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Effect of psychiatric clinical postings on attitudes among student nurses at Hospital Raja Perempuan Zainab II Kota Bharu, Kelantan
Norida Muhammad1, Chan, Siok Gim2.
Nurses play a key role in caring for the mentally ill and in rehabilitating them after an episode of illness. The
nurses' attitude towards a patient is generally considered to be one of the basic factors contributing to the
administration of total therapeutic nursing care. The purpose of this study was to examine whether attitudes
towards mental patients improve after psychiatric attachment as well as the relationship between attitudes to
psychiatry and intention to pursue psychiatry as a career.
The study was conducted on sixty nursing students of fth semester at the Kolej Kejururawatan Kubang
Kerian, Kelantan who are doing their psychiatric postings in Hospital Raja Perempuan Zainab II, Kota
Bharu. The sampling technique for this study was convenient sampling. The instrument used for this study
surveyed questionnaire developed by Brenda Happell (Happell, 2008). This quasi-experimental study
measured changes in students' attitudes and satisfaction with clinical experience following a placement in
mental health nursing. The questionnaire was administered to the nursing students on the rst and last day of
their psychiatric clinical placement session.
The ndings suggested that clinical experience during psychiatric clinical posting can positively inuence
attitudes, preparedness for practice and the popularity of mental health nursing. Satisfaction with clinical
experience was also high. The ndings of this study suggest that clinical postings had positive effects on
nursing students' attitudes towards psychiatric patients and condence in this eld of practice.
Affiliation:
- Open University Malaysia, Malaysia
- Open University Malaysia, Malaysia
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