Perspectives of Mental Health Nurses About Sexual Safety in Acute Inpatient Mental Health Units

IF 3.6 2区 医学 Q1 NURSING International Journal of Mental Health Nursing Pub Date : 2024-06-14 DOI:10.1111/inm.13370
Michael Olasoji, Powell Taylah, Layne Megan, Ting Ting Hui, Adamson Nathan, Buultjens Caroline, Shelley Anderson, Belmore Sue, Bindu Joseph
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The overall aim of this study is to explore the views of mental health nurses (MHNs) about the sexual safety of consumers receiving care in acute inpatient units. In Australia, people accessing mental health inpatient units have reported feeling unsafe while receiving care including experiences of sexual harassment and abuse from other patients. There has been no study to date that has explored the views of the MHNs providing care. An explorative descriptive qualitative study. Data were collected through semi-structured interviews involving n = 8 MHNs working on a metropolitan acute inpatient unit recruited using purposive convenience sampling. Data were analysed using thematic analysis. The findings of this study highlighted the themes of ‘It's everyone's job to keep the patient safe’, ‘Going over expectations’, ‘Impact on patients’ and ‘Built environment’. Participants in this study believed that the sexual safety of patients in the inpatient unit is everyone's responsibility and that it was important during the admission process to ensure patients are aware of how to both seek help if needed and ensure that their actions or behaviours do not pose sexual safety concerns in others. Ensuring sexual safety in the mental health inpatient units is a complex issue that requires evidence-based multipronged interventions involving all key stakeholders within the units.

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心理健康护士对急诊住院心理健康病房性安全的看法。
本研究的总体目标是探讨心理健康护士(MHNs)对在急诊住院病房接受治疗的患者的性安全问题的看法。在澳大利亚,在精神健康住院病房接受治疗的患者报告称,他们在接受治疗时感到不安全,包括 遭到其他患者的性骚扰和性虐待。迄今为止,还没有一项研究对提供护理的精神健康护士的观点进行过探讨。这是一项探索性描述定性研究。通过半结构式访谈收集数据,访谈对象包括在大都市急症住院部工作的 n = 8 名产妇和新生儿护理人员,访谈采用有目的的便利抽样法。数据采用主题分析法进行分析。研究结果突出了 "保证病人安全是每个人的职责"、"超出预期"、"对病人的影响 "和 "建筑环境 "等主题。本研究的参与者认为,住院病人的性安全是每个人的责任,在入院过程中,确保病人知道如 何在需要时寻求帮助,并确保他们的行为不会对他人造成性安全问题是非常重要的。确保精神健康住院病房的性安全是一个复杂的问题,需要以证据为基础,采取多管齐下的干 预措施,让病房内的所有关键利益相关者都参与进来。
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期刊介绍: The International Journal of Mental Health Nursing is the official journal of the Australian College of Mental Health Nurses Inc. It is a fully refereed journal that examines current trends and developments in mental health practice and research. The International Journal of Mental Health Nursing provides a forum for the exchange of ideas on all issues of relevance to mental health nursing. The Journal informs you of developments in mental health nursing practice and research, directions in education and training, professional issues, management approaches, policy development, ethical questions, theoretical inquiry, and clinical issues. The Journal publishes feature articles, review articles, clinical notes, research notes and book reviews. Contributions on any aspect of mental health nursing are welcomed. Statements and opinions expressed in the journal reflect the views of the authors and are not necessarily endorsed by the Australian College of Mental Health Nurses Inc.
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