Use of Clinica
Use
of Clinical Teaching Guide for Psychiatric Students and Assessment of Sources
of Stress and the Emotional State of Them during Their First Encounter with
Psychiatric Patients
* Zubida alsherif1 and Sohier Goda El said
Abd Elrahman2
1Psychiatric Nursing Dept., Faculty of
Nursing, Irbid National University, Irbid, Jordan,
2Psychiatric Nursing Dept, Faculty of Nursing,
Zarqaa Private University, Jordan
[email protected]; [email protected]
Abstract: Background: Nursing students are not immune to societal
perceptions and discrimination towards this population. Although as a nation we
have become more tolerant, negative beliefs and attitudes among health care
providers towards persons with mental health problems and mental illnesses
still exist. The present study was conducted; to identify the sources of
stress and the emotional state for students during their first encounter
with psychiatric patients; to guide the students for communication and relation
with psychiatric patients through a clinical teaching guide. Methods;
Data were collected from psychiatric student nurses (56) males and females were
chosen to share in this study from Irbed National University during the
training course psychiatric nursing in Al- Fehais Psychiatric
Hospital-Jordan during the year of 2010 were interviewed
retrospectively. Results: 60.7% of them reported that working
with long standing patients in hospital was stressful before teaching the
guidelines, but after teaching the guidelines, 46.4%of them reported that these
patients were stressful. Also 48.2% of them reported that working with patients
who need constant observation and supervision is most stressful.Conclusion: In
order to further the development of scientific knowledge, the findings of this
research must be communicated to student. Therefore, plans for disseminating
the results of this research include an academic presentation. students who
trained in areas of especially high stress (e.g. acute psychiatric
units) should be offered regular student support groups led
by an appropriately qualified person. Occupational health services
should be readily available and should include psychiatric and
psychotherapeutic expertise.
[Zubida alsherif and Sohier
Goda El said Abd Elrahman. Use of Clinical Teaching Guide for
Psychiatric Students and Assessment of Sources of Stress and the Emotional
State of Them during Their First Encounter with Psychiatric Patients. J Am Sci 2012;8(10):373-377]. (ISSN:
1545-1003).http://www.jofamericanscience.org. 55
Keywords: Nursing, stress, psychiatric teaching guide, student Full Text 55
