Mental health nursing challenges of the management of mental health patients with alcohol addiction disorder
Akhanoba, Nora; Nkafu, Stella (2020)
Akhanoba, Nora
Nkafu, Stella
2020
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https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:amk-2020112524291
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The purpose of this thesis was to strengthen professional skills of mental health nurses to have a better understanding and improvement in the care and management of mental health patients with alcohol addiction disorder. The thesis was commissioned by a ser-vice home for mental health patients with alcohol addiction disorder. The aim of the the-sis was to describe the challenges faced by nurses in the management of mental health patients with alcohol addiction disorder.
A qualitative approach was used in this thesis. Data were collected via semi-structured interviews based on the four main themes. Participants consisted of five psychiatric nurses. All responses were recorded, transcribed, and coded according to the various themes.
Findings show that aggression and violence are highly faced by mental health workers. Nurses experience of increased workload and burnouts was highly connected to insuffi-cient human resources and the behaviour of patients. Also, findings show that it is even more challenging to work with mental health patients who have alcohol addiction disor-der and other diseases at the same time as they have one disease overlooking the other.
Implementation of violence education and training will help in improving clinical skills in risk assessment and measures to prevent or reduce violence rates. Intervention pro-grams should be introduce aiming at reducing employees’ stressors. Resources should be channelled towards recruiting more psychiatric nurses to reduce workload and im-prove the quality of care delivered to mental health patients with alcohol addiction disor-ders.
A qualitative approach was used in this thesis. Data were collected via semi-structured interviews based on the four main themes. Participants consisted of five psychiatric nurses. All responses were recorded, transcribed, and coded according to the various themes.
Findings show that aggression and violence are highly faced by mental health workers. Nurses experience of increased workload and burnouts was highly connected to insuffi-cient human resources and the behaviour of patients. Also, findings show that it is even more challenging to work with mental health patients who have alcohol addiction disor-der and other diseases at the same time as they have one disease overlooking the other.
Implementation of violence education and training will help in improving clinical skills in risk assessment and measures to prevent or reduce violence rates. Intervention pro-grams should be introduce aiming at reducing employees’ stressors. Resources should be channelled towards recruiting more psychiatric nurses to reduce workload and im-prove the quality of care delivered to mental health patients with alcohol addiction disor-ders.