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| Nurses' perceptions of the nurse assistant role in providing quality care in the nursing home | | Author(s) | T Neal Garland, Victoria Schirm |
| Journal title | Gerontology & Geriatrics Education, vol 18, no 4, 1998 |
| Pages | pp 71-83 |
| Source | http://www.tandfonline.com |
| Keywords | Nursing Auxiliary ; Social roles ; Nursing homes ; Management [care] ; Quality ; Nurses ; Public opinion ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | Although nurse assistants provide most of the direct care to nursing home residents, there is limited information as their role in delivering quality care. This US qualitative study used focus groups of licensed nurses, who supervise nurse assistants in the nursing home, to know more about the nurse assistant's role. Focus group interviews explored opinions about good care, characteristics of nurse assistants who provide good care, and concerns about supervising them. Results show that licensed nurses hold positive opinions about nurse assistants and the importance of the work they do. Nurses also identified some reservations with regard to supervising nurse assistants. Within the context of role theory, implications for training, as well as ways that licensed nurses and nurse assistants can work together to enhance care for nursing home residents, are discussed. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-980723005 A |
| Classmark | QTE:4UA: TM5: LHB: QA: 59: QTE: U5: 7T |
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