护理学生关于阿尔茨海默氏症疾病的知识
Lisa Kirk Wiese1, Christine Lynn Williams1
1C.E. Lynn College of Nursing, Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, Florida, United States.
Journal of nursing education and practice
|July 19, 2024
概括
护理学生在高级阿尔茨海默病 (AD) 护理方面表现出显著的知识差距,尽管AD患病率不断增加. 课程更新对于为未来的护士准备应对日益增长的公共卫生挑战至关重要.
科学领域:
- 老年学是一门学科.
- 护理教育 护理教育
- 神经退行性疾病 神经退行性疾病
背景情况:
- 阿尔茨海默病 (AD) 影响着美国人口的越来越大一部分,每66秒就会出现一个新的病例.
- 未来的护士将越来越多地照顾老年人,需要全面了解AD等与年龄相关的疾病.
- 关于护理学生的AD知识现有的信息是有限的,突出了准备的关键差距.
研究的目的:
- 评估佛罗里达州学士学位护理学生的基本和高级阿尔茨海默病 (AD) 知识.
- 确定护理学生关于AD的知识缺陷的特定领域.
主要方法:
- 采用了一种描述性研究设计.
- 两个阿尔茨海默病 (AD) 知识测量对102名学士学位护理学生进行了管理.
- 用对样本t测试进行数据分析.
主要成果:
- 与高级AD知识相比,护理学生的基本AD知识显著更高 (t(101) = 2.28,p = .027).
- 观察到明显的知识缺陷,不到50%的学生正确地回答了医疗保健提供者专注措施的项目.
- 具体缺陷包括识别AD患者的风险因素 (例如高胆固醇),预防措施 (例如运动),诊断后的预期寿命和与症状相关的压力.
结论:
- 更新的护理课程,专注于与痴呆相关的疾病是必要的,以准备学生对老年人患AD风险越来越高的人数升级.
- 诸如体验式学习和协作计划等资源可以增强教师,学生和执业护士的知识.
- 解决这些知识差距对于改善阿尔茨海默病患者护理质量至关重要.
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