Does restructuring theory and clinical courses better prepare nursing students to manage residents with challenging behaviors in long-term care settings?

Bachelor of Nursing students (BN) placed in long-term care encounter residents who exhibit challenging behaviors. Students are often inadequately prepared to manage these behaviors, and this is a source of distress for students. This study explored whether enhancing and restructuring theoretical and...

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Publicado en:Gerontology & Geriatrics Education Vol. 41; no. 1; pp. 85 - 100
Autores principales: O'Connell, Beverly, Guse, Lorna, Greenslade, Loreley
Formato: research tables/charts Journal Article
Publicado: Taylor & Francis Ltd Jan-Mar2020
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          O'Connell, Beverly
          Guse, Lorna
          Greenslade, Loreley
        affil: Rady Faculty of Health Sciences, College of Nursing, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada
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          Education, Nursing
          Curriculum Development
          Students, Nursing
          Long Term Care
          Professional Competence
          Stress, Psychological
          Human
          Students, Nursing, Baccalaureate
          Confidence
          Behavioral Changes
          Nursing Home Residents
          Student Placement
          Learning Methods
          Education, Nursing, Continuing
      ab: Bachelor of Nursing students (BN) placed in long-term care encounter residents who exhibit challenging behaviors. Students are often inadequately prepared to manage these behaviors, and this is a source of distress for students. This study explored whether enhancing and restructuring theoretical and clinical courses resulted in student nurses feeling better prepared to manage residents' challenging behaviors and improve their levels of distress. This study was conducted in two phases with 116 BN students (first phase) and 99 students (second phase) where the course on older adults was restructured. The findings of this study indicated that students who felt less prepared experienced greater distress by residents' behaviors than those who felt better prepared. Scheduling a theoretical course on the care of older adults prior to the clinical course placement, as well as offering an online learning module focused on responsive behaviors, significantly increased students' feelings of preparedness to manage residents' complex behaviors.
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