Abstract:

Objective: To understand the psychological status of new psychiatric nurses and provide necessary information for
standardizing professional training and keeping the nurse team stable. Methods: Self-designed questionnaires were used to survey 57 psychiatric nurses with less than 5 years' working experience and two groups of nurses were compared, i.e. nurses with 1 year or less working experience and nurses with over 1 year working experience. Results: How long nurses had worked was an important factor influencing their psychological status. 85.7% of the nurses with 1 year or less working experience were worried about being attacked and hurt by patients, 71.4% were worried about their ability to handle emergencies when working shifts alone, and 66.7% believed they had limited psychiatric knowledge. Nurses with over 1 year working experience were concerned about their career planning and limited social support for psychiatric nursing work. Conclusion: According to new psychiatric nurses' psychological characteristics, standard training plans were developed, training with strong orientation and clinical teaching were carried out in order to help nurses to be familiar with their work environment as soon as possible, to master nursing skills, adapt to their work and provide high-quality service for people with mental illness.

Key words: psychiatric department, new nurses, psychological status