Generational Attitudes

• Generational attitudes of rural mental health nurses by Andrew Crowther and Michael Kemp Significant changes has impacted mental health nursing workforce dramatically in New South Wales. For the most part, managers need to develop strategies to address the generational attitudes of mental health nurses. Moreover, Crowther and Kemp (2009) expressed that nurses of Generation X are used to face his or her own issues personally; in contrast to Baby Boomers who are often need group support to function well in the workplace (Crowther and Kemp, 2009, p. 97). As part of the rural mental health nurses study, eighty-nine nurses answered a total of two-hundred information sheets and questionnaires to address the following factors:
- Having one job for life - Having multiple skill sets
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(2010) identified five general themes that emerged from the focus groups that was study (p. 70). For example, the five general themes that emerged from the focus groups were 1. Transitioning from student to nurse, 2. Managing difficult staffing conditions, 3. Maintaining morale, 4. Dealing with safety matters, and 5. Building relationships that enhance teamwork (Dols et. al., 2010, p. 70).

1. Transitioning from Student to Nurse: To address the pressure of the new age of nurses working in the nursing field, each generation (Especially the millennial generation) need fundamental support from management and fellow nurses (Dols et. al., 2010, p. 70).
2. Managing Difficult Staffing Conditions: Nursing exhaustion and burnout are some of the leading factors of staffing deficits in the nursing workforce. As a result, managers need to let nurses be empowered to have a voice address certain concerns each nurse faces, such as the consequences of too many patients and not enough nurses (Dols et. al., 2010, p. 71).
3. Maintaining morale: Show nurses that they are valued in the nursing workforce by