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Caregiving is both an art and a science; both knowledge and skills are necessary to improve the quality of care that professionals provide. Researchers are often limited in their assessment of skill performance due to inadequate and unrealistic measurement options. Simulation using standardized patients offers researchers an objective method to evaluate skill performance. This article describes the use of simulations by researchers in their quest to measure changes in violence prevention skills after an intervention program given to nurse assistants working in long-term care facilities.
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Casas de Saúde/organização & administração , Pesquisa em Enfermagem/métodos , Simulação de Paciente , Estudos de Avaliação como Assunto , Humanos , Violência/prevenção & controleRESUMO
As health care becomes more information-intensive and diverse, there is a need to integrate information technology (IT) into clinical education. Little is known, however, about how to design instructional strategies for integrating information technology into clinical nursing education. This article outlines the instructional strategies used by faculty in five nursing programs who taught students to use a point-of-care information technology system. The article also reports students' computer acceptance and summarizes IT clinical teaching recommendations.
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Competência Clínica , Capacitação de Usuário de Computador/métodos , Bacharelado em Enfermagem/métodos , Informática em Enfermagem/educação , Sistemas Automatizados de Assistência Junto ao Leito , Adulto , Análise de Variância , Antropologia Cultural , Atitude do Pessoal de Saúde , Atitude Frente aos Computadores , Competência Clínica/normas , Enfermagem em Saúde Comunitária/educação , Enfermagem em Saúde Comunitária/organização & administração , Alfabetização Digital , Currículo , Feminino , Humanos , Masculino , Pesquisa em Educação em Enfermagem , Informática em Enfermagem/organização & administração , Pesquisa Metodológica em Enfermagem , Sistemas Automatizados de Assistência Junto ao Leito/organização & administração , Estudantes de Enfermagem/psicologia , Inquéritos e Questionários , Ensino/métodos , Estados Unidos , Interface Usuário-ComputadorRESUMO
This study describes home caregivers' and managers' beliefs and experiences related to violence in their workplace. Suggested strategies are recommended that can help home care organizations recognize, prevent, and manage violence in their workplace.
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Cuidadores/psicologia , Serviços de Assistência Domiciliar , Violência/psicologia , Adulto , Feminino , Grupos Focais , Humanos , Violência/prevenção & controleRESUMO
Violence against caregivers is not a new phenomenon. Caregivers have experienced verbal and physical assaults from nursing home residents for many years. However, because much of the violence has been associated with demented or mentally ill residents, the word aggression was used in lieu of violence. This study found that the caregivers and nursing directors considered the assaults to be violence. The study suggests that such violence occurs frequently and is of concern to caregivers and nursing directors. The study also suggests that nursing homes may not have policies or procedures in place for preventing, monitoring, and controlling violence in their workplaces. In 1996, OSHA published violence prevention guidelines for health are facilities. These guidelines support OSHA's mandate that employees are entitled to a safe and healthy workplace (OSHA, 1996b). Although it is not possible to prevent all violence against caregivers in this unique setting, nursing home directors and administrators have a legal and moral responsibility to develop an action plan to minimize the violence and plan interventions for its effects. Violence against caregivers in nursing homes no longer can be thought of as expected, tolerated, and accepted. Quality of care and employee well-being depend on it.
