2016•Chinese Journal of Medical EducationRequires access
Comparison of nursing students’ discrimination towards people with mental illness before and after psychiatric nursing practice
Huijuan Tu, Conghong Li
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Abstract
Objective
To investigate the change of nursing students’ discrimination towards people with mental illness before and after psychiatric nursing practice and analyze the influence factors.
Methods
Cross-sectional descriptive design was adopted for the present study. A total of 135 nursing students were purposively selected to complete the stigma scale towards people with mental illness before and after their nursing practice in a psychiatric hospital of Shanghai.
Results
After the nursing practice, the total score of the stigma scale and the score of dangerous dimension were all lower than those before the nursing practice, P<0.05.
Conclusions
The clinical nursing practice for students in the psychiatric department can reduce their discrimination towards mentally ill people.
Key words:
Nursing; Students; Nursing practice; Mental illness; Discrimination