title: Safeguarding student well-being: establishing a respectful learning environment in undergraduate psychiatric/mental health education.
abstract: The emotional well-being of psychiatric/mental health student nurses is critical to learners, the educational process and ultimately prospective patients. However, with a focus on client care, the psychological disposition and needs of psychiatric/mental health student nurses can be inadvertently marginalized or overlooked. To augment the extant literature, this paper examines how a respectful learning environment can be instrumental in safeguarding the emotional well-being of learners. Towards this end, this paper synthesizes and consolidates the literature regarding undergraduate psychiatric/mental health student nurse well-being, offers suggestions towards the establishment of a respectful learning environment, and invites further dialogue regarding this salient issue.
authors.affiliation: School of Health Studies, Brandon University, Brandon, MB, Canada. morrissette@brandonu.ca
authors.forename: P J
authors.initials: PJ
authors.lastname: Morrissette
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Doty-Sweetnam
mesh_terms: D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D004508:Education, Nursing, Baccalaureate / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D007858:Learning; D011568:Psychiatric Nursing / Q000193:education*; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000517:prevention & control* / Q000523:psychology; D013334:Students / Q000523:psychology*