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ArticleInternational journal of mental health nursing2022

Utilizing the mental health nursing workforce: A scoping review of mental health nursing clinical roles and identities.

John Hurley, Richard Lakeman, Paul Linsley, Mike Ramsay, Stephen Mckenna-Lawson

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Article in International journal of mental health nursing, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 39 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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39citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

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39 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 102 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.

John HurleyFaculty of Health, Southern Cross University, Coffs Harbour, New South Wales, Australia.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9205-2331
Richard LakemanFaculty of Health, Southern Cross University, Lismore, New South Wales, Australia.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4304-5431
Paul LinsleyUniversity of East Anglia, Norwich, UK.
Mike RamsayUniversity of Dundee, Dundee, UK.
Stephen Mckenna-LawsonUniversity of Swansea, Swansea, UK.
Southern Cross University · AUSwansea University · GBUniversity of Dundee · GBUniversity of East Anglia · GB

Funding

Council of Australian University Librarians
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Despite rising international needs for mental health practitioners, the mental health nursing workforce is underutilized. This is in part due to limited understandings of their roles, identities, and capabilities. This paper aimed to collate and synthesize published research on the clinical roles of mental health nurses in order to systematically clarify their professional identity and potential. We searched for eligible studies, published between 2001 and 2021, in five electronic databases. Abstracts of retrieved studies were independently screened against exclusion and inclusion criteria (primarily that studies reported on the outcomes associated with mental health nursing roles). Decisions of whether to include studies were through researcher consensus guided by the criteria. The search yielded 324 records, of which 47 were included. Retained papers primarily focused on three themes related to mental health nursing clinical roles and capabilities. Technical roles included those associated with psychotherapy, consumer safety, and diagnosis. Non-technical roles and capabilities were also described. These included emotional intelligence, advanced communication, and reduction of power differentials. Thirdly, the retained papers reported the generative contexts that influenced clinical roles. These included prolonged proximity with consumers with tensions between therapeutic and custodial roles. The results of this scoping review suggest the mental health nurses (MHNs) have a wide scope of technical skills which they employ in clinical practice. These roles are informed by a distinctive cluster of non-technical capabilities to promote the well-being of service users. They are an adaptable and underutilized component of the mental health workforce in a context of escalating unmet needs for expert mental health care.

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Psychiatric NursingDelivery of Health CareHealth PersonnelHumansMental HealthWorkforcemental health nurse identitymental health nursing rolesscoping review

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PMID35156291
PMCPMC9303738
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