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KMID : 0379220090290020513
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Journal of Korea Gerontological Society
2009 Volume.29 No. 2 p.513 ~ p.527
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Effect of Senior Simulation on Geriatric Unit Nurses` Attitude and Job Satisfaction toward the Elderly
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Choi Soo-Won
Park Myong-Hwa
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Abstract
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The purpose of this study was to verify the effect of senior simulation on geriatric unit nurses’ attitude and job satisfaction toward the elderly with one group pretest-posttest design. The subjects of this study were the 30 nurses who are working in geriatric units in a general hospital in Daegu, Korea and who were well informed about the purpose of this study and allowed to join the study. The data were collected from August 23 to September 6, 2006. The experimental procedure was to do activities for daily living for 45 minutes wearing senior simulation suit. Self administered questionnaires were used to ask the nurses’ attitude toward the elderly and job satisfaction in their work before, right after, and one week after senior simulation. According to the results of this study, there were significant changes in the geriatric nurses’ attitude toward the elderly and job satisfaction after aging simulation implying that senior simulation is an effective intervention to facilitate nurses to do quality care for the elderly with sympathetic understanding and attitude. Senior simulation needs to be applied to geriatric education for the nursing students and health care providers who are involved in care for the elderly.
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KEYWORD
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Senior simulation, Geriatric unit nurse, Attitude, Job satisfaction
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