Ersek Mary, Sefcik Justine S, Lin Feng-Chang, Lee Tae Joon, Gilliam Robin, Hanson Laura C
Philadelphia Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
Clin Nurs Res. 2014 Feb;23(1):36-53. doi: 10.1177/1054773812470840. Epub 2013 Jan 3.
This study examined the association between Nurse Practitioner (NP) and Physician Assistant (PA) staffing in nursing homes and the effect of a decision aid regarding feeding options in dementia on the frequency of surrogate-provider discussions and on surrogates' decisional conflict. We compared these outcomes for facilities that had no NPs/PAs, part-time-only NP/PA staffing, and full-time NP/PA staffing. The sample included 256 surrogate decision makers from 24 nursing homes. The decision aid was associated with significant increases in discussion rates in facilities with part-time or no NP/PA staffing (26% vs. 51%, p < .001, and 13% vs. 41%, p < .001, respectively) and decreases in decisional conflict scores (-0.08 vs. -0.047, p = .008, and -0.30 vs. -0.68, p = .014, respectively). Sites with full-time NP/PA staffing had high baseline rates of discussions (41%). These findings suggest that the decision aid and full-time NP/PA staffing can enhance surrogate decision making in nursing homes.
本研究调查了疗养院中执业护士(NP)和医师助理(PA)的人员配备情况,以及一项关于痴呆症患者喂食选择的决策辅助工具对替代提供者讨论频率和替代者决策冲突的影响。我们比较了没有NP/PA、仅有兼职NP/PA人员配备以及全职NP/PA人员配备的疗养院的这些结果。样本包括来自24家疗养院的256名替代决策者。该决策辅助工具与兼职或无NP/PA人员配备的疗养院中讨论率的显著提高相关(分别为26%对51%,p < .001,以及13%对41%,p < .001),且与决策冲突得分的降低相关(分别为-0.08对-0.047,p = .008,以及-0.30对-0.68,p = .014)。全职NP/PA人员配备的疗养院基线讨论率较高(41%)。这些发现表明,该决策辅助工具和全职NP/PA人员配备可以增强疗养院中的替代决策制定。