Caring for Family Caregivers: a Pilot Test of an Online COMFORT™ SM Communication Training Module for Undergraduate Nursing Students
| Autor: | Y’Esha V. Williams, Angella Lee, Elaine Wittenberg, Joy Goldsmith |
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| Rok vydání: | 2018 |
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Medical education
business.industry Family caregivers Undergraduate nursing education Pharmacology toxicology Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health 03 medical and health sciences Distress 0302 clinical medicine Quality of life (healthcare) Oncology 030220 oncology & carcinogenesis Medicine Pilot test 030212 general & internal medicine business Curriculum Accreditation |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Cancer Education. 35:138-143 |
| ISSN: | 1543-0154 0885-8195 |
| DOI: | 10.1007/s13187-018-1452-3 |
| Popis: | Family caregivers who provide care and support to cancer patients experience distress, burden, and decreased quality of life as a result of caregiving. Caregivers often turn to nurses for support; however, there is little training available for nurses on how to care for the family caregiver. Undergraduate nursing students have a high need to learn about engaging caregivers in care, but little content is presented to fulfill that need. Derived from the COMFORT™ SM communication curriculum, we developed a 1-h online educational module specifically addressing communication with family caregivers of cancer patients. Undergraduate nursing students (n = 128) from two accredited nursing programs completed a survey at the beginning and end of the module, in addition to answering unfolding response opportunities within the module. There was a significant increase in communication knowledge, attitude, and behaviors (p |
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