Author Affiliations: Assistant Professor (Dr Kimzey); Lecturer (Ms Seale), College of Nursing, Texas Christian University, Fort Worth; Associate Professor (Dr Mastel-Smith), College of Nursing, The University of Texas at Tyler.
Nurse Educ. 2019 Nov/Dec;44(6):338-341. doi: 10.1097/NNE.0000000000000623.
The numbers of people living with dementia are overwhelming. Dementia education is important to prepare nursing students to care for this population.
The purpose of this study was to determine the effects of a virtual dementia experience on nursing students' attitudes and empathy for people with dementia, dementia knowledge, and self-confidence for dementia care.
The design was a 2-group, pretest-posttest using a convenience sample of undergraduate nursing students (n = 112). The intervention group (n = 56) participated in a virtual dementia experience.
Both groups experienced improved attitudes toward people with dementia, increased dementia knowledge, improved self-confidence for dementia care, and improved empathy (Perspective Taking). However, the virtual dementia experience did not lead to improved outcomes compared to the standard teaching approaches.
Dementia-specific education had a significant influence on students' attitudes, knowledge, self-confidence, and empathy, whereas the type of education did not impact outcomes.
患有痴呆症的人数之多令人难以承受。对护理学生进行痴呆症教育对于照顾这一人群至关重要。
本研究旨在确定虚拟痴呆体验对护理学生对痴呆症患者的态度和同理心、痴呆症知识以及对痴呆症护理的自信心的影响。
该设计采用方便取样的本科生护理学生(n=112)的 2 组、前测后测的方式。干预组(n=56)参加了虚拟痴呆体验。
两组学生对痴呆症患者的态度、痴呆症知识、对痴呆症护理的自信心以及同理心(换位思考)都有所提高。然而,与标准教学方法相比,虚拟痴呆体验并没有带来更好的效果。
专门的痴呆症教育对学生的态度、知识、自信心和同理心有重大影响,而教育类型则没有影响。