Author(s)

Paloma Carapia-Fierros¹, Diana Cecilia Tapia-Pancardo^2*

¹Carrera de Enfermería, Facultad de Estudios Superiores Iztacala, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Tlalnepantla, México.
²División de Investigación y Posgrado, Unidad de Biomedicina, Facultad de Estudios Superiores Iztacala, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Tlalnepantla, México.

Background: The challenge for nursing training highlights the priorities for knowing and attending current educational tendencies on adolescents and the university curriculum, required for a nurse professional to develop skills to reach success in health education. The aim was to establish the importance of nurse training by using innovative techniques to develop skills in adolescent mental health education. Methods: Qualitative and descriptive research with an exploratory approach. Six nurse students of 20 - 25 years of age, both sexes, were invited to participate in a public university setting. Immersion tools were implemented such as, testimony, hexagrams, interactive didactic materials, all of them previously validated by expert judges. Data collection was through a semi-structured interview, after a signed informed consent letter. Results: Five categories emerged, Category I. Innovative educational strategies, like immersion tools; Category II. Innovative strategy to treat complex topics; Category III. Innovative techniques that favor health education; Category IV. Importance of upgrading nurse professionals; Category V. Importance of Innovative mental health education for adolescents. Conclusions: Nursing training with innovative techniques to develop skills in mental health for adolescents requires better educational, research and evaluation methods to fulfill professionals training, to provide a better health education in adolescents, and to reach a significant learning.

Nurse Education, Adolescents, Mental Health, Innovative Techniques

Carapia-Fierros, P. and Tapia-Pancardo, D. (2021) Innovative Techniques to Develop Educative Competitiveness in Adolescents’ Mental Health: Importance in Nursing Training. Health, 13, 903-909. doi: 10.4236/health.2021.139069.