Misconceptions About Traumatic Brain Injury and Recovery Among Nursing Students
| Autor: | Jennifer Gilbert, Heather Potts, Ashton D. Trice, William Ernst |
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| Rok vydání: | 2009 |
| Předmět: |
Attitude of Health Personnel
business.industry Traumatic brain injury Data Collection education Rehabilitation Unconsciousness Continuing education Amnesia Physical Therapy Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation Affect (psychology) medicine.disease Nursing curriculum Cohort Studies Professional Competence Nursing Brain Injuries Humans Medicine Students Nursing Neurology (clinical) medicine.symptom business |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Head Trauma Rehabilitation. 24:213-220 |
| ISSN: | 0885-9701 |
| Popis: | OBJECTIVE To identify potential misconceptions that nursing students have regarding traumatic brain injury (TBI) and recovery. DESIGN Descriptive questionnaire. SETTING University. MAIN MEASURE Thirty-item questionnaire addressing knowledge about TBI and recovery. PARTICIPANTS One hundred eight undergraduate students, 65 in the prenursing program and 43 nursing majors. RESULTS In general, nursing students had a lower frequency of misconceptions than did university students in a prior study, and the more advanced nursing majors had a lower frequency of misconceptions than did the prenursing students. Substantial misconceptions did exist, though, especially concerning unconsciousness, amnesia, and recovery. CONCLUSIONS Nursing students possess several misconceptions pertaining to TBI and recovery that have the potential to adversely affect assessment, treatment, and education of patients and family members. Education focusing on TBI and recovery should be included in the nursing curriculum and be a part of continuing education at the professional level. |
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