' understandings of mental health. The aim is to share findings from an extensive international and national literature review exploring undergraduate nurse education specific to mental health content. Data were collected utilising a comprehensive search of electronic databases including CINAHL (EBSCO), MEDLINE, and PsycINFO 1987-(Ovid) from 2008 to 2016. The initial search terms were altered to include undergraduate, mental health, nursing, education, experience, and knowledge. Three content themes emerged which included: 1. Undergraduate nursing students' knowledge has been considered compromised due to concerns relating to the variation and inconsistencies within the comprehensive nursing curriculums representation of mental health, 2. Undergraduate nursing students knowledge of mental health is thought to be compromised due to the quality of mental health theoretical and experiential learning opportunities, and 3. Research indicates that nursing students' knowledge of mental health was influenced by their experience of undertaking mental health content. Based on these findings greater consideration of students' understandings of mental health is required.

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