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Kennedy, Katherine A. "Is Nurse Aide Retention Associated with Nursing Home Quality?" Miami University / OhioLINK, 2021. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1618591173416498.
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Jones, Peggy K. "A comparability analysis of the National Nurse Aide Assessment Program." [Tampa, Fla] : University of South Florida, 2006. http://purl.fcla.edu/usf/dc/et/SFE0001752.
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McDaniel, Vivienne. "Enhancing the Nurse Aide Student's Knowledge of Evidence-Based Geriatric Care Practices." ScholarWorks, 2018. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/5903.
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Certified nurse aides provide approximately 65% of care to more than 1.4 million older adults residing in nursing homes who have been diagnosed with 1 or more chronic illnesses or debilitating conditions. Licensed nurses rely on nurse aides to report potentially harmful status changes in geriatric residents. Nurse aides often receive limited education and do not have a structured care process to guide them in their practice in the geriatric population. The purpose of this educational quality improvement project was to develop a geriatric-specific nurse aide care process to increase the knowledge of student nurse aides regarding processes to identify and observe potentially harmful status changes in geriatric residents, and what changes to report immediately to a licensed nurse. The knowledge-to-action model was used to address the practice problem and to guide the translation of this evidence-based project into practice. The methodology used to guide data collection and analysis was a 1-group, quasi experimental, pretest/posttest design to compare participants' knowledge before the intervention with their learning outcomes after the educational intervention was implemented. The findings revealed an increase in the knowledge of student nurse aides after the educational intervention. The project may promote social change on an organizational level by demonstrating the need for a structured geriatric care process for nurse aides prior to their entry into the long-term care workforce to improve care outcomes for geriatric residents. The project may involve social change at the state level because incorporating this process may require additional hours in the nurse aide education program curriculum.
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Schoen, Jodi Lynn. "CONGRUENCY OF LEARNING STYLES AND TEACHING STYLES ON PERFORMANCE OUTCOMES OF CERTIFIED NURSE AIDE STUDENTS." OpenSIUC, 2018. https://opensiuc.lib.siu.edu/dissertations/1563.
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JODI L. SCHOEN Doctor of Philosophy degree in WORKFORCE EDUCATION & DEVELOPMENT, presented on March 22, 2018, at Southern Illinois University Carbondale. TITLE: CONGRUENCY OF LEARNING STYLES AND TEACHING STYLES ON PERFORMANCE OUTCOMES OF CERTIFIED NURSE AIDE STUDENTS COMMITTEE CHAIR: Dr. Barbara Hagler The study of learning styles and teaching styles is a topic of growing interest and debate over the benefit of matching learning styles to teaching styles for improved student performance. There is a diversity of learning style and teaching style instruments that attempt to identify patterns or preferences. The learning theory suggests that knowing this information can improve learning through adjusting curriculum or teaching styles armed with this knowledge. A need for further research in the learning context of nurse aide student population was identified and the focus of this research. Hence, the purpose of this study was to examine the learning styles of students and teachers, teaching styles and the influence of congruency on performance. The sample for the study consisted of 187 nursing assistant students and 23 instructors. The Kolb Learning Style Inventory (LSI) version 3.1, and Grasha-Reichmann Teaching Style Inventory (TSI) were used to measure learning styles and teaching styles, and a questionnaire was used to gather demographic data. These data were compared to test scores gathered via The Illinois Nurse Aide Competency Test. The findings showed that there was no significant influence of the four learning styles identified through the Kolb LSI of accommodating, diverging, assimilating and converging. However, there was a significant relationship between the concrete experience (CE) learning style construct and decreased test performance. There were no significant findings to support the congruency of learning styles of students and teacher on outcomes. Although the mean scores of those matching learning styles achieved a higher mean of 84.75, as compared to 80.28 to those not-matching learning styles. Teachers had an increased preference for Expert, Formal Authority and Personal Model teaching styles, and teaching style had no significant effect on test performance. The most common learning styles were Diverging (39%), Assimilating (28%), Accommodating (26%) and Converging (7%) for students, and Assimilating (40%), Diverging (35%), Converging (15%) and Accommodating (10%) for teachers.
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Finn, Garlina. "The Role of Empathy in Nursing Assistant Retention." ScholarWorks, 2018. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/5189.
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It is estimated that by 2020 there will be 2.8 million long-term care beds in residential facilities, staffed primarily with nursing assistants as the front-line care providers. The American Healthcare Association 2012 staffing survey showed that the median annual turnover rate for nursing assistants in the United States is 51.5%. High rates of turnover are associated not only with poorer quality of care but also with increased costs for facilities. The purpose of this project was to understand characteristics that are associated with long-term employment in the nursing assistant role by describing the personality characteristic of empathy in the nursing assistant population with career longevity. The practice-focused question focused on the level of empathy among nursing assistants in long-term care who have been in their role 3 years or longer. The purposive sample group included 60 nursing assistants from 10 long-term care facilities in New Jersey. Data were collected using the Interpersonal Reactivity Index instrument, which comprises 4, 7-item subscales that consider aspects of the global concept of empathy. The overall findings of this study did not establish a significant relationship between empathy and retention; however, notable shifts in the empathy subscale scores of participants related to gender and length of tenure were noted. The results of this study could promote positive social change by helping administrators select nursing assistants suited to working in long-term care facilities, which may result in lower turnover and improved patient outcomes among the population in long-term care.
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Neupane, Ramesh. "A QUANTITATIVE STUDY EXAMINING THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN LEARNING PREFERENCES AND STANDADIZED MULTIPLE CHOICE ACHIEVEMENT TEST PERFORMANCE OF NURSE AIDE STUDENTS." OpenSIUC, 2019. https://opensiuc.lib.siu.edu/dissertations/1663.
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The research purpose was to investigate the differences between learning preferences (i.e., Active-Reflective, Sensing-Intuitive, Visual-Verbal, and Sequential-Global) determined by the Index of Learning Style and gender (i.e., Male and Female) in regards to standardized achievement multiple-choice test performance determined by the Illinois Nurse Aide Competency Examination (INACE), i.e., overall INACE performance and INACE performance based on six duty areas (i.e., communicating information, performing basic nursing skills, performing personal care, performing basic restorative skills, providing mental health-services, and providing for resident’s rights) of nurse aide students. The study explored the relationship between variables using a non-experimental, comparative and descriptive approach. The nurse aide students who completed the Illinois approved Basic Nurse Aide Training (BNAT) and 21-mandated skills assessment and were ready to take the Illinois Nurse Aide Competency Examination (INACE) in the month of October 2018 and December 2018 at various community colleges across the state of Illinois were the participants of the study. A sample of 800 nurse aide students were selected through stratified (north, central, and south) random sampling out of which N = 472 participated in the study representing the actual sample.
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Ahmed, Sameer. "A QUANTITATIVE INQUIRY INTO THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN LEARNING STYLES, PSYCHOLOGICAL TYPES AND STANDARDIZED ACHIEVEMENT EXAMINATION PERFORMANCE OF NURSE AIDE STUDENTS." OpenSIUC, 2018. https://opensiuc.lib.siu.edu/dissertations/1559.
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The purpose of this research study was to explore the relationship between learning styles, psychological types and multiple-choice standardized achievement examination performance of nurse aide students with typology being the gross indicator using a non-experimental, comparative and descriptive approach. The study sample included nurse aide students (N = 326) seeking nurse aide certification selected through a stratified random sampling technique. The participation rate for completed MBTI® inventory was 58.42% (N = 326). The learning styles and psychological types were measured against the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator® Form M in North American English. The multiple-choice standardized achievement examination performance of nurse aide students was determined by Illinois Nurse Aide Competency Examination (INACE) conducted in January 2017. All the research questions and hypotheses compared mean of overall test scores and means of overall test scores based on specific duty areas (i.e. communicating information, performing basic nursing skills, performing personal skills, performing basic restorative skills, providing mental health and social service needs, and providing for residents’ rights) between different groups using one-way analysis of variance (ANOVA) and one-way multivariate analysis of variance (MANOVA). The findings of the study indicated a statistically significant relationship between mean scores of nurse aide students with Sensing (S) and Intuition (N) learning preferences by perception on overall test performance and test performance based on specific duty areas of the INACE with the mean of nurse aide students with the Sensing (S) learning preference being numerically highest (M = 81.85) than Intuition (N) learning preference (M = 79.96%). Additionally, there were no statistically significant relationships between learning preferences by source of energy (Extraversion – E and Introversion – N), learning preferences by reaction to information or making decisions (Thinking – T and Feeling – F), learning preferences by preference to life style (Judging – J and Perceiving – P), learning preference combinations by orientation to energy and perception (IS, IN, ES, and EN), learning preference combinations by perception and attitude (SP, SJ, NP, and NJ), learning preference combinations by mental process (ST, SF, NF, and NT), and 16 psychological or personality types or learning approaches (ISTJ, ISFJ, INFJ, INTJ, ISTP, ISFP, INFP, INTP, ESTP, ESFP, ENFP, ENTP, ESTJ, ESFJ, ENFJ, and ENTJ) and Illinois Nurse Aide Competency Examination (INACE) performance among nurse aide students. The findings suggested that students with Introversion (I), Sensing (S), Thinking (T), and Perceiving (P) learning preferences had better overall test score on the Illinois Nurse Aide Competency Examination (INACE). Further research with a larger sample is recommended. The findings from the study and review of literature will guide nurse aide trainers and students, improve Illinois Nurse Aide Competency Examination; and increase nurse aide students’ retention efforts by utilizing the MBTI® assessment tool along with understanding and implementing the underlying concepts. Keywords: Personality Type, Psychological Type, Academic Achievement, Academic Aptitude, Type Theory, Standardized MCQ Tests, Standardized Tests, Cognitive Attribute, Academic Success, Achievement Tests, Learning Styles, Myers-Briggs Type Indicator®
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Larichiuta, Inez S. "What are the issues and challenges for the nursing profession with regard to HIV/AIDS?" Instructions for remote access. Click here to access this electronic resource. Access available to Kutztown University faculty, staff, and students only, 1991. http://www.kutztown.edu/library/services/remote_access.asp.
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Thesis (M.P.A.)--Kutztown University of Pennsylvania, 1991.Source: Masters Abstracts International, Volume: 45-06, page: 2948. Abstract precedes thesis as 6 preliminary leaves. Typescript. Includes bibliographical references.
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Grove, Teresa. "Nurses' attitudes toward patients with AIDS examined by hours of AIDS education." PDXScholar, 1990. https://pdxscholar.library.pdx.edu/open_access_etds/4071.
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This study was designed to describe the attitudes of staff nurses toward patients who have Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS), and to determine if the 1989 Washington State licensing requirement for seven hours of AIDS education was effective in changing the attitudes of these nurses toward AIDS patients. Health care providers' attitudes toward patients with AIDS have been documented as differing from their attitudes toward patients with other debilitating conditions (cancer, diabetes, heart disease) in that they place more blame for getting the disease on those with AIDS, they tend to have some degree of homophobia, and they are sometimes overly cautions in using protective procedures around these patients. The consequence of these attitudes can be seen in the nursing care received by some of these patients: insensitive comments and avoidance behavior by staff.
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Newman, Linda C. "Maintaining self integrity in the care of AIDS patients : a grounded theory approach." Virtual Press, 1992. http://liblink.bsu.edu/uhtbin/catkey/834521.
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The purpose of the study was to explore barriers hospital nurses perceive in the care of AIDS or HIV positive patients. According to the Center for Disease Control, the total number of AIDS cases reported in the United States as of December 1991 was 206,392. The Center for Disease Control reported of the known AIDS cases in the United States 59% have resulted in death.A grounded theory approach was used in the study of sixteen nurses working with AIDS patients in a medical surgical area of the hospital. Results of the study showed nurses had a need to maintain self integrity. All barriers found as a result of the study related to the nurses need to maintain self integrity. Barriers found as a result of the study include the following: fear of contagion, family concerns, fear of the unknown, issues in confidentiality, issues in universal precautions, and emotional and spiritual aspects.School of Nursing
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Tszuska, Lucy Ann. "Nurses' attitude toward AIDS /." Staten Island, N.Y. : [s.n.], 1986. http://library.wagner.edu/theses/nursing/1986/thesis_nur_1986_tszus_nurse.pdf.
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Sekatane, Patricia Thato. "A protocol for professional nurses regarding the management of nurse initiated management of antiretroviral therapy (NIMART) in the Ehlanzeni District, Mphumalanga Province, South Africa." Thesis, University of Limpopo, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/10386/1377.
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Thesis (M.Cur.) -- University of Limpopo, 2014The purpose of the study was to develop protocol for professional nurses regarding NIMART management that is based on data and specific challenges that are faced in the Ehlanzeni district by professional nurses. A quantitative, descriptive and cross-sectional research design was used for this study. The population consisted of all professional nurses who are NIMART trained, managing and initiating patients on ARV’s at primary health care clinics. Systematic random sampling method was used to select 135 respondents. Data was collected through the self-developed questionnaire. The questionnaire was pre tested. Reliability was ensured through self-administered questionnaire and with the guide of literature review. The questionnaire was also pre tested by conducting a pilot study. Validity was ensured through undertaking extensive literature review, giving operational definitions of concepts, questionnaires were given to supervisors, questions constructed according to the objectives of the study and congruence was ensured between research questions, objectives, findings and recommendations. Data analysis was done through descriptive studies, using SPSS statistics 21.0 programme of data analysis with the assistance of the statistician. The findings indicate that challenges faced by professional nurses regarding nurse initiated and management of antiretroviral therapy are be lack of professional nurses, fear of infecting themselves while treating HIV positive patients, patients do not come on their return dates, encountering problems when they trace defaulters and shortage of retroviral drugs. The study recommends that staff shortage should be addressed, medicine supply should be monitored, a competent HIV trained doctor should be appointed and dedicated outreach team should be appointed. Keywords: NIM-ART, HIV/AIDS, Professional nurse
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Young, Joyce. "Nurses Aides' Perspectives on Training." ScholarWorks, 2015. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/367.
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In 2008, the Institute of Medicine recommended increasing CNA training programs to 120 hours of training. In accordance with that change, the Pennsylvania Department of Education recommended that the Pennsylvania's CNA training program of a required 80 hours be increased to 120 hours of training. This increase was intended to improve CNA job performance and job satisfaction, as well as the quality of patient care. The purpose of this phenomenological research study was to understand how Certified Nurse's Aide (CNA) graduates of 100-hours or fewer training programs in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, perceived their clinical training as related to effectively performing clinical duties in a skilled nursing facility. Roger's learning theory served as a basis for analysis due to its approach of student-centered learning. Through the voices of seven CNA participants, data were collected through the implementation of in-depth interviews, surveys, and observation field notes. Data were analyzed through manual coding of themes combined with peer reviewers and record review to triangulate data. Three themes emerged: (a) CNAs perceived they were inadequately prepared to effectively complete clinical tasks, (b) a mentoring or shadowing program prior to employment reduced the physical and mental stressors and improved the quality of patient care they provided, and (c) CNAs voiced little desire to attend continuing education courses other than those provided by the nursing facility. These results may improve state curricular standards, provide insight for skilled nursing facility administrators relative to effective CNA patient care, and facilitate increased CNA job satisfaction and retention.
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Kienow, Nancy Louise. "Death education and death anxiety in student nurse aids /." The Ohio State University, 1992. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1487776210794947.
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Steinberg, Jonathan J. "Factors Influencing Psychological Empowerment of Nurse Aides in Nursing Homes." Thesis, University of North Texas, 2012. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc149666/.
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The purpose of this study is to identify predictors of psychological empowerment among nurse aides in nursing homes. Five structural factors (information exchange, decentralization of resources, co-worker support, supervisor support, and availability of training) and four control factors (age, sex, level of education, and race) are analyzed using multivariate linear regression to examine their effects on psychological empowerment. Two of the five structural factors, decentralization of resources and supervisor support, are shown to positively influence psychological empowerment. Nursing home managers can consider developing and implementing procedures that decentralize resources and demonstrate supervisor support in order to increase psychological empowerment. Based on the findings of this study theory and practice might benefit from additional study of decentralization of resources and supervisor support.
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Dickey, Geraldine Parker-Oliver Debra. "Perspectives of certified nurse assistants on sexual orientation." Diss., Columbia, Mo. : University of Missouri--Columbia, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/10355/6776.
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Title from PDF of title page (University of Missouri--Columbia, viewed on Feb 11, 2010). The entire thesis text is included in the research.pdf file; the official abstract appears in the short.pdf file; a non-technical public abstract appears in the public.pdf file. Dissertation advisor: Dr. Debbie Parker Oliver Vita. Includes bibliographical references.
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Baylor, Rita Atkins. "Nurses' attitudes toward caring for patients with AIDS." Virtual Press, 1992. http://liblink.bsu.edu/uhtbin/catkey/845956.
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The main purpose of this study was to examine nurses' attitudes toward caring for patients with Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS). The study also compared the attitudes of nurses who had cared for AIDS patients with the attitudes of nurses who had not cared for AIDS patients. Educational background was also examined to see if education influences attitudes. The Ajzen-Fishbein Model of Reasoned Action was the framework used for this study.A descriptive design was used for the purpose of gaining more information regarding nurses' attitudes toward caring for patients with AIDS. A random sample of all registered nurses in the state of Indiana was used for this study. The data obtained were analyzed using frequency distributions, independent t-tests, and analysis of variance.Nurses in general are sill uncomfortable with caring for AIDS patients. Between 40% and 50% of nurses are fearful of contracting the AIDS virus and fearful of putting their family at risk. On the other hand, approximately the same percentage are comfortable caring for AIDS patients. Furthermore, nurses believe that health care agencies should care for AIDS patients, but believe that nurses should have the right to refuse to care for AIDS patients.Results of this study indicated that educational background does not influence nurses' attitudes toward caring for patients with AIDS. However, as nurses have more experience caring for patients with AIDS, they appear to develop more positive attitudes.School of Nursing
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Muller, Catherina Elizabeth. "Nurse led change to influence HIV and AIDS workplace policy / C.E. Muller." Thesis, North-West University, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/10394/4641.
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Globally, nurses' contribution to informed health policy decisions is limited, as there are many
barriers to Nurse led change to successfully influence the HIV and AIDS policy process. In
South Africa nurses at all levels of health care are not involved or consulted during the
formulation of the HIV and AIDS workplace policy. This has led to concern about the
absence of nurses at the policy table. This study forms part of a larger international study
programme entitled: “Strengthening Nurses’ Capacity in HIV and AIDS Policy Development
in Sub–Saharan Africa and the Caribbean”. This programme of international research aims
to empower nurses to become involved in the policy process (formulation, implementation
and evaluation) in order to strengthen health systems in the areas of HIV and AIDS care.
Nurses' absence at the policy table prompted the researcher to explore and describe barriers
to Nurse led change to influence HIV and AIDS workplace policy. Phase 1 of the research
consisted of a literature review to identify barriers to Nurse led change to influence the HIV
and AIDS workplace policy. Management's opinion about the human resource management
capacity and problems experienced working in an HIV and AIDS environment was obtained
through a quantitative and qualitative empirical method of data collection and analysis.
Frontline nurses' perspective was obtained through qualitative interviewing to identify
problems experienced with policy in an HIV and AIDS workplace environment. A mixedmethod
triangulation research design was used to achieve the objectives of phase 1 of the
study, and strategies applied included exploratory, descriptive and contextual designs.
The analysis of the data contributed to the identification and classification of problems
experienced by nurses to influence HIV and AIDS workplace policy at macro, meso and
microlevel, resulting in the formulation of fifty–nine (59) concluding problem statements.
These concluding statements formed the basis for the strategy development for Nurse led
change to influence HIV and AIDS workplace policy, which was the only objective of the
second phase of the research. The strategy for Nurse led change to influence HIV and AIDS workplace policy was
developed by using a strategic process to determine the vision, mission, values, principles,
assumptions, strategic objectives and functional tactics based on the concluding problem
statements. Finally, the research was evaluated, limitations were identified and
recommendations were formulated for practice, education, research and policy.Thesis (Ph.D. (Nursing))--North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus, 2011.
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Robson, Patricia. "Nurse education, foreign aid and development : a case study from Bangladesh." Thesis, Durham University, 2005. http://etheses.dur.ac.uk/2201/.
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Over an eight year period, from 1990 onward, British Government Technical Co-operation Training (TCT) awards were provided to Bangladeshi trained nurses for study at post-graduate level in the UK. From 1994 the TCT awards were incorporated into a UK donor-funded project Strengthening Nurse Education and Services (SNES). The design of the project envisaged that by providing the awards, a "critical mass" of educated nurses would be created and empowered to lead the nursing profession out of its very weak position within Bangladesh's health system. My thesis will argue that this initial vision is still far from realisation and will analyse the many interrelated factors hindering its achievement. The investigation covers four perspectives: a) the way nursing developed on the Indian Sub-continent and historical factors in Bangladesh that impinged on the project; b) issues surrounding foreign aid to developing countries generally and to Bangladesh in particular; c) the design of the project and its place within the Bangladesh health system; d) the outcome of the project and suggestions for further research. It will be argued that shifts in aid policy together with the nature of foreign aided "projects" contributes to a lack of sustainability. This puts any actual or potential gains from such investments at risk. Over time, aid priories change in response to the political environment. In 1995, the thrust of the UK's Department for International Development aid policy was "to improve the quality of life of people in poor countries by contributing to sustainable development and reducing poverty and suffering" A key strand in this policy was to "help people achieve better education and health and widen opportunities - particularly for women." To this end, the project being evaluated in this thesis fits comfortably by seeking to improve the capacity of nurses to deliver quality health care through enhanced professional education. In the process it sought to widen opportunities for women who form 90% of the nursing workforce in Bangladesh. As the project drew to a close at the end of 1998, there was very little evidence to suggest any improvement in nursing care had occurred. However a later examination suggests some positive featured had emerged.
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Radke, Nancy. "Orientation of nursing assistant instructors." Online version, 2003. http://www.uwstout.edu/lib/thesis/2003/2003radken.pdf.
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Chen, Mei-Yuh 1963. "Taiwanese nurses' knowledge and attitudes toward persons with AIDS." Thesis, The University of Arizona, 1993. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/278276.
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The purpose of this descriptive study was to describe Taiwanese nurses' knowledge about and attitudes toward persons with AIDS (PWAs). One hundred and two subjects were recruited from three large medical centers in Taiwan during December, 1992 and January, 1993. A backtranslated Chinese version AIDS Vulnerability Survey (AVS) was used to measure Taiwanese nurses' knowledge of AIDS and attitudes toward persons with AIDS. Findings of this study indicated that Taiwanese nurses lack knowledge of AIDS, have negative attitudes toward PWAs, and perceived themselves highly vulnerable to AIDS. A positive relationship was found between attitudes toward PWAs and length of work experience (r = -.28, p ≤ .05). Significant differences were found between marital status and attitudes toward PWAs (t = -2.58, p ≤ .05), indicating that married nurses had more positive attitudes toward PWAs than single nurses.
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Mo, Yabin. "The knowledge and attitudes of registered nurses in public hospitals related to the prevention of HIV and AIDS transmission." Thesis, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/10948/571.
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Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) and Acquired Immuno-Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) have brought about a global epidemic far more extensive than was predicted even a decade ago (van Rensburg, 2002:1). South Africa has one of the highest HIV prevalence rates in the world (South African Department of Health, 2000: 5), it still increase yearly. Before a vaccine and/or effective treatment become available, effective education and information campaigns are necessary for preventing the spreading of HIV and AIDS (WHO (the World Health Organization), 1988:21). According to WHO and ICN (International Council of Nurses) (1988:12), Nurses can play a pivotal role in the education of patients, their families and friends with regard to the prevention of HIV and AIDS transmission, so as to control the spread of this disease. In South Africa, more than 60 percent of the healthcare human resources comprise professional nursing practitioners (Muller, 2002: 95). Therefore, the education and training of nurses is one of the effective methods to preventing further spread of HIV and AIDS infection in South Africa. Accordingly, nurses need to reduce both personal and occupational risk of becoming infected with HIV themselves, as well as provide education to patients and their families. Before effective and efficient in-service education guidelines on the prevention of HIV and AIDS transmission can be developed, any knowledge deficit and negative attitudes of registered nurses regarding the prevention of HIV and AIDS transmission should be identified. Thus, it is important to survey the knowledge and attitudes of nurses in healthcare institutions related to the prevention of HIV and AIDS transmission. The main goal of the study was to explore and describe the knowledge and attitudes of registered nurses in public hospitals related to the prevention of HIV and AIDS transmission. The secondary objective was to develop in-service education guidelines for registered nurses in public hospitals to optimise both personal and occupational prevention measures relating to HIV and AIDS transmission. The research was conducted using a quantitative, explorative, descriptive and contextual design. The purposive sampling method was used to select the participants and a self-administered questionnaire was used to collect data. This data was analysed by inferential statistics and descriptive statistics and areas of deficits concerning knowledge and negative attitudes were identified. In this study there were deficits concerning the knowledge and negative attitudes regarding the prevention of HIV and AIDS transmission to a greater or lesser degree in all the subgroups of the questionnaire. In general, the registered nurses with the attendance of HIV and AIDS training program, experience in caring for HIV and AIDS patients made the level of certain knowledge related to the prevention of HIV and AIDS transmission different; Working experience as a registered nurses and the attendance of HIV and AIDS training programmes did not make attitudes towards the prevention of HIV and AIDS transmission significantly different. The registered nurses with experience of caring for HIV and AIDS patients had more positive attitudes than those without the experience. This information was used to compile in-service education guidelines for registered nurses concerning the prevention of HIV and AIDS transmission. The in-service education guidelines will be given to clinical facilitators at public hospitals. It is envisaged that this will guide them as to what to include in their in-service education programmes concerning the prevention of HIV and AIDS transmission for registered nurses.
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Kinsella, Cheyenne. "Strategies that Influence Retention Rate in Ohio Nursing Home State Tested Nurse Aides." Miami University / OhioLINK, 2020. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1590929444739033.
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Fawcett, Debra L. "AIDS attitudinal comparison between urban and rural perioperative registered nurses." Virtual Press, 1991. http://liblink.bsu.edu/uhtbin/catkey/834609.
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Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS) is primarily identified as a metropolitan disease. However, it has suggested that the Centers for Disease Control may underestimate the prevalence of AIDS in the population of higher socioeconomic status, overstate the relative prevalence of AIDS in the minorities, and understate the prevalence of the disease in the Midwest (Laumann, Gagnon, Michaels, Michael, & Coleman, 1989). The problem addressed in this study was to determine whether groups of urban and rural perioperative registered nurses differ in their attitudes of tolerance toward AIDS patients. The attitudes of rural and urban perioperative nurses were examined in a comparative descriptive design. It is important to identify nurses' attitudes toward AIDS patients because nurses must interact with AIDS patients on an increasing basis.Lazarus and Folkman's (1984) Theory of Cognitive Emotion was used for the framework. A convenience sample of 77 perioperative registered nurses was obtained for the study. Five midwestern hospitals were used to collect the data. Two urban hospitals and three rural hospitals were used as collection sites. The AIDS Attitudes Scale (AAS) was used as the tool to collect the data (Shrum, Turner, and Bruce, 1989). The AAS consists of a fifty-four item questionnaire designed to measure attitudinal tolerance towards the AIDS patient. Validity and reliability of the tool were established with a resulting reliability score of .94.Findings revealed significant differences among urban and rural perioperative registered nurses in attitudes toward AIDS patients (p=.0387), with urban perioperative nurses being more tolerant of AIDS patients. Item-by-item analysis indicated that although urban perioperative nurses were more tolerant, an urban perioperative nurse would be more uncomfortable around a patient with AIDS (p=.0082). However, more rural perioperative nurses indicated that they would move out if a roommate had AIDS (p=.0030). Rural perioperative nurses indicated more often that no one deserved to have a disease like AIDS (p=.0057). Demographic profiles of registered perioperative nurses demonstrated similar backgrounds in relation to age, educational level, and gender.Conclusions of this study indicated urban perioperative registered nurses hold more tolerant attitudes toward HIV/AIDS patients than do rural perioperative registered nurses.School of Nursing
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Lucey, Adrienne, and res cand@acu edu au. "Characteristics of adults with advanced hiv/aids referred to community nurses." Australian Catholic University. School of Nursing, 2001. http://dlibrary.acu.edu.au/digitaltheses/public/adt-acuvp7.25072005.
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Community nurses have a critical role in caring for people and families affected by HIV/AIDS in the home setting. Despite this, there is a dearth of Australian literature describing the health needs of these clients who are referred to them. This study identified the demographic, clinical and psychoemotional aspects of adult clients with HIV/AIDS in Sydney, Australia, who were referred to community nurses and died between 1993 and 1995. Retrospective data from the records of 73 clients identified on 171 Community Nursing Referral Forms completed within the study period from an inpatient HIV/AIDS Unit was analysed using descriptive statistics and content analysis. The sample was demographically similar to the general population of people with HIV/AIDS during the study period. The most commonly identified clinical aspects of clients included oral candida, mycobacterium avium complex, anaemia, drug intolerance, cytomegalovirus, pain, fever, diarrhoea, weight loss and cough. The most commonly identified psychoemotional variables were depressed mood, anxiety, grief and nonadherence to suggested interventions, with the most common emergent theme being the physical effects of HIV/AIDS illness. Emotional support, symptom monitoring and home assessments were the most common requests made of community nurses. The study sample represented 14% of people who died following AIDS in New South Wales during this known peak period of AIDS diagnoses and deaths following AIDS. As a result of this study, documentation exists describing the characteristics of clients with advanced HIV/AIDS referred to community nurses. Current and future clients with advanced HIV/AIDS referred to community nurses may experience a similar clinical picture to that identified in this study. The findings can be used to reveal relationships amongst the key variables; lay the foundation for further comparative, theory or hypothesis driven studies; and demonstrate how this influences the community nursing role, strategies, interventions and outcomes.
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Norman, Jennifer A. "The relationship between job satisfaction, work values, and stress in nursing home aides." Virtual Press, 2004. http://liblink.bsu.edu/uhtbin/catkey/1293377.
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This study was designed to examine the relationship between job satisfaction, work stress, and work value orientation in a sample of nursing home aides. It was hypothesized that 1) organizational stress would impact job satisfaction in a curvilinear manner in such a way to form an inverted U-shape; 2) job risk, a second element of work stress, would also share the same curvilinear relationship with job satisfaction; 3) work value orientation would be significantly related to job satisfaction. Data were analyzed by conducting Curve Estimations and a bivariate regression. Results did not provide support for the hypotheses. Regressions analyzing work stress did provide support for a linear relationship between work stress and job satisfaction. Implications and limitations of the findings were discussed as were recommendations for future research.Department of Counseling Psychology and Guidance Services
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Ruf, Mary Kay. "Continuing education for nurse's aides." CSUSB ScholarWorks, 2004. https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/etd-project/2634.
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The purpose of this project was to develop an instructional manual on in-service education for Certified Nurses' Aides. It provides examples of classes for staff developers to use when teaching continuing education classes. Topics covered include caring for the elderly, Alzheimer's disease, infection control, adult cardiopulmonary resuscitation, and end of life care.
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Wilainuch, Pairote. "Communication between nurses and patients in HIV/AIDS counselling, in Thailand." Thesis, University of York, 2006. http://etheses.whiterose.ac.uk/10985/.
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Coleman, Carissa K. "The development and evaluation of an interpersonal person-centered care intervention for geriatric nurse aides." Diss., Wichita State University, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/10057/3646.
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Person-centered caregiving is a construct that is currently being defined and
operationalized in the gerontology literature and in long-term care. The goal of this study was to
further define interpersonal person-centered care by developing and pilot testing a training
intervention for geriatric nurse aides. The training was developed to incorporate content
regarding person-centered behaviors, knowing the residents, and understanding relationships.
Specific materials used in the training were videos to model person-centered care, personalized
resident videobiographies, and personalized videos of caregiving interactions between the nurse
aides and the residents. The pilot testing of this intervention was implemented by using a quasiexperimental,
waitlist control design in two nursing homes, Catholic Care and St. Joseph. The
outcome measures included two behavioral observation measures for assessing person-centered
care: the Person-Centered Care Inventory and the Global Behavioral Scale. Additional outcome
measures included: dyadic measures of relational closeness and relationship satisfaction, nurse
aide job satisfaction, and resident satisfaction with care. The findings indicate that the training
intervention was successful in increasing both the nurse aides’ and residents’ sense of
relationship closeness, as well as their relationship satisfaction. However, the nurse aides’
person-centered caregiving behaviors care did not increase reliably. One explanation may be
that the sampling of the nurse aides’ caregiving behaviors was too small to provide an adequate
test of the hypothesized increase. It is possible that relationship closeness increased as a result of
the combination of encouraging the nurse aides and residents to think of themselves as being in a
relationship as well as the specific content of the training intervention.Thesis (Ph.D.)--Wichita State University, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, Dept. of Psychology
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Rodriguez-Acosta, Rosa Richardson David Barrie. "Occupational injury and physical assault experience of nurse aides employed at Duke University Health System." Chapel Hill, N.C. : University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2007. http://dc.lib.unc.edu/u?/etd,1400.
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Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2007.Title from electronic title page (viewed Apr. 25, 2008). "... in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in the Department of Epidemiology." Discipline: Epidemiology; Department/School: Public Health.
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Potts, Helen. "The Role of Social Capital in Organizations: The Precursors and Effects of Social Capital among Certified Nurse Aides in Nursing Homes." Thesis, University of North Texas, 2007. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc3627/.
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The role of social capital in forming organizational commitment is the focus of this research. Organizational social capital is the idea that social relationships have value in the organization. The theoretical framework is based on Kanter's (1993) structure of organizational commitment. This research views the structure within organizations based on global empowerment, job satisfaction, organizational commitment, and social capital. In addition, the role that race, income, and education affect the organizational structure is also taken into account. The organizational configuration was assembled using a structural equation model with latent variables employing a sample of 235 certified nurse aides. The sample was collected from 10 nursing homes in the Dallas-Ft.Worth metropolitan area. It was expected that Kanter's general format is reestablished within the sample. In fact, the study found that empowerment significantly influences job satisfaction. In turn, job satisfaction does foster organizational commitment. Although Kanter's original thesis was supported in this analysis, it was also determined that social capital plays a significant mediating role in creating organizational commitment. Furthermore, this research indicates that social capital alone can create organizational commitment. Thus, in conclusion, this research builds on Kanter's original idea and argues that organizational commitment is based on job satisfaction, global empowerment, and social capital.
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Mfundisi, Zama. "The role of professional nurses in promoting a healthy self-esteem in hospitalised, pregnant women with HIV/AIDS in a maternity unit in a public hospital in Cape Town." Thesis, Cape Peninsula University of Technology, 2019. http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11838/3017.
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Thesis (Master of Nursing)--Cape Peninsula University of Technology, 2019In the fight against the human immunodeficiency virus/acquired immune deficiency syndrome (HIV/AIDS), one of the aspects to be taken into consideration is the self-esteem of pregnant women. Professional nurses in maternity settings need to support pregnant women, with a focus on providing balanced care to meet all of the women’s needs and build their self-esteem. Self-esteem reflects one’s subjective emotional evaluation of one’s worth. A decrease in the self-esteem of the individual with HIV/AIDS infections is common and professional nurses should advise patients on the appropriate ways to deal with HIV/AIDS. A supportive environment for HIV/AIDS women could enhance their self-esteem. The researcher overheard HIV/AIDS positive patients in a maternity unit express their feelings of worthlessness and wondered how he could support them to have self-worth. The purpose of the study was to explore and describe the role of professional nurses in promoting a healthy self-esteem in hospitalised, pregnant women with HIV/AIDS in a maternity unit in a public hospital in Cape Town. The study was qualitative in nature, departing from assumptions of the theoretical framework of Eric Erikson. An exploratory, descriptive, contextual, qualitative design was followed when the semi-structured interviews were conducted. The accessible population comprised of 15 professional nurses working at the maternity unit. Purposive sampling was used to obtain a sample of 11 professional nurses (participants) working in a maternity unit who met the eligibility criteria. Individual interviews were conducted with eight participants as a starting point until data saturation was reached. After obtaining permission from the necessary authorities, the researcher visited the manager of the unit. Two pilot individual interviews were conducted to determine whether the research questions were understood. The researcher explained the purpose and information on the information sheet and obtained informed consent. Interviews lasted 45 minutes were conducted in a private room and recorded. The researcher used an interview schedule and made field notes while conducting the interviews. Data triangulation of the interviews and field notes ware done. Thematic analysis coding was applied to analyse data. Trustworthiness was ensured through credibility, transferability, dependability and conformability. The following ethical principles of privacy, the right to withdraw and anonymity were followed. The findings indicated HIV/AIDS-related stigma as the main cause of a poor self-esteem among pregnant women with HIV/AIDS. Participants furthermore felt that there is a need for training and skills development of professional nurses to enable them to understand how to support HIV/AIDS pregnant women and enhance their self-esteem. It was concluded that professional nurses should support pregnant women with HIV/AIDS places a socio-economic burden on societies and has set the world into spending millions on healthcare settings in an attempt to curb the disease.
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Moreno, J. Alejandro, and Duchens Carlos Carlos Urrutia. "Attityder sjuksköterskor och vårdpersonal har till patienter med HIV/AIDS och orsaker till dessa attityder : - En litteraturstudie." Thesis, Högskolan i Gävle, Akademin för hälsa och arbetsliv, 2012. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hig:diva-14223.
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Introduktion: Patienter med HIV/AIDS upplever diskriminering och stigmatisering i sjukvården. Att mötas av diskriminering och stigmatisering påverkar livet för de smittade i form av att de upplever social isolering, depression och post traumatisk stress. Stigmatisering och attityder har ett samband. Sjuksköterskans attityder kan påverka patienten negativt i form av diskriminering och stigmatisering. Syfte: Syftet med studien var att beskriva sjuksköterskors attityder till patienter med HIV/AIDS och även att beskriva vad som orsakar dessa attityder. Metod: En deskriptiv litteraturstudie har genomförts. Artiklar söktes i databasen Cinahl. Resultatet baserar sig på 13 vetenskapliga artiklar som har analyserats genom att söka efter mönster. Huvudresultat: Sjuksköterskan har undvikande, hänvisande och dömande attityder till patienter med HIV/AIDS. Dessa attityder leder till kränkande åsikter och kränkande handlingar. Attityderna orsakas av bristande kunskap om HIV/AIDS samt otillräcklig erfarenhet av att vårda patienter med HIV/AIDS. Attityderna orsakas vidare av rädsla för att bli smittad samt av rädsla för samhällets åsikter om sjukdomen. Sjuksköterskans attityder orsakas även av patientgruppen som både anses krävande och givande. Slutsats: Fördjupad kunskap gällande ICN:s etiska kod är nödvändig. Vidare är det viktigt att omvårdnaden grundar sig på en värdegrund. Behovet av fortsatt forskning är angeläget för att bedriva god omvårdnad av patienter med HIV/AIDS.Introduction: Patients with HIV / AIDS experience discrimination and stigmatization in health care. To be faced with discrimination and stigma affects the lives of those infected as they experience social isolation, depression and post-traumatic stress. Stigma and attitudes are related. Nurses' attitudes can affect the patient negatively through discrimination and stigmatization. Purpose: The purpose of this study was to describe nurses' attitudes towards patients with HIV / AIDS and also to describe what causes these attitudes. Method: A descriptive study was carried out. Articles were searched in the Cinahl database. The result is based on 13 scientific articles that have been analyzed by searching for patterns. Main results: The nurse has avoiding, referring and judgmental attitudes towards patients with HIV / AIDS. These attitudes lead to offensive opinions and offensive acts. These attitudes are caused by lack of knowledge about HIV / AIDS and insufficient experience in the care of patients with HIV / AIDS. Attitudes are futher caused by the fear of being infected, and by the fear of society´s opinion of the disease. The nurses' attitudes are also caused by the patient group, because they are considered both challenging and rewarding. Conclusion: Better understanding regarding the ICN:s code of ethics is necessary. Furthermore, it is important that care is based on a underlying philosophy of nursing. The need for continued research is necessary to provide good care of patients with HIV / AIDS.
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Larsson, Angelica, and Linda Malmström. "HIV och AIDS, ett tabubelagt omvårdnadsproblem? : Sjuksköterskors och sjuksköterskestudenters kunskap och förhållningssätt." Thesis, Högskolan i Halmstad, Sektionen för hälsa och samhälle (HOS), 2012. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hh:diva-17704.
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HIV och AIDS är globalt en tabubelagd sjukdom som omges av okunskap och rädsla. Brist på kunskap i samhället och inom hälso- och sjukvården resulterar ofta i diskriminering och utanförskap av personer med HIV och AIDS. Sjuksköterskors ansvar att upprätthålla ett positivt förhållningssätt i omvårdnaden av personer med sjukdomen bör därför uppmärksammas, då samhällets diskriminering ofta hindrar personer med positiv HIV- och AIDS- diagnos från att söka vård. Syftet var att beskriva hur sjuksköterskestudenters och sjuksköterskors kunskap och förhållningssätt kunde påverka omvårdnaden av personer med HIV och AIDS. Studien är genomförd som en litteraturstudie och baseras på tretton vetenskapliga artiklar som granskats och bearbetats för att identifiera kunskap och förhållningssätt i relation till sjukdomen. Kunskap om HIV och AIDS, tidigare vårderfarenheter och viljan till att vårda personer med sjukdomen har störst inverkan på sjuksköterskestudenters och sjuksköterskors positiva förhållningssätt. Rädsla och okunskap är de främsta faktorerna till negativt förhållningssätt hos sjuksköterskestudenter och sjuksköterskor. Forskning om HIV och AIDS bör prioriteras i relation till den tickande bomb som sjukdomen anses vara. Kunskap om sjukdomen och virusets smittvägar måste förbättras i samhället, hälso- och sjukvården samt sjuksköterskeutbildningen för att möjliggöra optimal sjukvård av personer med HIV och AIDS.HIV and AIDS is globally a disease surrounded by taboo, lack of knowledge and fear. Lack of knowledge in society and health care often results in discrimination and exclusion of people with HIV and AIDS. Nurses’ responsibility to maintain a positive attitude in care of people with the disease should be cautioned, when societal discrimination often prevents people with positive HIV- and AIDS- diagnosis in the search of care. The purpose of the study was to describe how nursing students’ and nurses’ knowledge and attitudes could affect the care of people with HIV and AIDS. The study was conducted as a literature study and is based on thirteen scientific articles, which were reviewed and processed to identify knowledge and attitudes. Knowledge about HIV and AIDS, previous care experiences and willingness to care for people with the disease have the greatest impact on nursing students’ and nurses’ positive attitude. Fear and lack of knowledge are the main factors responsible for negative attitudes of nursing students and nurses. Research on the subject should be prioritized in relation to the ticking bomb that the disease is considered to be. Knowledge about the disease and the virus transmission routes must be improved in the society, health care and nursing education to enable optimal care of people with HIV and AIDS.
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Ford, Mary. "Nurse Anesthetist's Perceptions Regarding Utilization of Anesthesia Support Personnel." VCU Scholars Compass, 2010. http://scholarscompass.vcu.edu/etd/2328.
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Anesthesia support personnel (ASP) provide direct support to health care providers administering anesthesia (Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetists [CRNAs] and anesthesiologists). Because these anesthesia providers are caring for a patient whom they cannot legally or ethically leave unattended, ASP are employed to bring them extra supplies or equipment, prepare equipment for the case, maintain and clean equipment, and generally function as directed by the anesthesia provider. Given the limited literature and importance of ASP in maintaining equipment essential to safe practice, it is necessary to describe the population to understand who is functioning in this role to insure that these individuals are trained and capable of complying with safety standards. There are two studies in the literature describing this population. The first study presents a descriptive survey of ASP utilization in anesthesiology residency training programs revealing varied utilization and qualifications of ASP (McMahon & Thompson, 1987). The second study is a survey of a convenience sample of the membership of the professional organization of ASP, which offers voluntary certification (American Society of Anesthesiology Technologists and Technicians). This survey reveals variation in utilization and qualification of ASP as well. The present prospective descriptive survey of CRNAs working with ASP was conducted to describe this population in terms of their educational characteristics and training, specific job functions, and work environment. It further evaluated perceptions of practicing CRNAs regarding the utilization of ASP. The results of this study were consistent with that of previous work and indicated that ASP utilization varies by hospital but has a propensity for greater utilization at larger medical centers that have a level I or II trauma designation. Formal ASP supervision is limited, which restricted the results to CRNA reports of tasks ASP performed and perceptions of CRNAs regarding ASP. ASP tasks tended to be limited to more equipment cleaning and maintenance type tasks with a smaller portion of ASP performing tasks related to direct patient care. Overall, the description of ASP in the literature remains variable and further research is needed to adequately describe this population and begin to develop a common language to understand this practice group.
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Persod, Chloe. "Le Féminin-Psychique à l’œuvre dans le Syndrome d’Épuisement Professionnel - SEP - des aides-soignantes en Établissement d’Hébergement pour Personnes Âgées Dépendantes – EHPAD." Thesis, Lyon 2, 2014. http://www.theses.fr/2014LYO20080.
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Mon poste de psychologue clinicienne au sein d’une maison de retraite m’a sensibilisée à la souffrance psychique des aides-soignantes. A partir de l’écoute des aides-soignantes dans le cadre de ma mission de support technique à l’équipe, émerge la plainte récurrente d’un déficit égotiste de désinvestissement émotionnel et affectif et la non reconnaissance de la pénibilité de leur tâche, qui me conduit à poser l’hypothèse d’un burn out. La recherche porte donc sur le Syndrome d’Épuisement Professionnel. Elle étudie les relations complexes entre le personnel médico-social aides-soignantes et la cadre de santé, et entre la personne âgée et sa fille. Un questionnaire clinique a fait ressortir l’ampleur du ressenti subjectif d’être épuisé. L’échelle standardisée MSP de Louise Lemyre, celle du ressenti subjectif d’être stressé. Le stress étant convoqué dans la position conceptuelle théorique retenue du Syndrome d’Épuisement Professionnel.L’analyse de ces deux ressentis a révélé les rapports complexes entre soignante–soignée et la cadre et entre fille–mère et grand-mère. C’est ainsi que l’enjeu narcissique du personnel fait ressurgir les origines archaïques de la sexualité infantile dans le lien intime au corps. En même temps, à cause d’une féminisation généralisée de la profession, la spécificité de la fonction du Féminin Psychique s’impose.Cette recherche souhaite apporter, grâce à ce Féminin Psychique, un éclairage autre sur la position intermédiaire de la Cadre. Le statut de bonne ou mauvaise mère que les aides-soignantes lui reconnaissent, aggrave ou diminue le Syndrome d’Épuisement Professionnel et le stress. Enfin, cette recherche insiste une nouvelle fois sur la nécessité impérieuse de la formation permanente institutionnelle et du travail d’élaboration psychique de ces personnels et ce, à périodicités constantesAs a psychologist in an EHPAD (a regulated home for dependent seniors), I became very much aware of the auxiliary nurses’ psychological sufferings. Listening to them during my team-supporting mission, I heard a recurring complaint emerge, that of an egotistical deficit of emotional and affective disinvestment and of a lack of recognition of the painfulness of their task. This has led me to hypothesize professional exhaustion. The research in this thesis therefore focuses on the burn out syndrome. It studies the complex relations between the auxiliary nurses as medico-social staff and the health manager in charge as well as between the elderly person and his/her daughter.A clinical questionnaire highlighted the depth of the subjective feeling of exhaustion while Louise Lemyre’s standardized scale highlighted the depth of the subjective feeling of stress, an operational notion in the theoretical concept of burn out.The analysis of both feelings revealed the complex relations between patient-auxiliary nurse and manager as well as between daughter-mother and grandmother. The narcissism at stake with the staff reactivates the archaic origins if child sexuality in the nursing place. A t the same time, because of the general feminization of the profession, the specificity of the feminine psyche is of foremost importance.Thanks to this notion, the research paper aims to shed a different light on the intermediary position of the manager. The status of good or bad mother figure that auxiliary nurses grant her worsens or lessens the burn out and stress.Last, this research paper further insists on the absolute necessity of permanent institutional training and of psychic elaborative work for the staff at regular intervals
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White, Mary Kathryn. "Certified nursing assistants' feelings of preparedness in caring for nursing home residents at the end of life." Laramie, Wyo. : University of Wyoming, 2007. http://proquest.umi.com/pqdweb?did=1445048331&sid=8&Fmt=2&clientId=18949&RQT=309&VName=PQD.
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Chapin, Phyllis A. "Nurse satisfaction with delegation to assistive personnel : a descriptive study." Virtual Press, 1999. http://liblink.bsu.edu/uhtbin/catkey/1138060.
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Restructuring of health care has become widespread in hospitals across the United States. The emphasis on reducing healthcare costs has forced many organizations to redesign the roles and responsibilities of care givers. The American Hospital Association (1990) reported that 97% of hospitals were using unlicensed assistive personnel for care.The purpose of the study was to determine if registered nurses in central Indiana were utilizing delegation in the workplace and to determine if the use of unlicensed personnel affected nurse satisfaction with work. The theoretical framework was General Systems Theory.The population (N=292) was registered nurses working with unlicensed assistive personnel in a four-hospital network. The number of participants was 66 (23%). The questionnaire, who Helps You with Your Work?, was utilized. Participation was strictly voluntary and the identity of the participants was kept confidential.Data revealed that 95% of nurses who responded were utilizing unlicensed assistive personnel in the workplace. Delegation of certain tasks, such as bed making, weighing of delegation and the personnel should be broadened patients, and measuring and recording intake and output, was occurring. Nurses were not delegating more complex tasks, such as monitoring IV infusions or assisting physicians with examinations.Nurses, overall, were only slightly satisfied with work, as evidenced by a mean of 3.3 (3=neither satisfied or dissatisfied). Job satisfaction was not significantly related to utilization of unlicensed assistive personnel.Unlicensed assistive personnel were being utilized in hospitals in Central Indiana. Nurses were responsible for work delegated to unlicensed assistive personnel. Nurses should realize the importance of determining capabilities and limitations of unlicensed assistive personnel. Job satisfaction was not significantly related to utilization of unlicensed assistive personnel.Future research on the subject utilization of unlicensed assistive to include more than four hospitals. Job satisfaction needs to be measured using different staffing patterns and workload as well as the utilization of unlicensed assistive personnel. The data supported the need for further research on delegation, job satisfaction and the utilization of unlicensed assistive personnel.School of Nursing
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Tess, Diana J. "Comparison of registered nurses' and nursing students' tolerance towards Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS)." Virtual Press, 1990. http://liblink.bsu.edu/uhtbin/catkey/722460.
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The main purpose of this study was to describe and compare nurses' and nursing students' attitudes toward AIDS patients. A corollary aim was to ascertain whether these two groups of health care providers differed in their perceptions of the quality of care AIDS patients receive compared to other patients. This study also examined nurses across type of educational background (i.e., ADN, BSN, Diploma) in regards to differences in attitudinal tolerance towards AIDS patients as measured by the Aids Attitude Survey (AAS). Fishbein and Ajzen's (1975) Theory of Reasoned Action was the theoretical framework of this study. A convenience sample of 58 registered nurses and 58 nursing students from East Central Indiana completed the AAS and a demographic sheet. The attitudes of these two groups toward AIDS patients were examined in a comparative descriptive design.Cronbach's alpha (1947) equaled .95 for 54 items using 116 valid cases. Findings revealed no significant difference between nurses and nursing students in tolerance of attitudes towards AIDS patients (F = .0966, df - 1,114, p < .76). Also no significant difference was found between nurses and nursing students in their perceptions regarding the quality of care given to AIDS patients versus other patients (X2 = 5.77412, df = 4, p < .22). No significant difference was found between ADN, BSN, and Diploma nurses in their tolerance of attitudes toward AIDS patients (F = 2.0924, df = 2,55, p < .1331). A post hoc finding revealed a significant difference between nurses' and nursing students reported use of universal precautions (x2 = 12.97276, 3 df, p < .00470).Analysis of AAS individual items revealed that only 4 percent of respondents believed that AIDS patients should be sent to sanitariums to protect others from AIDS. Ninety-four percent of respondents believed that people would not be so afraid of AIDS if individuals knew more about the disease.School of Nursing
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Ko, Shuk-chun. "Exploration of Hong Kong nurses' perceptions and experiences towards HIV/AIDS caring /." View the Table of Contents & Abstract, 2007. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record/B38295866.
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Ko, Shuk-chun, and 高淑珍. "Exploration of Hong Kong nurses' perceptions and experiences towards HIV/AIDS caring." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2007. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B45012076.
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Scalici, Susan M. "The effect of knowledge acquisition on student nurses' attitudes towards AIDS patients /." Staten Island, N.Y. : [s.n.], 1990. http://library.wagner.edu/theses/nursing/1990/thesis_nur_1990_scali_effec.pdf.
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Kabuluzi, Ezereth Susan. "Experiences of student nurses in Malawi in caring for HIV/AIDS patients." Master's thesis, University of Cape Town, 2005. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/2952.
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Pickthall, Linda E. "A phenomenological study of nurses' experiences caring for patients with Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS)." Thesis, University of British Columbia, 1990. http://hdl.handle.net/2429/28796.
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This study describes hospital nurses' experiences caring for patients with AIDS. A modified version of Speigelberg's phenomenological approach was used which explored the nurses' experiences from their perspective. A total of eight nurses who had cared for patients with AIDS were interviewed.
The findings indicated that caring for these patients is stressful. The researcher identified sources of stress as both internal and external. Internal stressors included: (1) fear of contracting AIDS; (2) homophobia; and (3) caring for dying AIDS patients. The two external stressors were patient variables and societal views. Lack of perceived emotional support from nursing administration further increased the stress. These nurses believed this form of support was essential.
In order to cope with these experiences, the nurses utilized their usual coping strategies. Common ones were being physically active, relaxing, and talking with others. Different coping strategies were used to deal with the specific stressors. These were identified by the researcher as: (1) rationalization;
(2) knowledge-seeking; (3) withdrawal; and (4) involvement.
This study's findings emphasize the need for support for all nurses caring for patients with AIDS. Implications for nursing education, practice, and research were identified.Applied Science, Faculty of
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Dumago, Cezar Derla Jr. "Effects of an AIDS education program on nurses' knowledge, attitudes, and intention to behave toward patients with HIV/AIDS." FIU Digital Commons, 1995. http://digitalcommons.fiu.edu/etd/3098.
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This pretest/posttest control group study design sought to determine the effects of an AIDS education program on nurses' knowledge, attitudes and intention to behave toward HIV-positive/AIDS patients. The study, based on Ajzen and Fishbein's Theory of Reasoned Action (TRA), was conducted on a sample of 90 nurses (exp=45 Ss; con=45 Ss), randomly selected from among those employed in one large medical center in South Florida. Only the experimental group participated in a 2-hour AIDS education program. Data were analyzed using descriptive and inferential statistics, which included t-tests for non-independent samples and Pearson's correlation coefficients. Significance level was set at p.05. Pretest findings revealed both groups were moderately knowledgeable about AIDS, and moderately positive in attitude and intention to care for HIV/AIDS patients. Whereas both groups made significant gains in posttest scores, the experimental group yielded significantly higher scores than the control group in all three outcome measures, supporting the hypotheses. The subjects when categorized according to their sociodemographic characteristics, changes in their knowledge, attitude and intention levels were found to have no significant correlations. The effectiveness of an AIDS Education Program on bringing about positive changes in nurses' knowledge, attitude and behavioral intention to care for patients with HIV/AIDS, is evident in this study, providing empirical validation of the Theory of Reasoned Action.
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Åhrlin, Sofie, and Anna-Maria Ekqvist. "HIV/AIDS : Kunskap och attityder hos sjuksköterskor." Thesis, Högskolan i Gävle, Avdelningen för hälso- och vårdvetenskap, 2013. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hig:diva-15732.
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Syfte: Att beskriva sjuksköterskors kunskap och attityder gentemot patienter som lever med HIV eller AIDS samt beskriva eventuella skillnader i kunskap och attityder mellan yngre och äldre sjuksköterskor. Metod: Föreliggande empiriska studie hade en kvantitativ ansats med en beskrivande jämförande design. Urvalsmetoden var ett bekvämlighetsurval där totalt 63 sjuksköterskor deltog och enkäter skickades ut till nio avdelningar på tre olika sjukhus. Resultat: Majoriteten av sjuksköterskorna hade god kunskap om HIV och AIDS, positiva attityder samt en vilja att vårda denna patientgrupp. En del av sjuksköterskorna uttryckte dock en rädsla för att smittas av HIV, ett behov av mer utbildning och negativa attityder gentemot vissa specifika grupper med sjukdomen. Yngre sjuksköterskor hade positivare attityder än äldre då det fanns en signifikant skillnad i attityder mellan dessa åldersgrupper. Slutsats: Trots att sjuksköterskorna hade god kunskap, positiva attityder och en vilja att vårda denna patientgrupp förelåg en rädsla att bli smittad av HIV och därför behövs mer utbildning om HIV och AIDS för sjuksköterskor. Yngre sjuksköterskor hade även positivare attityder än äldre. Vidare forskning bör även genomföras då få studier belyser detta område i Sverige.Aim: To describe nurses knowledge and attitudes towards patients who are living with HIV or AIDS and to describe potential differences in knowledge and attitudes between younger and older nurses. Method: The present empirical study had a quantitative approach with a descriptive comparative design. The sampling method was a convenience sample in which a total of 63 nurses participated and questionnaires were sent to nine divisions in three different hospitals. Results: The majority of the nurses had good knowledge of HIV and AIDS, positive attitudes and a willingness to care for this group of patients. Some of the nurses, however, expressed a fear of contracting HIV, a need for more education and negative attitudes towards specific groups with the disease. There was a significant difference in attitudes between age groups, the younger nurses had a more positive attitude than the older nurses. Conclusion: Although the nurses had good knowledge, positive attitudes and a willingness to care for this group of patients, there was a fear of contracting HIV and therefore more education about HIV and AIDS is needed for nurses. Younger nurses had more positive attitudes than older nurses. Further research is also needed since just a few studies illustrate this in Sweden.
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Bekteshi, Doruntina, and Shukri Sharif. "Discrimination and stigma – an interview study with nurses concerning persons living with HIV/AIDS in Nairobi." Thesis, Ersta Sköndal Bräcke högskola, Institutionen för vårdvetenskap, 2018. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:esh:diva-7284.
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Background: There are approximately 1.5 million people living with HIV in Kenya. The prevalence is at a lower level than at the peak of the epidemic because of free antiretroviral treatment, education and new methods to HIV testing. The nurses’ work situation is difficult trying to reach persons living with HIV in a society where stigma is common and therefore we were curious to learn more about nurses’ personal experiences, to get a wider understanding of the situation. Aim: The aim was to describe nurses’ perspective of the complexity of caring for persons with HIV/AIDS in Nairobi, Kenya. Method: The chosen design was a descriptive qualitative study consisting of semi-structured interviews with eight nurses in Nairobi, Kenya.The material was analyzed using qualitative content analysis. Results: Two main categories were identified in this study: Nurses’ strategies and approach to initiate care and Challenges in caring for people with HIV/AIDS. Four sub-categories were then formed out of the main categories: Approaching and building relationships with people that live with HIV/AIDS, strategies for reaching out to people that live with HIV/AIDS, structural barriers among people living with HIV/AIDS and practical obstacles within the healthcare system. Discussion: The discussion addresses difficulties among nurses when it comes to persuading persons living with HIV/AIDS to receive treatment. The nursing role consists of caring for the patient, counseling and giving hope. Nurses are being affected emotionally when approaching persons living with HIV/AIDS since factors like stigma and fear of abandonment stand in the way for reaching out and giving treatment. Lack of resources in healthcare is another factor that causes frustration among nurses.
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Tessier, Terah. "Relationship between Nurse Training and Physical Restraints in Nursing Homes." ScholarWorks, 2016. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/2697.
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According to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), approximately 1.3 million U.S. residents are residing in nursing homes. CMS enforced regulations in the Nursing Home Reform Act. Training in the use of restraints in nursing homes is monitored through the CMS standards. The purpose of this study was to determine whether there was a correlation between training standards of health care practitioners and their use of restraints in nursing homes based on the patterns of citations by RNs and CNAs. Data were collected from Kansas, Louisiana, and Ohio within the CMS Nursing Home Data Compendium. The key research question examined differences in standard training requirements, policies, and citations regarding restraint use in the selected states. The theoretical framework for this study was the social influence theory. The results of the analysis of variance indicated that between 2008 and 2012, there were significant differences in policy and standards requirements for the training of registered nurses and certified nursing assistants regarding restraint use; there was also a relationship between the training of staff and the number of citations of restraint use in Kansas, Louisiana, and Ohio. There were significant (p < .02) variations throughout the 3 states regarding the policies, procedures, and training expectations. The positive social change that could result from these findings is the standardization of training that may help decrease restraint use and become the foundation of more respectful and caring practices in nursing homes.
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Nilsson, Lina, and Malin Berg. "Nurses experiences of caring for patients with HIV/AIS in Dar es Salaam : A qualitative study at Muhimbili National Hospital and Buguruni Healthcare Center, Tanzania." Thesis, Umeå universitet, Institutionen för omvårdnad, 2015. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-109394.
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ABSTRACT Background: HIV/AIDS is a worldwide disease and exists documented in over 150 countries. There are 25 million infected people with HIV/AIDS in Africa, those stands for almost 71 % of all infected people around the world. This study is an opportunity to take a more important part of the care process that gives an overview of nurse’s experiences. Aim: The aim of this study was to describe registered nurses experiences of caring for patients with HIV/ AIDS in Dar es Salaam. Method: The study is empirical and it took place at Muhimbili National Hospital and Buguruni Health Center in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. A convenient sample of seven nurses with experiences of caring for patients with HIV/AIDS participated in this study. Their experiences were investigated through interviews. Interviews were analysed with qualitative content analysis. Results: Three categories were formulated as the: Importance with a cooperative relationship, importance with confirmatory meetings and Challenges and stressful work condition. The sub-categories were counted as six and formulated as To achieve good cooperation, To create a close relationship, To obtain confirmation as a nurse, Striving to strengthen the patient through education, To manage heavy workload and stress and To manage difficult meetings. Cooperation and close relations are of great importance when it comes to nurse’s experience of caring for patients living with HIV / AIDS. To perceive confirmation and management maintain the high quality of caring. Conclusions: The nurses who participated in the study described their experiences in the care of patients with HIV/AIDS as confirmatory, cooperative and developing. Despite this, these nurses faces intractable challenges and encounters experienced tough and stressful.
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Enerholm, Elin, and Lisa Fagrell. "Registered Nurses’ experiences of caring for children with HIV/AIDS in South Africa." Thesis, Örebro universitet, Institutionen för hälsovetenskap och medicin, 2012. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:oru:diva-26533.
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Background: Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) is a global problem and the total number of people living with HIV is approximately 34 million. Little is known about registered nurses’ experiences of caring for children with HIV/AIDS in South Africa. Aim: The aim of the study was to describe registered nurses’ experiences of caring for children with HIV/AIDS in South Africa. Method: A qualitative research approach was used. Data was collected by interviews which were analyzed using content analysis. The interviews were conducted at a private hospital in Cape Town, South Africa. Results: The following ten topics were found; self-fulfillment, being supportive, being hopeful, being adaptable, being non-judgmental, helplessness, loneliness, sadness, stress and frustration. Conclusion: There is a constant balance between feelings of powerlessness and the ability of being mentally strong when caring for children with HIV/AIDS. Keywords: HIV/AIDS, children, registered nurses’ experiences, South Africa