Journal
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MENTAL HEALTH NURSING
Volume 30, Issue 5, Pages 1170-1182Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1111/inm.12868
Keywords
consumer engagement; consumer recovery; mental health recovery; recovery‐ orientated mental health practice
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- Organisation Capacity Building Grant
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Recovery-oriented principles have been integrated into care at a private mental health clinic in Melbourne, Australia, through staff education and collaboration with consumers. A study evaluating the impact of these initiatives on staff knowledge and provision of recovery-oriented care in acute settings identified significant differences in knowledge and implementation.
Recovery-oriented principles have progressively been accepted as a standard of mental health practice in many countries, including Australia. A private mental health Clinic in Melbourne, Australia, is dedicated to embedding the principles of recovery-oriented practice into care by (i) providing recovery education and training for their staff and (ii) co-designing resources with consumers to promote active consumer engagement and participation. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the impact of these initiatives on staff knowledge and provision of recovery-oriented care in acute care. Two groups of study participants were recruited: the first group completed the staff training programme introducing the concept of recovery-oriented practice, and the second group was a convenience sample of nurses recruited 12 months later working on the acute inpatient wards at the study site. Nurses completed Recovery Knowledge Inventory (RKI) and Recovery Self-Assessment (RSA-Provider) surveys and participated in a focus group discussion. The three major themes identified from the focus group discussion were as follows: (i) nurses' understanding of personal recovery-orientated practice, (ii) how to embed personal recovery-oriented care into practice, and (iii) barriers to consumer participation in recovery-oriented activities in acute care. There were significant differences between the two groups on the RKI subscale scores of 'Expectations regarding recovery' and the 'Roles of self-definition and peers in recovery' and 'Life goals' and 'Choice' factors on the RSA subscale scores. There were some gaps in the nurses' knowledge and implementation of personal recovery-oriented concepts, highlighting the need for further training and cultural change.
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