J Korean Acad Psychiatr Ment Health Nurs.  2020 Sep;29(3):264-272. 10.12934/jkpmhn.2020.29.3.264.

Influence of Symptom Awareness and Nursing Competency on the Burden of Nursing Care for Patients with Mental Illness by General Ward Nurses

• Kim SH
• Han KS

• KMID: 2507660
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.12934/jkpmhn.2020.29.3.264

Abstract

Purpose
The purpose of this study was to identify the influence of symptom awareness and nursing competency on the burden of nursing care for patients with mental illness by general ward nurses.
Methods
A cross-sectional, descriptive correlational study design was used. Subjects were 231 nurses from three general hospitals. Data were collected March 7-26, 2019. The data were analyzed using the descriptive statistics, one-way ANOVA, Pearson’s correlation coefficients, and multiple regression using SPSS/WIN 23.0.
Results
The multiple regression analysis revealed that psychiatric symptom awareness, psychiatric nursing competency, and psychiatric nursing education experience account for 12% of the nursing burden of mental illness patients.
Conclusion
The findings suggest that it is necessary to implement psychiatric symptom awareness, psychiatric nursing competency, and psychiatric nursing education to decrease the burden of nursing care for patients with mental illness by general ward nurses.

Keyword

Nurse; Mental disorders; Psychiatric nursing; Awareness; 간호사; 정신질환; 정신간호; 인식