Evaluating an education programme in general palliative care for community nurses

Hughes, Philippa; Parker, Chris; Payne, Sheila; Ingleton, M Christine; Noble, Bill

doi:10.12968/ijpn.2006.12.3.20697

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“…The mean score on PCQN in the pre-test of this study was somewhat lower than in other studies. A study of 164 geriatric nurses in the USA reported a mean score of 12.3 on the PCQN (Raudonis, Kyba, & Kinsey, 2002), and a study of 72 community nurses in the UK reported a mean score on PCQN of 12.5 (Hughes, Parker, Payne, Ingleton, & Noble, 2006). Approximately 70% of participants in this study had some palliative care education and about 30% of them had taken the ELNEC-Core course in the previous year.…”

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confidence: 74%

Evaluation of End-of-Life Nursing Education Consortium-Geriatric Train-the-Trainer Program in Korea

Kim¹,

Kim²,

Jung³

et al. 2012

Korean J Adult Nurs

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Background: Few nurses are trained in palliative care for long-term care in Korea. The End-of-Life Nursing Education Consortium (ELNEC)-Geriatric training program improves nurses' ability to promote palliative care for the elderly. Purpose: The aim of this study was to evaluate nurses' satisfaction and knowledge following the attendance at the ELNEC-Geriatric curriculum on nurses' knowledge of palliative care. Methods: Nine ELNECGeriatric modules were presented to 203 interdisciplinary professionals on July 1 and 3, 2010, in Seoul, South Korea. The Palliative care quiz for nursing (PCQN) was used to evaluate nurses' knowledge. Of all the participants, 128 nurses were completed the questionnaire. Of these nurses, 45.2% were staff nurses and 73.4% were hospital nurses. Results: Approximately eight nine percent of the nurses reported previous experience in caring for dying patients and attending various hospice palliative care training programs. Overall program satisfaction of the participants was 4.03 on a 5-point scale, and their mean of the total PCQN score was 12.75 out of 20 after participating in ELNEC-Geriatric course, which was a significant improvement (p=.022) from the pretest. Conclusion:The results of this study demonstrate that ELNEC-Geriatric curriculum was successfully implemented and significantly contributed to increasing the nurses' knowledge for palliative care in long-term care in Korea.

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Evaluation of End-of-Life Nursing Education Consortium-Geriatric Train-the-Trainer Program in Korea

Kim¹,

Kim²,

Jung³

et al. 2012

Korean J Adult Nurs

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“…Health care providers in the UK are currently exploring ways of delivering these skills, and this study presents findings related to one possible approach. Educational outreach has previously been used in the primary care setting, and there is evidence that it is associated with change in both behaviour and knowledge [5, 6, 8]. In this case, the outreach support was provided by a named community genetics counsellor, was specific to the needs of the practice and was responsive.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Modell et al [5], for example, found that practices that were provided with educational support around haemoglobin disorder screening then went on to request more haemoglobin disorder screening tests. A study of palliative care nursing also found that educational support improved practitioner’s knowledge and this change was sustained after 1 year [6]. It has been reported that interaction and facilitation are key elements of successful educational interventions [7].…”

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confidence: 99%

The Impact of Genetic Outreach Education and Support to Primary Care on Practitioner’s Confidence and Competence in Dealing with Familial Cancers

Bethea¹,

Qureshi

Drury

et al. 2008

Public Health Genomics

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Aims: To determine the level of competence and confidence in general practice in relation to the management of familial cancers and to determine the impact of providing genetic educational outreach on confidence and competence. Methods: Confidence and competence in dealing with familial cancers was measured using a postal questionnaire sent to all general practitioners and practice nurses in 4 geographical areas in central England. In 2 areas, genetic educational outreach was provided to 10 randomly selected practices and a matched analysis of questionnaire responses before and after intervention was done to determine the impact of the intervention. Results: Respondents were more confident in dealing with patient queries around familial breast cancer risk than those around bowel cancer. This was inconsistent with the ability to correctly assign familial risk, with 48% incorrectly assigning a high-risk categorisation to a low-risk breast cancer scenario. Respondents who had taken part in the intervention reported more confidence in dealing with issues related to the management of patient queries around bowel cancer. Following intervention, participants were more likely to report feeling confident in knowing the relevant family history to collect (72.4% of respondents from participating practices compared to 56.1% from non-participating practices; OR 2.39, p = 0.02, 95% CI 1.14–5.00) and in making a basic assessment of risk (72.4% compared to 38.9%; OR 3.65, p = 0.01, 95% CI 1.38–9.61). Conclusions: Providing genetic educational outreach has a positive impact upon how confident primary care staff feel in dealing with patient queries over familial cancers, particularly in relation to bowel cancer. Further research is needed to explore the impact of providing this service on other relevant outcomes such as appropriateness of referrals to genetic services.

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“…Other literature about this topic indicates knowledge, competence and confidence deficits in delivering palliative care [13][14][15]. However, there is evidence to indicate that palliative care is a core component of the work carried out by the generalist community nurse that is often perceived to be unrecognised by other healthcare professionals [16].…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Crucially what is evident from the literature is that ambiguity exists around the specific input of generalist nurses when delivering palliative care which results in both healthcare professionals and service users being unaware of what supports are available in the community [18]. This is a relatively new area of research and subsequently there is little known about the role of community nurses providing palliative care [13,23]. This instrumental case aims to address this by outlining the role of the CIT in delivering palliative care as an element of community nursing.…”

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confidence: 99%

Generalist Palliative Care Delivered by Community Nurses

Carroll¹,

Shanagher²,

Lynch³

2016

J Comm Pub Health Nursing

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Evaluating an education programme in general palliative care for community nurses

Abstract: the education programme was successful in raising standards of knowledge, professional development and confidence. Improvement was maintained one year later.

Cited by 25 publications

References 20 publications

Evaluation of End-of-Life Nursing Education Consortium-Geriatric Train-the-Trainer Program in Korea

Evaluation of End-of-Life Nursing Education Consortium-Geriatric Train-the-Trainer Program in Korea

The Impact of Genetic Outreach Education and Support to Primary Care on Practitioner’s Confidence and Competence in Dealing with Familial Cancers

Generalist Palliative Care Delivered by Community Nurses

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