护士对老年患者的态度及护理中的困难调查研究

The Study of Difficulties Experienced by Nurses in Older Patient Care and Their Attitudes Toward the Older Patients

目的:本文旨在研究护士对老年患者的态度以及她们在对老年患者护理的过程中遇到的困难。方法采用调查问卷的形式,问卷包括人口统计学问题,护理过程中所遇到的困难,以及中文版的Kogan量表。统计学方法采用百分比、克鲁斯卡-沃利斯方差分析、t检验、曼-惠特尼U检验。结果研究结果显示,护士在对老年患者的护理过程中,碰到的主要困难有病房设备条件不完善、患者管理问题、与患者及家属沟通问题以及缺乏老年护理的专业知识及技能经验等。受调查护士的Kogan量表总得分平均为98.83分。结论应改善老年患者的病房环境和设施条件,加强护士在老年护理方面的理论与技能培训。总体上,我国护士对老年患者的态度是积极的。

Objective This research was conducted to determine nurses'attitudes toward older patient care and the difficulties they experience.Methods Participants completed questionnaires regarding descriptive characteristics,the type of difficulties they experienced in older patient care,and the Chinese version of Kogan's Attitudes Toward Old People Scale.Data were evaluated by using percentage,Kruskal-Wallis variance analysis,t test and Mann-Whitney U test.Results The study revealed that nurses experienced difficulties due to the inadequacy of physical conditions and technical equipment in hospitals;administrative problems;communication problems;and insufficient knowledge,skills and experience in older patient care.The nurses'mean score of Kogan's Attitudes Toward Older People Scale was 98.83.Conclusion The difficulties experienced by nurses in this sample resulted from the lack of technically equipped hospitals or clinics for older patients and the inadequacy of nurses'gerontology education.Despite these factors,the nurses'attitude toward older people was positive.