Experiences of psychiatric nurses caring for mental healthcare users with a comorbid disorder

Experiences of psychiatric nurses caring for mental healthcare users with a comorbid disorder

 Caring for mental healthcare users (MHCUs) with a comorbid disorder of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and schizophrenia has always been challenging and requires expertise, skill, intuition and empathy.  The objective of this study was to explore and describe the experiences of psychiatric nurse...

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Published in:Curationis (Pretoria) Vol. 45; no. 1; pp. e1 - 11
Main Authors: Hobyane, Annikie V, Ntshingila, Nompumelelo, Poggenpoel, Marie
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: South Africa African Online Scientific Information Systems (Pty) Ltd t/a AOSIS 2022
AOSIS (Pty) Ltd
AOSIS
Democratic Nursing Organisation of South Africa (DENOSA)
Subjects:
Acquired immune deficiency syndrome
AIDS
Analysis
Biology
caring
comorbid
Comorbidity
Data analysis
Data collection
Health aspects
Health Care Sciences & Services
Health Policy & Services
HIV
HIV infection
HIV Infections - complications
Hospitals
Human immunodeficiency virus
Humans
Immune system
lived experiences
Medical research
Medicine, Experimental
Mental disorders
Mental Health Services
mental healthcare users
Mentally ill
Nurses
Nursing
Nursing care
Nursing education
Original Research
psychiatric nurses
Psychiatric Nursing
Psychiatric-mental health nursing
Qualitative Research
Research design
Schizophrenia
South Africa
Virus diseases
South Africa
comorbid
caring
HIV
lived experiences
psychiatric nurses
schizophrenia
mental healthcare users
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Summary: Caring for mental healthcare users (MHCUs) with a comorbid disorder of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and schizophrenia has always been challenging and requires expertise, skill, intuition and empathy.  The objective of this study was to explore and describe the experiences of psychiatric nurses caring for MHCUs with a comorbid disorder of HIV and schizophrenia.  A qualitative, exploratory, descriptive and contextual research design was used. Eight participants were selected through purposive sampling for individual in-depth interviews to collect data. Thematic analysis was used to analyse data.  Three themes emerged from this study. The first theme is that the psychiatric nurses experienced deep frustration because they were capable but unable to manage MHCUs with HIV and schizophrenia because of poor infrastructure and other contributing barriers. The second theme identified that the psychiatric nurses experienced discrimination against MHCUs compromising their holistic recovery. Lastly, the psychiatric nurses identified the need for health care workers in general hospitals and communities and families of MHCUs with a comorbid disorder to be educated in mental health issues to ensure continuous medical care.  The results of this study showed that psychiatric nurses became exhausted when trying to cope with difficult nursing situations. The challenges they faced had negative consequences for the mental health of the psychiatric nurses and compromised patient care.Contribution: This study adds knowledge to nursing practice, nursing education and nursing research by implementing recommendations to mitigate the challenges of psychiatric nurses caring for MHCUs with HIV and schizophrenia.
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ISSN:0379-8577
2223-6279
2223-6279
DOI:10.4102/curationis.v45i1.2354