title: What interventions can improve the mental health nursing practice environment?
abstract: The nursing practice environment is an important factor for services to consider in the attraction and retention of a skilled workforce during future nursing shortages. Despite the significant number of international studies undertaken to understand the influence of the practice environment on nurse satisfaction and retention, few have been undertaken within the mental health setting. This paper reports on results from a survey conducted in a large Australian public mental health hospital to examine nurses' perceptions of their practice environment, and identifies interventions that could be implemented to improve the practice environment. The hospital is the only remaining, standalone public mental health hospital in Western Australia.
authors.affiliation: School of Nursing and Midwifery, Edith Cowan University.|Graylands Hospital, North Metropolitan Health Service, Perth, Western Australia.
authors.forename: Robina
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Redknap
authors.affiliation: School of Nursing and Midwifery, Edith Cowan University.
authors.forename: Di
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Twigg
authors.affiliation: School of Nursing and Midwifery, Edith Cowan University.
authors.forename: Amanda
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Towell
mesh_terms: D006778:Hospitals, Psychiatric / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000592:standards; D006801:Humans; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000451:nursing; D011568:Psychiatric Nursing / Q000193:education* / Q000379:methods; D058996:Quality Improvement; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014904:Western Australia
keywords: intervention; mental health; nurse retention; nursing practice environment; practice environment scale