{"id":7820,"date":"2025-06-28T22:11:31","date_gmt":"2025-06-28T22:11:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ijssass.com\/journal\/recognising-and-reconciling-differences-mental-health-nurses-and-nursing-students-perceptions-of-the-preceptorship-relationship\/"},"modified":"2025-06-29T05:04:41","modified_gmt":"2025-06-29T05:04:41","slug":"recognising-and-reconciling-differences-mental-health-nurses-and-nursing-students-perceptions-of-the-preceptorship-relationship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ijssass.com\/journal\/recognising-and-reconciling-differences-mental-health-nurses-and-nursing-students-perceptions-of-the-preceptorship-relationship\/","title":{"rendered":"RECOGNISING AND RECONCILING DIFFERENCES: MENTAL HEALTH NURSES AND NURSING STUDENTS\u2019 PERCEPTIONS OF THE PRECEPTORSHIP RELATIONSHIP"},"content":{"rendered":"

This article was originally published as: RECOGNISING AND RECONCILING DIFFERENCES: MENTAL HEALTH NURSES AND NURSING STUDENTS\u2019 PERCEPTIONS OF THE PRECEPTORSHIP RELATIONSHIP<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Abstract<\/h2>\n

Objective: The main purpose of this study was to examine the preceptorship relationship between students\u2019 and mental health nurses\u2019 in the mental health setting.
\nDesign: This study used a qualitative research design: grounded theory. This type of research method was deemed appropriate due to the limited knowledge of preceptorship in mental health.
\nSetting: One metropolitan area mental health service (AMHS) in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia agreed to participate in this study. The range of settings included adult acute, rehabilitation and community.
\nSubjects: Twenty 2nd year undergraduates nursing students from one metropolitan university in Melbourne, Australia agreed to participate in the study. In addition, nine mental health nurses from the nominated AMHS also consented to be involved.
\nMain Outcome: The development of a substantive theory to describe the preceptorship relationship as informed by the study participants, student nurses and mental health nurses. For the purposes of this paper the category of \u2018reconciling difference\u2019 is the focus.
\nResults: The core category identified for mental health nurses was \u2018attempting to accomplish connectedness\u2019 and for the students, \u2018coping with uncertainty\u2019. There were also many sub-categories, one of which was identified by both groups. This category is the main focus of this paper; reconciling difference.
\nConclusion: Dealing with the uncertainty of, and reconciling differences between, the general and mental health environments emerged as a strong theme from the research. Student nurses were faced with confronting situations within the environment and made various suggestions for improvement so that their learning could be enhanced rather than inhibited. These findings make an important contribution to the specific issues concerning preceptorship in the mental health environment.<\/p>\n

Authors<\/h2>\n
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  • Rosemary Charleston<\/li>\n
  • Brenda Happell<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

    Keywords<\/h2>\n

    mental health, nursing education, nursing, students, preceptorship, mental health nurse recruitment<\/p>\n

    References<\/h2>\n

    References not available for this article.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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