Teaching caring and competence: Student transformation during an older adult focused service-learning course
| Autor: | Leslie M. Bright, Karen M. Brown |
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| Rok vydání: | 2017 |
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Adult
Male Health Knowledge Attitudes Practice media_common.quotation_subject education Service-learning Empathy Compassion Education 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Nursing Patient-Centered Care medicine Humans Learning 030212 general & internal medicine Competence (human resources) Qualitative Research General Nursing Aged Retrospective Studies media_common Medical education 030504 nursing Apprehension Transpersonal Education Nursing Baccalaureate Cognition Problem-Based Learning General Medicine Anxiety Female Students Nursing Clinical Competence medicine.symptom 0305 other medical science Psychology |
| Zdroj: | Nurse Education in Practice. 27:29-35 |
| ISSN: | 1471-5953 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.nepr.2017.08.013 |
| Popis: | Innovative teaching strategies develop nurses' knowledge, skills, and attitudes while simultaneously integrating the art of caring and transforming attitudes toward adults over age 65. The study's purpose was to explore students' experiences and attitudes toward older adults with cognitive and/or physical limitations as well as the effects on students' knowledge and skills during a baccalaureate nursing, course which included a service-learning experience. Service-learning synthesizes meaningful community service, academic instruction, and reflection. Participants included baccalaureate students enrolled in a service-learning nursing course focused on older adults. This retrospective, qualitative, phenomenological study used reflective journals and an online survey to explore baccalaureate nursing students' experiences toward older adults with cognitive and/or physical limitations. Themes included initial attitudes of anticipation, apprehension, anxiety, and ageist stereotypes. Final attitudes included a "completely changed perspective" of caring, compassion, and respect indicative of a rewarding, "life-changing" experience. Participants cited enhanced learning, especially in the areas of patient-centered care, collaboration, communication, advocacy, empathy, assessment skills, and evidence-based practice. This innovative teaching strategy led to transformed attitudes toward older adults, reduced fear of older adult populations, an increased desire to work with older adults, and the ability to form a transpersonal, caring relationship while enhancing nursing knowledge and skills. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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