| Evaluating an education programme in general palliative care for community nurses. | |
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PMID: 16628179 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
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AIMS: To evaluate the effects of a palliative care education programme on the self-reported knowledge and confidence of 72 community nurses. DESIGN: a prospective longitudinal postal questionnaire survey was conducted. FINDINGS: seventy-one (99%) completed a pre-course questionnaire, 52 (72%) a questionnaire at completion of the course, and 37 (51%) a questionnaire one year later. Following the programme, more nurses felt that their professional needs were being met well or very well. Confidence in practice showed an increasing trend over time. Desire for education was lower on course completion than at its start. Palliative Care Nursing Quiz scores rose from a pre-course median of 12.5 to 15 at course completion (P=0.001) which was maintained 1 year later. CONCLUSION: the education programme was successful in raising standards of knowledge, professional development and confidence. Improvement was maintained one year later. |
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Philippa M Hughes; Chris Parker; Sheila Payne; M Christine Ingleton; Bill Noble |
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Type: Clinical Trial; Journal Article; Multicenter Study |
Journal Detail:
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Title: International journal of palliative nursing Volume: 12 ISSN: 1357-6321 ISO Abbreviation: Int J Palliat Nurs Publication Date: 2006 Mar |
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Created Date: 2006-04-21 Completed Date: 2006-05-26 Revised Date: - |
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Nlm Unique ID: 9506762 Medline TA: Int J Palliat Nurs Country: England |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 123-31 Citation Subset: N |
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Academic Unit of Supportive Care, University of Sheffield. p.m.hughes@sheffield.ac.uk |
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Community Health Nursing
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education* Education, Nursing, Continuing* England Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice* Humans Neoplasms / nursing Palliative Care* Program Evaluation Prospective Studies Statistics, Nonparametric |
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