Key result
Psychiatric nurses perceived family role and medication non-adherence as significant reasons for readmission, highlighting the need for systematic psychoeducation and community support.
Why the study?
Mental health readmissions are increasingly inevitable amid service challenges, prompting the need to explore psychiatric nurses' perceptions of reasons for readmission and their role in reducing it.
What are psychiatric nurses' perceptions of reasons for readmission and their role in reducing it?
What are psychiatric nurses' perceptions of reasons for readmission and their role in reducing it?
Psychiatric nurses in Brunei Darussalam identify family dynamics and medication non-adherence as key drivers of readmission, highlighting the need for systematic psychoeducation and community support.
Nurses' views on psychiatric readmission drivers warrant caution in practice; leaves open need for prospective trials to test interventions.
Background: Readmission becomes inevitable with the vast development of mental health services worldwide and the challenges faced by mental health services. This readmission is often caused by a relapse from an illness whereby the psychiatric patient needs nursing care. Objective: This study aimed to explore psychiatric nurses' perceptions of reasons for readmission and nurses' further role in reducing readmission. Methods: = 24 nurses) in one psychiatric department in Brunei Darussalam was identified through purposive sampling. Results: The nurses perceived the role of family and non-adherence to medication as a significant reason for psychiatric readmission. Simultaneously, nurses viewed that it was necessary to implement systematic psychoeducation to strengthen the role of family and community service support to curb readmission rates. Conclusion: The phenomenon of mental health readmission impacts psychiatric nurses due to many stressful challenges with nurses wishing to respond personally, humanely and professionally. These challenges require suitable interventions, such as debriefing to ensure that nurses continuously strive to deliver quality care to psychiatric readmission patients.
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Kassim et al. (2021) studied Psychiatric readmission (n=24). Psychiatric readmission (nurses' perceptions) was evaluated on Nurses' perceptions of reasons for readmission and their role in reducing it. Psychiatric nurses perceived family role and medication non-adherence as significant reasons for readmission, highlighting the need for systematic psychoeducation and community support.
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