Volume 55, Issue 2 pp. 269-276
ORIGINAL ARTICLE

Addressing the psychosocial needs of patients: Challenges for nursing students

Sevinç Mersin PhD

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]

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Meral Demiralp PhD

Meral Demiralp PhD

Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing Department, School of Health, European University of Lefke, Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus

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Emine Öksüz PhD

Emine Öksüz PhD

Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing Department, Gulhane School of Nursing, University of Health Sciences, Ankara, Turkey

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First published: 11 February 2019
Citations: 7

Abstract

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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