Comprehensive approach to continuing professional development of registered and enrolled nurses at a psychiatric rehabilitation centre
The study sought to gain an in-depth understanding of the knowledge and skills regarding rehabilitation of mental health care users of nurses who work at a psychiatric rehabilitation centre, in order to design a continuing professional development plan for registered and enrolled nurses. The resear...
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| Online Access: | Perry, Mandy Jacqueline (2015) Comprehensive approach to continuing professional development of registered and enrolled nurses at a psychiatric rehabilitation centre, University of South Africa, Pretoria, <http://hdl.handle.net/10500/15367> http://hdl.handle.net/10500/15367 |
| Summary: | The study sought to gain an in-depth understanding of the knowledge and skills regarding rehabilitation of mental health care users of nurses who work at a psychiatric rehabilitation centre, in order to design a continuing professional development plan for registered and enrolled nurses.
The researcher used a qualitative, exploratory descriptive design to explore the knowledge and skills of nurses who practise in a psychiatric rehabilitation centre dealing with the rehabilitation of mental health care users.
Four themes emerged from the data that were collected from four focus groups: knowledge of the rehabilitation process; the need for continuing professional development; nursing skills required for the implementation of psychiatric rehabilitation and means of communication within psychiatric rehabilitation.
The researcher devised a continuing professional development plan, including topics on the management of the mentally ill, the problems associated with mental illness and rehabilitation appropriate to the mental illness. === Health Studies === M. A. (Health Studies) |
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