title: Measuring the influence of a mental health training module on the therapeutic optimism of advanced nurse practitioner students in the United Kingdom.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To evaluate the influence of a mental health training module on the therapeutic optimism of advanced nurse practitioner (ANP) students in primary care (family practice).
  
  
  METHODS
  Three cohorts of ANPs who undertook a Mental Health Problems in Primary Care Module as part of their MSc ANP (primary care) run by the University of Huddersfield completed the Elsom Therapeutic Optimism Scale (ETOS), in a pre- and postformat. The ETOS is a 10-item, self-administered scale, which has been used to evaluate therapeutic optimism previously in mental health professionals.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  All three cohorts who completed the scale showed an improvement in their therapeutic optimism scores. With stigma having such a detrimental effect for people diagnosed with a mental health problem, ANPs who are more mental health literate facilitated by education and training in turn facilitates them to have the skills and confidence to engage and inspire hope for the person diagnosed with mental health problems.
authors.affiliation: School of Health and Human Sciences, University of Huddersfield, Queensgate, Huddersfield, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: Steve
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Hemingway
authors.forename: Melanie
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Rogers
authors.forename: Stephen
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Elsom
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D015331:Cohort Studies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009722:Nurse Practitioners / Q000193:education*; D000067656:Optimism / Q000523:psychology*; D011568:Psychiatric Nursing / Q000193:education*; D013663:Teaching; D006113:United Kingdom
keywords: Therapeutic optimism; advanced practice nurses; coaching; mental health problems; quantitative analysis; stigma