Join me for the last episode of 2024 where I explore mental health nursing. This podcast began as a means to showcase the varied roles available within mental health nursing and provide a space to discuss research and evidence based mental health nursing practice.

As a Mental Health Clinical Nurse Specialist and a Nurse Lecturer I am passionate about developing the current and future nursing workforce.

So, given this podcast is all about mental health nursing, let's look at the seemingly simple question, what is a mental health nurse?

Within this episode I will discuss what a mental health nurse is - largely based on literature published over the year within the International Journal of Mental Health Nursing.

Thank you for listening and a happy new year!

- Articles which informed the content of this episode:

Damien, C., Marion, D.-H., Deborah, S. & Margot, M. (2024) Professional identity and representations of advanced practice nurses specialising in psychiatry and mental health: A national study. International Journal of Mental Health Nursing, 33, 714–725. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1111/inm.13273 Foster, K. and Hurley, J. (2024), Every Nurse Is Not a Mental Health Nurse—Critical Reflections on Myths and Controversies About Mental Health Nursing. Int J Mental Health Nurs, 33: 737-738. https://doi.org/10.1111/inm.13389 Hudson, E., Pariseau-Legault, P., Cassivi, C., Chouinard, C. and Goulet, M.-H. (2024), Mental Health Crisis: An Evolutionary Concept Analysis. Int J Mental Health Nurs, 33: 1908-1920. https://doi.org/10.1111/inm.13412 Lakeman, R., Foster, K., Happell, B., Hazelton, M., Moxham, L. & Hurley, J. (2024) Informing the development of a fit-for-purpose mental health nursing curriculum: A survey of mental health nurse academics in Australia. International Journal of Mental Health Nursing, 33, 93–103. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1111/inm.13226 O'Brien, A. (2024), Schrödinger's Cat: The Mysteries of Mental Health Nursing. Int J Mental Health Nurs, 33: 1155-1157. https://doi.org/10.1111/inm.13416 Wand, T. (2024), We have to cancel psychiatric nursing and forge a new way forward. Int J Mental Health Nurs, 33: 215-219. https://doi.org/10.1111/inm.13301 Warrender, D. (2024), The Memoir of a Ghost: The Invisible Plight of Mental Health Nurse Education in the United Kingdom Following the Nursing and Midwifery Council's Move Towards Genericism. Int J Mental Health Nurs, 33: 2386-2393. https://doi.org/10.1111/inm.13405