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ABSTRACT Background Mental health nursing has been widely recognized as a less desirable career than other nursing specialties. Mental hospital complexities, positioning the nurse in a challenging to form self acceptance as a mental health nurse who is obliged to perform caring for patients with mental disorders. Objective This research aimed to explore the meaning perceived by nurses regarding the form of self?acceptance on the concern of caring for patients with mental disorders. Methods A qualitative design with phenomenology approach was performed in one provincial mental hospital setting in Palembang, Indonesia. Eleven nurses were purposively selected from four inpatient wards, as the research participants for three months in depth interview. The in?depth interviews were intended to reveal the underlying meaning of self?acceptance as mental health nurses. Inductive content analysis was performed to analysis the data, which is initiated with collecting the transcript of interviews and formulated the unit of analysis. Researcher read the interview transcript repeatedly to be able to immerse the data. Furthermore, data organized through form the code, category development and abstraction to present an impression by generalizing categories. Results The findings highlighted five themes associated with the form of self?acceptance to perform mental?health care, including: the path of destiny as a mental?health nurse, the value of religious observance in nursing occupation, challenging nurse’s patience, the sense of sincerity in carrying out this serving profession and total devotion in nursing care. Conclusion Strengthening of self?acceptance of mental health nurses needs to be encouraged to enhance nurses’s competence along with accommodating policies, environment and appropriate role models |
