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Developing Psychiatric Nursing Competencies On An In-Patient Hospital-Based Psychiatric Unit, Beverly J. Sedlacek
Developing Psychiatric Nursing Competencies On An In-Patient Hospital-Based Psychiatric Unit, Beverly J. Sedlacek
Doctor of Nursing Practice Projects
Problem Statement
Offering staff development training for psychiatric nurses has not kept pace with the advances in psychiatric knowledge and skills in nursing. Purpose: The purpose of this quality improvement doctor of nursing (DNP) project was to implement a competency-based staff development program on a community hospital-based inpatient psychiatric unit to determine if the psychiatric/mental health nursing knowledge, nurse patient relational skills, and attitudes of the nurses would improve or change.
Methods
A mixed method of quasi-experimental, non-randomized pre-test/post-test and semi-structured interview design was used, which utilized a convenience sampling approach. Data were collected in two phases. Three domains of …