Educational program focused on ethical dilemmas and value judgements for nurses taking care of elderly patients with dementia

2015 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 23792724
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Community health/Gerontological nurisng
• Research Institution: Nagano College of Nursing
• Principal Investigator: Ikegami Chikako (曽根千賀子) 長野県看護大学, 看護学部, 助教 (40336623)
• Project Period (FY): 2011-04-28 – 2016-03-31
• Keywords: 認知症ケア / チェックリスト / 尺度開発 / 看護師 / 認知症高齢者

Outline of Final Research Achievements

This study aims to understand the situations around the dementia care provided by nurses for elderly patients with dementia in hospitals, and also examine factors influencing the execution of this care to alleviate ethical dilemmas among nurses. We created a dementia care check list, where nurses rate care items in terms of ‘importance’ and ‘frequency of use’. The analysis yielded 29 items grouped into five factors for the ‘importance’ of dementia care and 28 items grouped into six factors for the ‘frequency of use’. The reliability and construct validity of the items was confirmed. For the relationship between ‘frequency of use’ and demographic characteristics, nurses who reported that they had specialized knowledge as well as nurses who reported that they had no help from superiors and colleagues showed higher frequencies of use.

Free Research Field

老年看護