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Mental health care and recovery within diverse practice domains
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Mental health care and recovery within diverse practice domains

Donna Marynowski-Traczyk, Lorna Moxham and Marc Broadbent
International Journal of Mental Health Nursing, Vol.23(Supplement 1), p.22
International Mental Health Nursing Conference: Honouring the Past, Shaping the Future, 40th (Melbourne, Australia, 07-Oct-2014–09-Oct-2014)
2014
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/inm.12104
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Nursing Public Health and Health Services Psychology mental illness emergency department recovery healthcare
Purpose: This presentation asks the question: How can consumers' recovery be supported within the Emergency Department (ED) and other general healthcare domains? The prevalence of mental illness in Australia and co morbidities experienced by consumers suggests that general nurses will inevitably provide care for consumers' in general healthcare environments. However, the polarity of the different meanings of recovery within healthcare can impact a consumer's recovery; therefore understanding how general nurses conceptualise recovery will contribute knowledge to facilitate supporting consumers in diverse practice domains. Methods: A phenomenographic study examined generalist Registered Nurses conceptualisations of recovery for consumers in the ED. Results: In general healthcare recovery for consumers continues to be predominantly viewed through a clinical lens, bound to notions of chronicity, and conceptualised as an outcome that general nurses consider cannot be facilitated in healthcare settings such as the ED. Conclusion: This research reveals that recovery for consumers is not a concept well understood by general nurses in the ED. Recovery has disparate meanings, each nested within the mental healthcare or general healthcare domain. Language that promotes a culture of hope and optimism and challenging stigma are integral to supporting recovery, and can be incorporated into the daily practice of nurses within diverse practice environments. Therefore, cognisance of what recovery means to consumers and education on ways to facilitate recovery oriented care within general nursing practice, will provide nurses in all practice domains with the knowledge to actively support a consumer's recovery.

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