Addressing the psychosocial needs of patients: Challenges for nursing students
Corresponding Author
Sevinç Mersin PhD
Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing Department, School of Health, Bilecik SE University, Bilecik, Turkey
Correspondence Sevinç Mersin, School of Health, Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing Department, Bilecik SE University, 11210 Bilecik, Turkey. Email: [email protected]
Search for more papers by this authorMeral Demiralp PhD
Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing Department, School of Health, European University of Lefke, Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus
Search for more papers by this authorEmine Öksüz PhD
Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing Department, Gulhane School of Nursing, University of Health Sciences, Ankara, Turkey
Search for more papers by this authorCorresponding Author
Sevinç Mersin PhD
Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing Department, School of Health, Bilecik SE University, Bilecik, Turkey
Correspondence Sevinç Mersin, School of Health, Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing Department, Bilecik SE University, 11210 Bilecik, Turkey. Email: [email protected]
Search for more papers by this authorMeral Demiralp PhD
Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing Department, School of Health, European University of Lefke, Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus
Search for more papers by this authorEmine Öksüz PhD
Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing Department, Gulhane School of Nursing, University of Health Sciences, Ankara, Turkey
Search for more papers by this authorAbstract
Purpose
To evaluate the ability of nursing students to determine the psychosocial needs of patients and identify the needs and problems encountered by nursing students.
Design and methods
This study is a mixed method research. The nursing care plans of 40 nursing students that provided care to 129 patients with chronic medical diseases were examined retrospectively. Individual interviews were also conducted with five nursing students and six academicians.
Findings
It was determined that nursing students defined an average of 15.77 ± 11.55 physiological and an average of 3.05 ± 2.28 psychosocial nursing diagnoses for 129 patients. Data analysis of individual interviews revealed two main themes: (1) identifying psychosocial diagnoses: teaching difficulties and (2) identifying psychosocial diagnoses: learning difficulties.
Practice implications
This can facilitate the learning process of each student to include physiological and a psychosocial care focus in their nursing care through discussions and evaluation with their mentors and instructors.
7 CONFLICT OF INTERESTS
The authors declare that there are no conflicts of interest.
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