18th Annual Nursing and Midwifery Research Conference Docume

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held with two EBE lecturers. All data were collected and analysed in partnership between nurse academics and EBE’s Results: Findings from the student focus groups encapsulate the journey students reported they undertook, moving from stereotypical, medicalised and stigmatizing views of service users, to developing a greater understanding of mental distress and their role as mental health nurses. Findings from the interviews with EBE’s highlight the importance of EBE’s maintaining their autonomy, their experiences of addressing the vulnerability of students as they are exposed to stories of mental distress and the practical and emotional supported needed for EBE lecturers. Conclusion: Involving EBE lecturers in the education of students can assist them in understanding the human nature of mental distress in a world where the medicalisation of mental ill health dominates.

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