Communication Competence and Transdisciplinary Cooperation in Geriatric Nursing

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Competence; Communication
• Interventions: Other: Teaching intervention program

• Registration Number: NCT05290636
• Lead Sponsor: National Taipei University of Nursing and Health Sciences

Brief Summary

The ability to communicate and cooperate effectively is essential in geriatric nursing. However, nursing teachers lacked the exploration of the development of this ability and teaching evaluation in previous studies. The investigators used a systematic process to investigate methods for achieving the following goals: 1. Cultivate a positive attitude toward the elderly among nursing students. 2. Improve nursing students' communication competence and interaction skills when providing advanced health care services. 3. Improve the teaching skills of professional nursing instructors.

Detailed Description

The ability to communicate and cooperate effectively is essential in geriatric nursing. However, nursing teachers lacked the exploration of the development of this ability and teaching evaluation in previous studies. The investigators used a systematic process to investigate methods for achieving the following goals: 1. Cultivate a positive attitude toward the elderly among nursing students. 2. Improve nursing students' communication competence and interaction skills when providing advanced health care services. 3. Improve the teaching skills of professional nursing instructors.

Using an action research approach, the investigators designed a pair of geriatric nursing and practicum courses and recruited a class of in-service nursing students through convenience sampling in a college setting. The intervention was an 18-week course in geriatric nursing that meets once a week in the classroom and internship practice in settings used for training nursing students. The investigators collected using quantitative indicators (attitude measurements) and qualitative textual analysis. The quantitative data were analyzed by paired t-testing using SPSS 21.0 software.

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2019-06-10
• Primary Completion: 2020-01-03
• Study Completion: 2020-10-21
• Status Verified: 2022-03
• Study First Submitted: 2022-03-03
• Study First Submitted QC: 2022-03-12
• Last Update Submitted: 2022-03-12
• Study First Posted: 2022-03-22
• Last Update Posted: 2022-03-22

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 40

Inclusion Criteria

• The research object of this project will be the students in the nursing class of a university (third year students), and the students who have taken 2 credits each of "Geriatric Nursing" and "Geriatric Nursing Internship" in a working class.

Exclusion Criteria

• Not a junior in a working class in a university nursing department.Those who have not completed the courses of "Geriatric Nursing" and "Geriatric Nursing Internship".

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: SINGLE_GROUP

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
single arm trial	Teaching intervention program	A single-arm trial was designed. (Two-hour sessions per week for 18 weeks). The value of classroom learning and practical experience for the study subjects is emphasized in this intervention course. The case analysis teaching technique will be used extensively in the classroom, and the school's digital action learning platform will support instructional activities relevant to senior nursing and elderly nursing practice. In each section of the course, combine classroom instruction with case analysis (2 hours each, 20-30 minutes for topic teaching, 70-80 minutes for case discussion and feedback)

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Scale of attitudes towards the elderly	Change from after intervention at eighteen weeks (T1)	The scale of attitude towards the elderly is divided into positive and negative attitudes, with 20 and 22 questions respectively. This scale uses a visual analogue scale (VAS) from 1 to 7 points, ranging from From 1="strongly disagree" to 7="strongly agree", check the attitude and feeling that most matches with them. Degree detection (Cronach's α=0.94) has good reliability and validity.
Attitude Inventory for Health Team Care	Change from after intervention at eighteen weeks (T1)	The attitude scale of health team care, the subjects will choose the most consistent attitude and feeling from 1="strongly disagree" to 6="strongly agree" with regard to the degree of agreement between the declarative sentences and their own feelings. The higher the score of the total scale, the more positive the attitude towards health care, and the content validity of this scale has been reviewed by experts. The degree of detection (Cronach's α=0.78), so this research tool also has good reliability and validity.

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

National Taipei University of Nursing and Health Sciences; 🇨🇳 Taipei, Taipei City, Taiwan