"This is how it's got to happen"
- Authors: Northam, Holly , Cruickshank, Mary , Hercelinskyj, Gylo
- Date: 2014
- Type: Text , Journal article
- Relation: Transplant Journal of Australasia Vol. 23, no. 1 (2014), p. 9-13
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- Description: Organ transplantation is the most effective treatment for end-stage organ failure and is a much sought-after therapy. Efforts are under way to maximise the number of families who agree to organ donation on behalf of a newly deceased relative in Australia, with the hope of easing the burden for dying and incapacitated patients and to reduce health care costs. Objective: To present initial findings from a study which asked families who had been required to make a deceased organ donation decision about their experience, and the factors that contributed to their decision to either agree to or decline organ donation. Methods: Following ethics approval, an exploratory multiple case study was conducted. Twenty-two family members from nine families who had experienced the death of a relative within the previous three years from five of Australia's state and territories contributed to the study in 17 recorded, transcribed and analysed interviews. Findings: Broad themes emerged that included the importance of time and location, perceptions of suffering, information and help for the families, and the need for families to assure themselves that the deceased's needs were addressed before and after death. Conclusion: The findings suggest families require trust that their family member was not suffering before and after death. The affirmation of this trust was helped by prior information about the organ donation process and sensory affirmation that their loved one was at peace. Family decisions about organ donation, hopes and 'deep hopes' were dependent on this trust.
Motivations of nursing students regarding their educational preparation for mental health nursing in Australia and the United Kingdom: a survey evaluation
- Authors: Edward, Karen-Leigh , Warelow, Philip , Hemingway, Stephen , Hercelinskyj, Gylo , Welch, Anthony , McAndrew, Sue , Stephenson, John
- Date: 2015
- Type: Text , Journal article
- Relation: BMC Nursing Vol. 14, no. 1 (2015), p. 29
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- Description: There has been much debate by both academics and clinical agencies about the motivations and abilities of nurse graduates to work in mental health nursing. The aim of this study was to recruit student nurses from a dedicated mental health nursing program in the United Kingdom (UK) and a comprehensive nursing program in Australia and illuminate their motivations towards considering mental health nursing as a career choice.
Perceptions from the front line : Professional identity in mental health nursing
- Authors: Hercelinskyj, Gylo , Cruickshank, Mary , Brown, Peter , Phillips, Brian
- Date: 2014
- Type: Text , Journal article
- Relation: International Journal of Mental Health Nursing Vol. 23, no. 1 (2014), p. 24-32
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- Description: In the context of a growing population of people experiencing mental illness worldwide, mental health nurses are a crucial workforce. Their recruitment and retention, however, is in decline. Drawing on qualitative data obtained from interviews with mental health nurses () in ictoria, Australia, the paper employs a range of concepts from role theory to explore professional identity within mental health nursing. The data highlight three key issues in relation to the future recruitment and retention of : (i) the ambiguity of the role; (ii) the weak definition and lack of understanding of the scope of the role by nursing students; and (iii) a lack of communication about as a profession to a wider audience. These findings indicate three avenues through which recruitment and retention in mental health nursing could be improved: (i) public communication; (ii) training and educating of the next generation of ; and (iii) more accurately defining the role of the MHN.
The fabric of a career in mental health nursing from an Australian and UK perspective
- Authors: Warelow, Philip , Edward, Karen-Leigh , Hercelinskyj, Gylo , Welch, Tony , Hemingway, Steve , McAndrew, Sue , Stephenson, John
- Date: 2012
- Type: Text , Journal article
- Relation: International Journal of Mental Health Nursing, Vol. 21, no. s1 (2012), p.27
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- Description: Special Issue: ACMHN’s 38th International Mental Health Nursing Conference - The Fabric of Life, 3-5 October 2012, Darwin Convention Centre, Darwin, Australia Australia and the United Kingdom (UK) share concerns regarding the recruitment and retention of nurses to the field of mental health care. This study sought to uncover what UK and Australian students perceived as motivational factors toward working in the context of mental health care. Abstracts only
- Description: Special Issue: ACMHN’s 38th International Mental Health Nursing Conference - The Fabric of Life, 3-5 October 2012, Darwin Convention Centre, Darwin, Australia Australia and the United Kingdom (UK) share concerns regarding the recruitment and retention of nurses to the field of mental health care. This study sought to uncover what UK and Australian students perceived as motivational factors toward working in the context of mental health care.
The tapestry of the comprehensive degree programme
- Authors: Warelow, Philip , Edward, Karen-Leigh , Hercelinskyj, Gylo
- Date: 2012
- Type: Text , Journal article
- Relation: International Journal of Mental Health Nursing Vol. 21, no. Suppement (October 2012), p. 26-27
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Treat the patient not their labelled illness
- Authors: Warelow, Philip , Edward, Karen-Leigh , Hercelinskyj, Gylo
- Date: 2011
- Type: Text , Conference paper
- Relation: Paper presented at ACMHN's 37th International Mental Health Nursing Conference " Swimming between the flags" 4th to 7th October 2011 Gold Coast
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- Description: Many areas of health care use a medical-model to underpin the care they deliver, promoting scientific investigation as the way to understand clinical phenomena. This paper argues that this safe option is representative of swimming between the flags and staying safe and really doesn’t capture the complete story. The reality in mental health is that scientifically proven evidence may not always exist and because of this clinical work should not be used as a laboratory where in the absence of scientifically proven evidence to support diagnostic categories that DSM IV-TR with its ‘catch all’ criteria should not be used to create an illusion of understanding. The dilemma between what is understood and proven through scientific methods and what is in essence opinion, is problematic, as science should command absolute loyalty. Obedience to criterion related processes deemed ‘proper treatment’ or fulfilling the modus operandi of the clinical area concerned really does not base diagnostic evidence on a clear scien- tific rationale. For mental health nurses in practice, the dilemma between what is understood and proven through scientific methods and what is seen in contextual practice becomes important in terms of clinical and therapeutic interventions. Using a scientific format, or waving its banner, really doesn’t add validity to those who speak as scientists; in fact its virtues often act as a smokescreen. The language, prestige, and trappings of science can often be so distracting that science’s core values are often overshadowed along with absolute clarity about what is known and not known. DSM IV-TR diagnoses on the basis of this are often based on operational definitions, rather than pathogenesis or aetiology which pro- mulgates treating the diagnosis rather than the patient. The diagnosis determines the care given and mental health nurses need to move away from swimming between the flags and advocate for their patients and promote the speciality(ies) of their discipline.
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