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Kung PC, Huang HL, Che HL, Chou YF, Chi SF, Tseng SM. Effectiveness of clinical mentorship program for students of long-term aged care: A mixed-methods study. Nurse Educ Today 2023; 125:105781. [PMID: 36933372 DOI: 10.1016/j.nedt.2023.105781] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/02/2022] [Revised: 02/22/2023] [Accepted: 03/04/2023] [Indexed: 06/18/2023]
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BACKGROUND Internationally, the population is rapidly aging with a strong demand for aged care services. In Taiwan, both recruiting and retaining staff to aged care poses difficulties. Good clinical role models can positively impact students' confidence and professional development and influence their willingness to enter the long-term aged care workforce. OBJECTIVES To clarify clinical mentors' roles and competencies and assess the effectiveness of a mentorship program for improving students' professional commitment and self-efficacy in long-term aged care. DESIGN A mixed-methods study with a quasi-experimental research design and qualitative interviews. SETTINGS Purposive sampling was used to recruit long-term aged care professional clinical mentors with preceptor qualifications and nursing and aged care students enrolled in a two-year technical program in a Taiwanese university's gerontology care department. PARTICIPANTS Fourteen mentors and 48 students participated. The student control group received regular education; the experimental group received mentorship guidance. METHODS This study included three phases. Phase one involved qualitative interviews to identify clinical mentors' roles and competencies. Phase two involved expert panel meetings to establish the clinical mentorship program's content and implementation. Phase three involved the program's evaluation. Quantitative questionnaires were administered before the program and subsequently at 6, 12, and 18 months to assess mentors' effectiveness and students' professional commitment and self-efficacy in long-term aged care. Qualitative focus groups solicited participants' feelings and suggestions for the program. RESULTS Clinical mentors' roles and competencies centered on two themes: professional role model and establishing good rapport. Quantitative analysis showed that mentoring effectiveness initially recorded a decline, followed by a subsequent increase. Both groups' professional self-efficacy and commitment followed an increasing trend. While the experimental group's professional commitment score was significantly higher than the control groups, their professional self-efficacy scores did not differ significantly. CONCLUSIONS The clinical mentorship program improved students' long-term aged care professional commitment and self-efficacy.
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Affiliation(s)
- Pen-Chen Kung
- Department of Gerontology and Health Care Management, College of Nursing, Chang Gung University of Science and Technology, Taoyuan, Taiwan.
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- Department of Gerontology and Health Care Management, College of Nursing, Chang Gung University of Science and Technology, Taoyuan, Taiwan; Geriatric and Long-Term Care Research Center, Chang Gung University of Science and Technology, Taoyuan, Taiwan; Dementia Center, Department of Neurology, Linkou Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taoyuan, Taiwan.
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- Department of Gerontology and Health Care Management, College of Nursing, Chang Gung University of Science and Technology, Taoyuan, Taiwan.
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- Department of Nursing, Taoyuan Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taoyuan, Taiwan.
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- Department of Nursing, Taoyuan Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taoyuan, Taiwan.
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- Department of Nursing, Taoyuan Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taoyuan, Taiwan.
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Yu CL, Hsieh SI, Lin LH, Chi SF, Huang TH, Yeh SL, Wang C. Factors Associated with Surgical Smoke Self-Protection Behavior of Operating Room Nurses. Healthcare (Basel) 2022; 10:healthcare10050965. [PMID: 35628101 PMCID: PMC9141096 DOI: 10.3390/healthcare10050965] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/19/2022] [Revised: 05/16/2022] [Accepted: 05/17/2022] [Indexed: 12/04/2022] Open
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Surgical smoke has been proven to be harmful and carcinogenic to humans as well as increasing the risk of acquiring infectious diseases. The operating room nurses' willingness to use protective equipment against surgical smoke was low. The factors associated with personal protective behavior in the operating room against surgical smoke were sparsely explored. The purpose of this study is to determine factors associated with surgical smoke self-protection behavior of the operating room nurses. This was a descriptive correlational study using a convenience sample from a medical center in northern Taiwan. The self-designed questionnaires included personal characteristics and perceived attributes. The data were analyzed by descriptive and linear regression. Attendance at in-service education with regard to surgical smoke, the attitude to surgical smoke, and surgical smoke self-protection barriers were significant factors found in multivariate linear regression after controlling the covariates. The overall model was significant and accounted for 14.2% of variances. In summary, attending in-service education, attitude and barriers in executing self-protective behaviors were significant factors. It is important to promote operating room nurses' health through providing correct surgical smoke knowledge, self-protection strategies to improve attitudes toward surgical smoke, improving the hospital's environment by adding surgical smoke evacuation equipment, and standardizing the operating procedures.
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- Ching-Lan Yu
- Department of Nursing, Taoyuan Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Chang Gung University of Science and Technology, Taoyuan City 33378, Taiwan; (C.-L.Y.); (L.-H.L.); (S.-F.C.); (S.-L.Y.)
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- Department of Nursing, Taoyuan Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Chang Gung University of Science and Technology, Taoyuan City 33378, Taiwan; (C.-L.Y.); (L.-H.L.); (S.-F.C.); (S.-L.Y.)
- Correspondence: ; Tel.: +886-3-2118999 (ext. 3423)
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- Department of Nursing, Taoyuan Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Chang Gung University of Science and Technology, Taoyuan City 33378, Taiwan; (C.-L.Y.); (L.-H.L.); (S.-F.C.); (S.-L.Y.)
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- Department of Nursing, Taoyuan Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Chang Gung University of Science and Technology, Taoyuan City 33378, Taiwan; (C.-L.Y.); (L.-H.L.); (S.-F.C.); (S.-L.Y.)
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- Taiwan Union of Nurses Association, Taipei City 103, Taiwan;
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- Department of Nursing, Taoyuan Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Chang Gung University of Science and Technology, Taoyuan City 33378, Taiwan; (C.-L.Y.); (L.-H.L.); (S.-F.C.); (S.-L.Y.)
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- Department of Nursing, Linkou Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, School of Nursing, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan City 33305, Taiwan;
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Tseng YP, Huang LH, Hsu LL, Huang TH, Hsieh SI, Chi SF, Chou YF. The family surrogates' psychological experience of making a do-not-resuscitate decision for older relatives: a qualitative study. Contemp Nurse 2018; 54:195-207. [PMID: 29845875 DOI: 10.1080/10376178.2018.1478232] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/14/2022]
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BACKGROUND Many nursing home residents lack autonomous decision-making capacity and rely on family members to make do-not-resuscitate (DNR) decisions. Making DNR decisions can be difficult and complicated for surrogates. However, surrogates' psychological experience in making these decisions for older relatives is not well studied. AIM To understand the surrogates' psychological experience of making DNR decisions for older relatives in a nursing home. METHODS The study subjects of this qualitative study were family surrogates of older residents in a nursing home of Taiwan. A self-constructed, semi-structured interview guided in-depth interviews, which were recorded. Content analysis was used to discover themes from verbatim record. RESULTS Four themes were revealed: lack of psychological preparation, considering issues when making a decision, ambivalent emotional responses and impact of cultural factors. Fifteen subthemes were also found. CONCLUSIONS Surrogates who must decide whether to make a DNR decision for older relatives experience great emotional conflict. Understanding surrogates' struggles may assist nursing and care staff in managing this difficult situation.
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- Yi-Ping Tseng
- a Medical College , National Taiwan University , Taipei , Taiwan.,b Taoyuan Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Nursing Home , Chang Gung Medical Foundation , No. 26-8, Dongjiulukeng, Guishan Dist., Taoyuan , Taiwan, R.O.C
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- c School of Nursing , University of Colorado , Boulder , Colorado.,d College of Medicine, Department of Nursing , National Taiwan University , No. 1, Sec 1, Jen-Ai Rd, Taipei , Taiwan, R.O.C
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- e Teacher College , Columbia University , New York , NY , USA.,f Department of Nursing , Oriental Institute of Technology , , No.58, Sec. 2, Sichuan Rd., Banqiao Dist., New Taipei City 220, Taipei , Taiwan, R.O.C
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- g Graduate Institute of Nursing , Taipei Medical University , Taipei , Taiwan.,h Taoyuan Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Nursing Department , Chang Gung Medical Foundation , No.123, Dinghu Rd., Guishan Dist., Taoyuan , Taiwan, R.O.C
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- i School of Nursing , University of Maryland at Baltimore , Baltimore , MD , USA.,j Nursing Department at Chang Gung University of Science and Technology, Taoyuan Chang Gung Memorial Hospital , N423, No. 261, Wenhwa 1st Road, Kweishan, Taoyuan , Taiwan, R.O.C
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- k Department of Health Care Management , Chang Gung University , Taoyuan , Taiwan.,l Taoyuan Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Nursing Department , Chang Gung Medical Foundation , Nursing supervisor, No. 123, Dinghu Rd., Guishan Dist., Taoyuan , Taiwan, R.O.C
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- m Department of Nursing , Chang Gung University , Taoyuan , Taiwan.,n Taoyuan Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Nursing Department , Chang Gung Medical Foundation , Nursing supervisor, No.123, Dinghu Rd., Guishan Dist., Taoyuan , Taiwan, R.O.C
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