A Systematic Review of Mental Health Nurses' Perceptions of Their Professional Identity.

ABSTRACT: Evidence suggests that moving from specialist to generic nurse education, as is proposed in the United Kingdom and as has already happened in countries such as Australia, leads to a reduction in the quality of mental health nurse education and a weakening of mental health nurse professional identity. Meanwhile, research has found that mental health nurse professional identity is already complex because of the discipline's multifaceted but objectively ambiguous role. The present qualitative systematic review aimed to explore mental health nurses' perceptions of their professional identity. It was conducted in the form of a thematic analysis of qualitative data and was compliant with PRISMA reporting guidelines. Six databases (CINAHL Ultimate, EBSCO Medline, APA PsycInfo, APA PsycArticles, P

SUBMITTER: O'Brien D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12459084 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature