Rojas-Cooley M Teresa, Grant Marcia
Inland Valley Medical Center, Wildomar, CA, USA.
Oncol Nurs Forum. 2009 Mar;36(2):217-24. doi: 10.1188/09.ONF.217-224.
PURPOSE/OBJECTIVES: To describe oncology nurses' complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) knowledge and attitudes.
Descriptive, cross-sectional.
A national medical center and research institute.
A random sample of 850 Oncology Nursing Society members who are RNs involved in direct care.
Respondents completed a demographic questionnaire and the Nurse Complementary and Alternative Medicine Knowledge and Attitude survey. Descriptive analysis was used to describe the participants' CAM knowledge and attitudes. In addition, participants' comments were transcribed and content analysis was conducted.
CAM knowledge and attitudes.
The participants' mean CAM knowledge score was 70%. Attitudes varied according to beliefs, practice, and role, but were positive overall.
Assessing oncology nurses' CAM knowledge is important for developing appropriate educational programs that will help nurses support and advocate for patients. In addition, assessing CAM attitudes will provide insight for realizing and sustaining robust changes to health care.
Oncology nurses should be prepared with insightful CAM knowledge and attitudes to provide prudent and unbiased information to patients.
目的/目标:描述肿瘤护理人员对补充替代医学(CAM)的知识和态度。
描述性横断面研究。
一家国家医疗中心和研究机构。
从850名参与直接护理工作的肿瘤护理学会注册护士会员中随机抽取。
受访者完成一份人口统计学调查问卷以及护士补充替代医学知识与态度调查。采用描述性分析来描述参与者对补充替代医学的知识和态度。此外,对参与者的评论进行转录并进行内容分析。
补充替代医学知识和态度。
参与者补充替代医学知识的平均得分是70%。态度因信念、实践和角色而异,但总体上是积极的。
评估肿瘤护理人员的补充替代医学知识对于制定合适的教育项目很重要,这些项目将有助于护士为患者提供支持和倡导。此外,评估补充替代医学态度将为实现和维持医疗保健的有力变革提供见解。
肿瘤护理人员应具备深刻的补充替代医学知识和态度,以便为患者提供谨慎且无偏见的信息。