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Use of a training program to enhance NICU nurses' cognitive abilities for assessing preterm infant behaviors and offering supportive interventions.
Full Abstract
This study tested the use of a developmentally supportive care (DSC) training program in the form of videotaped and personalized instruction to increase nurses' cognitive abilities for assessing preterm infant behavioral signals and offering supportive care. The study used a two-group pre-test post-test quasi-experimental repeated measures design. The participants were 25 NICU nurses, 13 in the intervention group, and 12 in the control group. An instrument developed for the purpose of the study was a video test that measured the effectiveness of the DSC training. The video test questionnaires were administered to the participants twice with an interval of four weeks. ANCOVA controlling the baseline scores was used for data analysis. In general, the results support the hypothesis that nurses' cognitive abilities were enhanced after the DSC training. The increase in nurses' cognitive abilities is the prerequisite for behavioral change, based on the assumptions of Bandura's Social Cognitive Learning Theory (Bandura, 1986). As nurses' cognitive abilities increased, it would be possible that nurse behaviors in taking care of these preterm infants might change. Therefore, the author recommends that in order to improve NICU care quality and the outcomes of preterm infants, the concepts of developmentally supportive care be incorporated into NICU caregiving practice by educating nurses.
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Author information
Author/s: Liaw, Jen-Jiuan (JJ);
Affiliation: Tri-Service General Hospital, Taiwan, ROC. picu(-atsign-)ndmctsgh.edu.tw
Journal and publication information
Publication Type: Clinical Trial; Controlled Clinical Trial; Journal Article; Multicenter Study
Journal: The journal of nursing research : JNR (J Nurs Res), published in China (Republic: 1949- ). (Language: eng)
Reference: 2003-Jun; vol 11 (issue 2) : pp 82-92
Dates: Created 2003/06/23; Completed 2003/08/19; Revised 2006/10/13;
PMID: 12820071, status: MEDLINE (last retrieval date: 11/6/2008)
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