Abstract
Purpose: The purpose of this study was to identify the influence of symptom awareness and nursing competency on the burden of nursing care for patients with mental illness by general ward nurses. Methods: A cross-sectional, descriptive correlational study design was used. Subjects were 231 nurses from three general hospitals. Data were collected March 7-26, 2019. The data were analyzed using the descriptive statistics, one-way ANOVA, Pearson’s correlation coefficients, and multiple regression using SPSS/WIN 23.0. Results: The multiple regression analysis revealed that psychiatric symptom awareness, psychiatric nursing competency, and psychiatric nursing education experience account for 12% of the nursing burden of mental illness patients. Conclusion: The findings suggest that it is necessary to implement psychiatric symptom awareness, psychiatric nursing competency, and psychiatric nursing education to decrease the burden of nursing care for patients with mental illness by general ward nurses.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 264-272 |
| Number of pages | 9 |
| Journal | Journal of Korean Academy of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing |
| Volume | 29 |
| Issue number | 3 |
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| Publication status | Published - 2020 Sept |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:-This article is a revision of the first author Kim, Seung Hee’s master's thesis from Korea University. -This research was supported hanmaum scholarship by the Seoul Nurses Association in 2019.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2020 The Korean Academy of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing.
Keywords
- Awareness
- Mental disorders
- Nurse
- Psychiatric nursing
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Phychiatric Mental Health
- Health(social science)
