Journal of Education and Health Promotion 2277-9531 12 9 2022 10 01 Technical competency required by postgraduate psychiatric nursing students: A qualitative research 1 7 29568 EN . Effat Sheikhbahaeddinzadeh 0000-0002-7097-8480 . Tahereh Ashktorab 0000-0001-8189-6248 . Abbas Ebadi Behavioral Sciences Research Center, Life Style Institute, Baqiyatallah University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran Department of Management, Nursing Faculty, Baqiyatallah University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran Journal Article 2023 03 11 BACKGROUND: Technical skills result in the patient’s safety. Psychiatric nurses need to learn and<br />apply them to provide effective and secure cares. This study explains the technical competency<br />required for postgraduate psychiatric nursing students.<br />MATERIALS AND METHODS: This conventional qualitative content analysis study is part of a larger<br />study on the clinical competency of postgraduate psychiatric nursing students performed in Iran in<br />2020. A qualitative study was conducted at universities holding master’s degree courses in psychiatric<br />nursing. Participants were instructors and postgraduate psychiatric nursing students, psychiatric<br />nurses, psychologists, and psychiatrists selected by purposeful sampling method. Sampling continued<br />until data saturation was achieved. Data were collected through a semi‑structured individual interview<br />and were analyzed by conventional qualitative content analysis.<br />RESULTS: The “technical competency” has two subcategories of “specialized knowledge” (including<br />general nursing knowledge, psychiatric nursing knowledge, and basic knowledge of psychology)<br />and “application of knowledge in practice” (including clinical experience, skills of psychiatric nursing<br />interventions, educational skills, and research and evidence‑based practice skills).<br />CONCLUSION: The psychiatric nursing student learns and operates knowledge of psychiatric<br />nursing, psychology, education, and research, besides improving their knowledge of general nursing.<br /><br /> https://jehp.mui.ac.ir/article_29568_bdbb7b82339a6700741e6dd665b8a993.pdf