ArticleBMC nursing2024
Nursing students' metaphors of first clinical experiences of encountering patients with mental disorders.
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- Nursing students' lived experiences during their first psychiatric clinical placement: a hermeneutic phenomenological study.BMC nursing · 2026Article
- Effectiveness of game-based learning in mental health nursing education on self-directed learning and academic self-efficacy among nursing students.BMC medical education · 2026Article
- Pre-Registration Nursing Student Experiences of International Mental Health Clinical Placement: A Scoping Review With Relevance to the Australian Context.International journal of mental health nursing · 2026Review
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- Nursing students' metaphorical perceptions of professional communication and the concept of nursing in their first clinical practice: qualitative research.BMC nursing · 2024Article
- "This Is Me" an Awareness-Raising and Anti-Stigma Program for Undergraduate Nursing Students: A Pre-Post Intervention Study.Nursing reports (Pavia, Italy) · 2024Article
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Abstract
backgroundPsychiatric wards are one of the most stressful medical centers. Apprenticeship in mental health can cause feelings of stress and anxiety among nursing students. Investigating nursing students' beliefs about mental illnesses is very important to improve nursing education. The present study aimed to identify nursing students' metaphors for their first clinical experiences of encountering patients with mental disorders.
methodsThis descriptive qualitative study was conducted on 18 undergraduate nursing students studying in two nursing colleges at Guilan University of Medical Sciences, in the north of Iran, in 2022. The data were collected through semi-structured interviews and analyzed using Critical Metaphor Analysis by the MAXQDA 2007 software.
resultsThe analysis of nursing students' metaphors led to the emergence of 36 metaphors and 5 categories. These categories were "experience of dealing with a mental patient is similar to fear mixed with excitement", " patient is similar to an errant human", " psychiatric hospital is similar to a prison", "nurse is similar to a prison guard", and "clinical instructor is similar to a supporter, sympathetic and knowledgeable friend".
conclusionsThe results showed their negative attitude towards the psychiatric hospital and health care providers. It is suggested that the findings of this study be taken into consideration in the planning of clinical education of nursing students.
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