Adelaide Nursing School, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA, Australia.
Data, Design and Statistics Service, Adelaide Health Technology Assessment, School of Public Health, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA, Australia.
J Clin Nurs. 2018 Jun;27(11-12):2438-2449. doi: 10.1111/jocn.14082. Epub 2017 Oct 23.
To evaluate whether a set of oral health resources designed for workforce training was relevant for students undertaking an entry-level nursing or aged care qualification.
Oral health is one of the most neglected aspects of nursing care experienced by older people. Despite efforts to improve aged care worker oral health knowledge and skills, one-off training and rapid staff turnover have hindered the success of workplace programmes. Inadequate oral health content in entry-level nursing and aged care qualifications has perpetuated this.
Kirkpatrick's training and evaluation model was used to evaluate the resources developed by a project called Building Better Oral Health Communities. Students used them as prescribed study materials and completed pre- and postintervention questionnaires. Educators were interviewed to obtain their feedback. Quantitative data were analysed using descriptive and inferential statistics. Qualitative data were collated according to relevance to learning, presentation style and interest.
Evaluation showed high levels of student and educator satisfaction. Student learning outcomes demonstrated consistently positive attitudes and significant self-reported improvements in oral health knowledge and skills. Irrespective of course type, students gained similar levels of oral health knowledge and skills following use of the resources.
Nurses and care workers must be able to provide consistent standards of oral health care as a fundamental part of caring for patients. Validated as an effective learning and teaching package, it is recommended that these resources be used to strengthen the oral health content of entry-level nursing and aged care qualifications.
Building the oral health capacity of nurses and care workers is one way of reversing oral health neglect and improving the quality of care provided to older people.
评估一套专为劳动力培训设计的口腔健康资源是否与正在接受入门级护理或老年护理资格的学生相关。
口腔健康是老年人护理中最被忽视的方面之一。尽管努力提高老年护理人员的口腔健康知识和技能，但一次性培训和快速员工流失阻碍了工作场所计划的成功。入门级护理和老年护理资格中口腔健康内容不足加剧了这一问题。
使用 Kirkpatrick 的培训和评估模型来评估一个名为“建立更好的口腔健康社区”的项目开发的资源。学生按照规定的学习材料使用它们，并完成干预前后的问卷。采访教育工作者以获取他们的反馈。使用描述性和推断性统计方法分析定量数据。根据与学习相关的内容、演示风格和兴趣收集定性数据。
评估表明学生和教育者满意度高。学生的学习成果表现出积极的态度和自我报告的口腔健康知识和技能显著提高。无论课程类型如何，学生在使用资源后都获得了类似水平的口腔健康知识和技能。
护士和护理人员必须能够提供一致的口腔卫生保健标准，作为护理患者的基本部分。这些资源被验证为有效的学习和教学包，建议将其用于加强入门级护理和老年护理资格中的口腔健康内容。
提高护士和护理人员的口腔健康能力是扭转口腔健康忽视和提高为老年人提供的护理质量的一种方法。
