Literature review of forensic psychiatry as an undergraduate clinical placement
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2012-06-21
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Davis, Christine
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This integrative literature review examines the nursing literature around the suitability of forensic psychiatry as a clinical placement for undergraduate nursing students with no previous clinical experience in psychiatric/mental health nursing. A search of the nursing literature using various databases, CINAHL, ERIC and Web of Science, that addressed the researcher’s area of interest finds there to be a paucity of literature. Four of the five retrieved articles address the clinical placement of undergraduate BScN students in forensic psychiatry. The fifth article describes a collaborative partnership between a School of Nursing and a forensic Psychiatric Unit. Further research is suggested to evaluate the suitability of forensic psychiatry as a suitable place of learning about mental health/illness for undergraduate BScN students.
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forensic psychiatry, literature review, undergraduate, clinical placement