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Chandler, Jane T.; And Others – Gerontologist, 1986
Explored attitudes toward the elderly of nursing personnel (N=101) employed in long-term care settings. Also investigated the impact of an experiential education program on the attitudes of nursing personnel providing daily care for the aged. Results tend to contradict several popularly held beliefs. (Author/ABB)
Descriptors: Attitude Change, Experiential Learning, Negative Attitudes, Nurses
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DePaola, Stephen J.; And Others – Omega: Journal of Death and Dying, 1994
Investigated the relationship between death fear, attitudes toward the elderly, and personal anxiety about aging in nursing home employees. Nursing professionals (registered nurses or licensed practical nurses) had lower levels of death concern than nursing assistants, and results also indicated that nursing assistants displayed significantly…
Descriptors: Adults, Aging (Individuals), Anxiety, Attitudes
Stevenson, Robert T.; Courtenay, Bradley C. – 1982
Systematic research on attitudes of nursing home staff toward the sexual expression of older residents is sparse and of recent origin. In order to determine the relationship between the degree of religiosity (religious commitment) of nursing home aides and their degree of tolerance concerning sexuality and aging, female nursing assistants (N=101)…
Descriptors: Age Discrimination, Attitude Measures, Negative Attitudes, Nurses Aides
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Kayser-Jones, Jeanie; And Others – Gerontologist, 1995
Presents data from the development and testing of an instrument created to evaluate the oral health of nursing home residents by nursing personnel. Examination of 100 residents by dentists and 3 categories of trained nurses established statistically significant interrater reliability, suggesting that nursing staff can be taught to evaluate the…
Descriptors: Correlation, Dental Health, Dentists, Evaluation Methods
Rusak, Judith M.; And Others – 1988
Patients in long-term care facilities are often moved from one living area to another within an institution. While the staff often consider such moves as part of the daily work load, even intrainstitutional relocation has been observed to have negative consequences for the elderly patient. If staff could identify those patients who might…
Descriptors: High Risk Persons, Identification, Institutionalized Persons, Males
Reed, John C. – 1973
A series of sessions were devised to assist nursing home personnel to effectively help residents in nursing homes. Four sessions were scheduled over one month, one week apart. All levels of employees were involved in the series. The sessions were planned so participants had opportunities to practice and discuss the skills taught in each session.…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Evaluation, Groups, Interpersonal Relationship
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Novak, Mark; Chappell, Neena L. – International Journal of Aging & Human Development, 1994
Examined burnout among nursing assistants (n=245). Found that both stressor and appraisal variables influenced feelings of burnout. Stressor variable, frequency of disturbing patient behaviors, best explained feelings of reduced Personal Accomplishment. Appraisal variable, reaction to patient behaviors, best explained Emotional Exhaustion. Found…
Descriptors: Burnout, Cognitive Processes, Employee Attitudes, Foreign Countries
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Campbell, Emily B; And Others – Gerontologist, 1991
Nursing staff (n=166) in four nursing homes participated in quasi-experimental study to measure knowledge and attitudes about urinary incontinence and compliance with toileting protocols. Intervention group (n=96) showed slight increase in knowledge; their attitudes remained positive over four testing times. Compliance with protocol was only 72…
Descriptors: Behavior Modification, Employee Attitudes, Long Term Care, Nurses Aides
Gupta, D.; And Others – 1989
Although elder abuse has received much attention in recent years, little is known about long-term care staff perceptions of active and passive abuse. Health care professionals (N=72) responsible for direct care of patients within a 275-bed skilled nursing facility completed questionnaires on elder abuse. Responses were from physicians (N=6),…
Descriptors: Elder Abuse, Employee Attitudes, Health Personnel, Institutionalized Persons
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Abrahams, J. P.; And Others – Human Development, 1975
This paper describes the observations and experiences of a graduate student employed as a nurse's aide in a home for the aged. The difficulties encountered in attempting to apply traditional psychological methodology are discussed, and detailed anecdotal reports on individual cases are presented. (GO)
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Empathy, Geriatrics, Gerontology
Winberg, Pat – 1998
This document consists of an instructor's manual and student manual for a nurse assistant curriculum. The instructor's manual provides answers to activity sheets and unit evaluations along with individual unit overviews. Suggested teaching strategies and audiovisual supplements are included for each lesson. The student manual contains eight units:…
Descriptors: Allied Health Occupations Education, Behavioral Objectives, Competence, Competency Based Education
Sinke, Mary – 1986
This study examined a nursing aide recognition program in a nursing home with 50 nurses and 200 nurse aides. Before the program was implemented, baseline data on job satisfaction were gathered with a questionnaire. A one-page description of the program and an evaluation tool were distributed to the nurse aides at their information sessions. Nurse…
Descriptors: Employee Attitudes, Evaluation Methods, Incentives, Job Performance
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Hameister, Dennis R. – Journal of Continuing Education in Nursing, 1977
Describes a study designed to identify the specific needs (as identified by administrators and charge nurses) of nurses' aides and to determine the appropriateness for inclusion in an inservice training program. (WL)
Descriptors: Cluster Grouping, Educational Research, Inservice Education, Job Skills
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Glenwick, David S.; Slutzsky, Mitchel R.; Garfinkel, Eric – Teaching of Psychology, 2001
Describes an 11-week course given at a nursing home to nursing home aides that focused on abnormal psychology and behavior intervention skills. Discusses the course goals, class composition, and course description. Addresses the problems and issues encountered with teaching this course to a nontraditional population in an unconventional setting.…
Descriptors: Adult Students, Behavior Modification, Community Education, Course Content
Seibert, Phyllis M.; Pastorello, Thomas – 1990
Literature on health professionals describes the problems associated with unresolved or poorly resolved grief. Previous research has indicated that the most important reason why health professionals stay in their jobs is their relationship to patients. This study examined how nursing home personnel resolve their grief following deaths of clients.…
Descriptors: Death, Employee Attitudes, Employees, Frail Elderly
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