title: Reduced ambivalence to the role of the cardiometabolic health nurse following a 6-month trial.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To determine the changes in attitudes toward the inclusion of a cardiometabolic health nurse for the physical healthcare management of people with serious mental illness following a 6-month trial.
  
  
  METHODS
  Repeated survey of nurses working in a regional mental health facility.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Nurses working in mental health were initially supportive of the role. A 6-month trial of a cardiometabolic health nurse in the workplace reduced ambivalence and increased positivity toward the role.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Reduced ambivalence and improved positivity toward the role may facilitate less organization resistance to the implementation of a cardiometabolic health nurse in the mental healthcare setting. Specialized training and role recognition may be needed to further support this role.
authors.affiliation: Institute for Health and Social Science Research, Centre for Mental Health Nursing Innovation, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Central Queensland University, Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia.
authors.forename: Brenda
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Happell
authors.forename: Robert
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Stanton
authors.forename: Wendy
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Hoey
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Scott
mesh_terms: D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D001315:Australia; D064646:Cardiovascular Nursing; D006801:Humans; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000451:nursing*; D008605:Mental Health Services / Q000458:organization & administration*; D017132:Workplace
keywords: Attitudes; cardiometabolic health; mental health nursing; nursing practice