Nursing students' metaphors of first clinical experiences of encountering patients with mental disorders.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Psychiatric 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.

Methods

This 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.

Results

The

SUBMITTER: Mansouri F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10838411 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature