Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14279/8504
Τίτλος: Challenges in mental health nursing: working in institutional or community settings?
Συγγραφείς: Farmakas, Antonis 
Papastavrou, Evridiki 
Siskou, O. 
Karayiannis, George 
Theodorou, Mamas 
Major Field of Science: Medical and Health Sciences
Field Category: Basic Medicine
Λέξεις-κλειδιά: Professional Practice Environment scale;Mental health nursing;Professional practice environment
Ημερομηνία Έκδοσης: Φεβ-2014
Πηγή: Journal of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing, 2014, vol. 21, no. 1, pp. 39-45
Volume: 21
Issue: 1
Start page: 39
End page: 45
Περιοδικό: Journal of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing 
Περίληψη: Abstract Professional environments likely affect patient safety, quality of care provided, and nurses' satisfaction and retention. The aim of this study was to explore mental health nurses' perceptions of their professional practice environment and examine differences in perceptions between nurses working at institutions and those practising in community care. The methodology used was descriptive and comparative. The sample consisted of 248 mental health nurses working within the public sector (76% response rate) drawn from a psychiatric hospital (n = 163) and community settings (n = 85). We administered the Revised Professional Practice Environment (RPPE) questionnaire. Comparisons of the two groups were made using eight subscales of the RPPE. The results indicated that mental health nurses' ratings of their practice environment were slightly positive (M = 2.69; range = 1-4). Nurses working in a psychiatric hospital perceived the professional practice environment more negatively (M = 2.66) than their colleagues in community care (M = 2.73). A t-test comparison revealed statistically significant differences between the two groups within subcategories of work motivation (P = 0.04) and leadership and autonomy (P = 0.03). Nurses working in the community gave higher ratings in comparison with their colleagues working in institutional settings. In conclusions, an in-depth analysis of differences in practice environments is required to define causes of these differences and how they might influence nurses' abilities to provide quality care.
URI: https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14279/8504
ISSN: 13652850
DOI: 10.1111/jpm.12045
Rights: © Wiley
Type: Article
Affiliation: Open University Cyprus 
Cyprus University of Technology 
Cyprus Ministry of Health 
European University Cyprus 
National and Kapodistrian University of Athens 
Publication Type: Peer Reviewed
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