The present study aimed to examine changes in resilience after a psychoeducational intervention to improve professionalism in psychiatric nurses. Methods: A psychoeducation program for psychiatric nurses was developed, and 36 participants were randomly allocated to active intervention and waiting list intervention groups. The S-H Resilience Test was used to assess resilience twice (before and after the intervention/control period), and statistical comparisons were conducted according to time point. Results: Distributions of the resilience scale scores (total and three subscales) in the intervention and control phases were compared before and after psychoeducation or observation. For the intervention phase, total and social support subscale scores significantly increased post-intervention (p<0.05). Resilience types were compared between the two time points in the intervention and control phases, and there were significant changes in the intervention phase (positive type resilience increased). Conclusion: This psychoeducation approach to improve professionalism in psychiatric nurses may be effective in enhancing resilience, particularly by facilitating social support and positive attitudes in participants.
Aim: The purpose of this study was to prepare scales to assess the difficulties, coping, and adaptation experienced by nurses involved with cancer care in order to extract the constructing factors of each scale and to investigate the correlations between the scales and sociodemographic-related factors. Methods: The subjects were 155 full-time staff nurses who provided care to cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy or radiotherapy at outpatient, day-care or short-stay wards in 14 oncology and general hospitals throughout Japan. The participants completed a questionnaire that consisted of questions relating to demographic information and three item lists: the difficulties, coping, and adaptation associated with providing care to patients undergoing cancer therapy. Results: Based on the results of the factor analysis for each scale, four factors of the Difficulties scale, three factors of the Coping scale, and five factors of the Adaptation scale were identified. A stepwise multiple regression analysis was performed by using the Adaptation scale score as a criterion variable and the Difficulties and Coping scale scores, and demographic factors as independent variables. The standardized partial regression coefficient was significant for coping and age in descending order.
Conclusion:The results of this study suggested that coping plays a significant role as a predictor of adaptation.
The purpose of this study is to prepare a nursing protocol for preventing interruptions during clinical examinations and treatments performed in the early days of hospitalization for acute exacerbation of chronic heart failure in patients with impaired cognitive function. For the first stage of the research, we prepared a draft of the nursing protocol based on a basic survey. For the second stage, semi-structured interviews were conducted with 5 nurses specialized in chronic heart failure and 11 nurses in dementia care to ensure content validity of the draft protocol. For the third stage, we examined the possibility of clinical application of the revised version of the protocol draft prepared in the second stage of the study. For assessment items, significant points of nursing care, and specific nursing care practice in this revised version, 73 subjects (84.9%) considered effective for patients, in terms of prevention of interruptions during clinical examinations and treatments in the early days of hospitalization. All items and contents were considered useful by more than 60% of the nurses. Considering that the nurses working in the clinical setting How to cite this paper:
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