Self-Perceived Competence of Ambulance Nurses in the Care of Patients with Mental Illness: A Questionnaire Survey.

ambulance services assessment experience competence knowledge mental illness nurse prehospital emergency care skills

Journal

Nursing reports (Pavia, Italy)
ISSN: 2039-4403
Titre abrégé: Nurs Rep
Pays: Switzerland
ID NLM: 101592662

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
18 Mar 2022
Historique:
received: 11 02 2022
revised: 16 03 2022
accepted: 16 03 2022
entrez: 24 3 2022
pubmed: 25 3 2022
medline: 25 3 2022
Statut: epublish

Résumé

Ambulance nurses in prehospital emergency care must assess, treat, and triage patients with mental health issues. This study aimed to investigate the self-perceived competence of ambulance nurses in prehospital emergency care of patients with mental illness. A cross-sectional questionnaire survey was done, a question-index value (Q-IV; range: 0-1.0) was defined as a summary of the proportion of positive responses (%). Correlations of self-perceived competence with education and professional experience were also examined. Overall self-perceived competence was good (mean Q-IV, 0.80). For six of the nine questions, women rated their abilities slightly lower than men. Women rated themselves as fairly good in providing "information about types of effective help available" (Q-IV, 0.55) and in "suggesting tactics for helping a person with mental illness feel better" (Q-IV, 0.56). Men rated their competence as fairly good in "directing patients to appropriate sources of help" (Q-IV, 0.58). Self-perceived competence did not correlate with education level or professional experience. In conclusion, these results indicate that in encounters with patients who have mental illness, ambulance nurses perceive their overall competencies as good, with some sex-based differences in self-perception for specific knowledge areas. Education level and professional experience did not correlate with self-perceived competence.

Identifiants

pubmed: 35324569
pii: nursrep12010023
doi: 10.3390/nursrep12010023
pmc: PMC8954289
doi:

Types de publication

Journal Article

Langues

eng

Pagination

226-234

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Auteurs

Sandra Önnheim (S)

Office of Medical Services, Region Skane, Kioskgatan 17, 22185 Lund, Sweden.

Anders Johansson (A)

Office of Medical Services, Region Skane, Kioskgatan 17, 22185 Lund, Sweden.
Department of Clinical Sciences, Lund University, P.O. Box 117, 22185 Lund, Sweden.

Bodil Ivarsson (B)

Office of Medical Services, Region Skane, Kioskgatan 17, 22185 Lund, Sweden.
Department of Clinical Sciences, Lund University, P.O. Box 117, 22185 Lund, Sweden.

Caroline Hagström (C)

Office of Medical Services, Region Skane, Kioskgatan 17, 22185 Lund, Sweden.

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