Scoping the Present and Planning the Future: Mental Health Nursing in Australia and New Zealand

2000 ◽  
Vol 6 (5) ◽  
pp. 165-169
Author(s):  
Jon Chesterson ◽  
Michael Clinton
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
New Zealand ◽  
Mental Health Nursing ◽  
The Future ◽  
Health Nursing

Mental health nursing in New Zealand primary health care

2006 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
pp. 142-152 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anthony J. O’Brien ◽  
Frances A. Hughes ◽  
Jacquie D. Kidd
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Health Care ◽  
Primary Health Care ◽  
New Zealand ◽  
Mental Health Nursing ◽  
Primary Health ◽  
Health Nursing

Culturally Specific Process Measures to Improve Mental Health Clinical Practice: Indigenous Focus

2007 ◽  
Vol 41 (8) ◽  
pp. 667-674 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anthony P. O'Brien ◽  
Julie M. Boddy ◽  
Derrylea J. Hardy
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
New Zealand ◽  
Patient Outcomes ◽  
Professional Practice ◽  
Care Delivery ◽  
Culturally Appropriate ◽  
Process Of Care ◽  
Mental Health Nursing ◽  
Process Measures ◽  
Health Nursing

Objective: In New Zealand and Australia, a renewed emphasis on equity and efficiency in the provision of mental health care has seen outcomes-focused, culturally appropriate clinical practice become essential within mental health services. Ascertaining the degree to which quality improvement and monitoring systems are enhancing professional practice and patient outcomes, however, is hindered by the difficulty of measuring the process of quality care delivery. Method: This paper argues that it is the process of care delivery (i.e. what clinicians do to, and for, patients) that is critical to the effectiveness of treatment and the degree to which treatment either inhibits or promotes an improvement in mental health recovery. Identification of the underlying causes of poor achievement of process factors is likely to positively impact on things such as readmission rates, shared care initiatives, and ultimately patient recovery. Such attention could be the difference between low-quality service provision and a high-quality service provision with positive recovery outcomes for patients. Results: Ascertaining the degree to which quality improvement and monitoring systems are enhancing professional practice and patient outcomes for indigenous people, however, is hindered by the difficulty of measuring such concepts. Australia has indeed embraced ‘culturally appropriate’ practice in recent years, but this appears to be piecemeal when compared with New Zealand. Certainly, there are inconsistent and variable approaches to cultural practices with indigenous people when comparing the two countries. Conclusions: Using evidence from a bicultural mental health nursing study that developed and validated generic and Mâori-specific (indigenous) clinical indicators for mental health nursing standards of practice in New Zealand, it is argued that the process of care delivery is equally as important as outcome measures when ascertaining the effectiveness of nursing care. Second, this paper contends that accurate process measures must be culturally responsive to indigenous and other ethnic groups.

The New Zealand development and trial of mental health nursing clinical indicators—a bicultural study

2003 ◽  
Vol 40 (8) ◽  
pp. 853-861 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anthony P O’Brien ◽  
Anthony J O’Brien ◽  
Derrylea J Hardy ◽  
Erina Morrison-Ngatai ◽  
Cadeyrn J Gaskin ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
New Zealand ◽  
Mental Health Nursing ◽  
Clinical Indicators ◽  
Health Nursing ◽  
Nursing Clinical

scholarly journals Mental Health Nurses' Knowledge and Views on Talking Therapies in Clinical Practice

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
◽  
Geertrui Wilhelmina Dent
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
New Zealand ◽  
Nursing Practice ◽  
Evidence Based ◽  
Mental Health Nursing ◽  
Mental Health Nurses ◽  
Knowledge And Skills ◽  
Therapy Training ◽  
Health Nursing ◽  
Nurses Knowledge

<p>Nurses consider that their training, knowledge and skills in evidence-based talking therapy models are essential for competent mental health nursing practice. Using a qualitative descriptive research design this study explored nurses' knowledge and views on their talking therapy training and skills in practice. The study examined the use of talking therapies, or specialised interpersonal processes, embodied within the Te Ao Maramatanga: New Zealand College of Mental Health Nurses Inc (2004) Standards of Practice for Mental Health Nurses in New Zealand. A survey questionnaire was sent to 227 registered nurses from a District Health Board (DHB) Mental Health Service and a sample of eight nurses participated in a semi-structured interview. Content analysis based on the headings " knowledge views, skill acquisition and skill transfer" established the major themes from the data collection processes. The findings of this study confirmed that nurses believe their knowledge and skills in evidence-based talking therapies to be vitally important in mental health nursing practice. Nurses identified that talking therapy training courses needed to be clinically relevant and that some learning strategies were advantageous. The identification of some knowledge gaps for, nurses with limited post graduate experience, and for nurses who currently work in inpatient areas suggests that further consideration must be given to ensure that a cohesive, sustainable approach is ensured for progression of workforce development projects relevant to training in talking therapies for mental health nurses in New Zealand.</p>

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