title: Rethinking mental health nursing education in Australia: a case for direct entry.
abstract: Desperate times call for creative solutions. The mental health workforce shortage has created an opportunity to rethink current and future education and training needs in order to prepare competent and compassionate practitioners to meet the changing demands of consumers and their carers requiring mental heath treatment and support. This article urges consideration of an undergraduate direct entry mental health programme similar to that of midwifery or the nursing foundation/mental health branch programmes of the UK.
authors.affiliation: School of Nursing and Dental Hygiene, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, Hawaii 96822, USA. cstu@hawaii.edu
authors.forename: Cynthia
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Stuhlmiller
mesh_terms: D001315:Australia / Q000453:epidemiology; D003162:Competency-Based Education / Q000458:organization & administration; D003479:Curriculum; D004508:Education, Nursing, Baccalaureate / Q000458:organization & administration*; D005544:Forecasting; D006301:Health Services Needs and Demand; D006801:Humans; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000451:nursing; D017145:Models, Educational; D016294:Models, Nursing; D017146:Models, Organizational; D024802:Nurse's Role; D015402:Nursing Education Research; D009936:Organizational Innovation; D017009:Professional Autonomy; D011568:Psychiatric Nursing / Q000193:education*; D000078329:Workforce