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BACKGROUND: Prostate cancer (PCa) is a major public health concern among African American (A.A.) men. A.A. men have the highest PCa incidences nationally and internationally. OBJECTIVE: The goal of this pilot study was to evaluate the effectiveness of an evidence-based PCa awareness intervention designed to positively affect the knowledge, attitudes, and beliefs of A.A. men regarding PCa screening. METHOD: A quantitative pre/post survey research design was utilized. A convenience sample of 11 subjects were recruited. The intervention consisted of a pre-survey, video presentation, oral presentation, question and answer session, and post-survey. The Thomas Jefferson University Prostate Cancer Screening Survey was used as the survey instrument. RESULTS: The findings revealed a strong positive correlation between age of participants and pre-test scores. As education level increased among the participants so did knowledge, attitudes, and beliefs. CONCLUSIONS: The study's goal was met by increasing awareness and changing knowledge, attitudes, and beliefs in A.A. men regarding PCa screening. IMPLICATIONS FOR NURSING: Nurses and healthcare providers should encourage discussions with A.A. men regarding advantages and disadvantages of PCa screening that embraces cultural awareness. PCa knowledge is important for shared decision-making with healthcare providers.
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Black or African American/psychology , Early Detection of Cancer/psychology , Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice , Mass Screening/psychology , Prostatic Neoplasms/diagnosis , Prostatic Neoplasms/psychology , Adult , Black or African American/statistics & numerical data , Aged , Aged, 80 and over , Early Detection of Cancer/statistics & numerical data , Humans , Male , Mass Screening/statistics & numerical data , Middle Aged , Pilot Projects , Surveys and Questionnaires , United StatesABSTRACT
To manage interpersonal conflict, nursing students need evidence-based interventions to strengthen stress resiliency, psychological empowerment, and conflict management skills. A pilot 1-group, pre-post-design, 2-semester intervention used simulated experiences to enhance these skills with 60 undergraduate nursing students. Findings suggest that integration of conflict resolution skills throughout the curriculum, with repeated opportunities to practice using a variety of styles of conflict management in relation to situational factors, may be beneficial to prepare students for the challenges of today's healthcare environment.
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Attitude of Health Personnel , Negotiating/psychology , Power, Psychological , Resilience, Psychological , Students, Nursing/psychology , Adult , Education, Nursing, Baccalaureate , Female , Follow-Up Studies , Humans , Male , Middle Aged , Nursing Education Research , Nursing Evaluation Research , Pilot Projects , Students, Nursing/statistics & numerical data , Young AdultABSTRACT
AIMS: This article is a report of a Neuman Systems Model-guided correlational study of the relations of stress resiliency, psychological empowerment, selected demographic characteristics (age, ethnicity, semester in school) and conflict management styles. BACKGROUND: Emerging evidence suggests that stress resiliency and psychological empowerment can strengthen student nurses in academic achievement and coping with stress. Little is known about conflict management styles of students and the relationship to empowerment, resiliency and the implications for managing workplace conflict. METHODS: A correlational study was conducted in Spring 2010 with 166 baccalaureate students. Most participants were female, single, Hispanic and 25 years old. The data collection instruments included the Stress Resiliency Profile, the Psychological Empowerment Instrument, the Conflict Mode Instrument and a demographic inventory. Descriptive and inferential correlational statistics were used to analyse the data. RESULTS: Students scored in the high range for focusing on their deficiencies in conflict situations; they scored above the 60th percentile for avoiding and accommodating behaviours and were less likely to use competing or collaborating strategies to manage conflict. Empowerment scores were significantly correlated with stress resiliency scores. Students with high scores on empowerment had high scores on the skill recognition subscale of the Stress Resiliency Profile suggesting more resilience; high scores on empowerment were related to high necessitating subscale scores of the Stress Resiliency Profile suggesting a predisposition to stress. CONCLUSIONS: Neuman Systems Model may provide guidance for educators to strengthen student nurses' management of stressors in the workplace.
