Nursing assistants' experience of caring for hospitalized dementia patients with behavioral symptoms / 中国实用护理杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective To describe nursing assistants' experience of caring for dementia patients with behavioral symptoms.Methods A descriptive qualitative design was used in this study.Twelve nursing assistants for dementia patients were recruited.A semi-structured interview was used to collect the data.The interview was related to nursing assistants' experience of caring for patients with behavioral symptoms.Content analysis was used to explicate the meaning of the interview data.Results Three themes were extractedhaving multiple stressors; learning by practice; seeking mutual support from other nursing assistants.Conclusions Nursing assistants had multiple stressors from caring dementia patients with behavioral symptoms.Continuing supply of training on strategies of coping with behavioral symptoms as well as the emotional support are especially required.