Effects of Delirium Management Program on Nursing Practice and Nurses' Stress in Comprehensive Nursing Care Service Units / 재활간호학회지

ABSTRACT

PURPOSE@#This study was conducted to examine the effects of a delirium management program on nursing practice and nurses' stress in comprehensive nursing care service units.@*METHODS@#A non-equivalent control group pretest-posttest design was used. The participants were 70 nurses in comprehensive nursing care service units. The nurses were assigned to either a experimental group (n=35) or a control group (n=35). The experimental group received a delirium management program. Data were analyzed using χ² test, Fisher's exact test, independent t-test and ANCOVA.@*RESULTS@#The experimental group showed higher nursing practice than the control group (F=7.86, p=.007). The experimental group showed lower nurses' stress than the control group (F=10.73 p=.002).@*CONCLUSION@#The findings indicated that a delirium management program was an effective intervention to improve nursing practice and reduce nurses' stress in comprehensive nursing care service units.