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KMID : 1036620160040020006
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Journal of Korean Clinical Health Science
2016 Volume.4 No. 2 p.6 ~ p.0
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Relationship between Knowledge, Stress, and Nursing Performance about Care for Delirium in Geriatric Hospital Nurses
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Kim Eun-Hee
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Abstract
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Purpose The purpose of this study was to investigate knowledge, stress and nursing performance about care for delirium in geriatric hospital nurses.
Methods For this study, data were collected from 242 nurses employed at geriatric hospitals with the capacity of more than 100 beds which were located in A, P and Y cites. Frequency analysis, t-test and one-way ANOVA were utilized to analyze the data and Scheffe test was used to conduct post-hoc tests.
Results Nurses showed significant differences in the level of Knowledge, as well as terminal care performance by marital status, nursing experience. A significant relationship was found between knowledge, stress and Delirium care performance.
Conclusion This study found nurses perform delirium care with a high level of stress but with insuffiecient understanding, and thus, showed great needs for related training. Such findings can be useful to develop educational programs to improve knowledge on delirium and plans to reduce stress from delirium for geriatric hospital nurses.
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KEYWORD
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Delirium, Stress, Knowledge, Nursing, Performance
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