A Nursing Assistant Training Program in a Long Term Care Setting

BScN, MScN Maureen Thomson; Bn, MN Kathleen Burke

doi:10.1300/j021v19n01_03

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“…Swiers (1995) believed that this would also increase the motivation and job satisfaction of qualified staff and improve standards of care. More recent studies from the USA and UK have highlighted the benefits of locally based training initiatives (Ashwill 1998, Thomson & Burke 1998, Dowding & Homer 2000). Although these do not focus on midwifery, they do provide examples of how such training programmes can be developed and operated.…”

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Training needs of midwifery assistants

McKenna

Hasson²,

Smith³

2003

Journal of Advanced Nursing

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Before working in clinical areas midwifery assistants need practice-based training that focuses on skills development. Communications and interpersonal skills should be included in the training as should placement experience in a variety of clinical settings. Midwives have a role in providing this training, and in mentoring and supervising midwifery assistants, but it is accepted that this could add to their workloads. Developments of this kind need to be evaluated, especially in terms of the impact on direct care by midwives.

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Training needs of midwifery assistants

McKenna

Hasson²,

Smith³

2003

Journal of Advanced Nursing

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“…Demographic changes as well as issues associated with the ageing population challenge nursing care. Nowadays, nursing adopts modern and more demanding roles to respond to the needs and problems faced by older people (Borrowclough & Pinel 1981, Plati 1998, Thomson & Burke 1998, Drennan et al. 2004).…”

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Reliability and validity of the Greek version of Kogan's Old People Scale

Lambrinou¹,

Sourtzi²,

Kalokerinou³

et al. 2005

Journal of Clinical Nursing

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“…For example, in a short programme aimed at sensitising nursing assistants in a long-term care setting to ageing and the experiences of older people,42 the intervention focused on the self and reflection:During the introduction, an exercise entitled “As We Grow” was used to elicit an atmosphere conducive to self-examination. This exercise required participants to write down seven of the most important things in their lives (i.e., people, animals, careers, possessions, etc.).…”

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Improving skills and care standards in the support workforce for older people: a realist synthesis of workforce development interventions

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ObjectivesThis evidence review was conducted to understand how and why workforce development interventions can improve the skills and care standards of support workers in older people's services.DesignFollowing recognised realist synthesis principles, the review was completed by (1) development of an initial programme theory; (2) retrieval, review and synthesis of evidence relating to interventions designed to develop the support workforce; (3) ‘testing out’ the synthesis findings to refine the programme theories, and establish their practical relevance/potential for implementation through stakeholder interviews; and (4) forming actionable recommendations.ParticipantsStakeholders who represented services, commissioners and older people were involved in workshops in an advisory capacity, and 10 participants were interviewed during the theory refinement process.ResultsEight context–mechanism–outcome (CMO) configurations were identified which cumulatively comprise a new programme theory about ‘what works’ to support workforce development in older people's services. The CMOs indicate that the design and delivery of workforce development includes how to make it real to the work of those delivering support to older people; the individual support worker's personal starting points and expectations of the role; how to tap into support workers' motivations; the use of incentivisation; joining things up around workforce development; getting the right mix of people engaged in the design and delivery of workforce development programmes/interventions; taking a planned approach to workforce development, and the ways in which components of interventions reinforce one another, increasing the potential for impacts to embed and spread across organisations.ConclusionsIt is important to take a tailored approach to the design and delivery of workforce development that is mindful of the needs of older people, support workers, health and social care services and the employing organisations within which workforce development operates. Workforce development interventions need to balance the technical, professional and emotional aspects of care.Trial registration numberCRD42013006283.

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A Nursing Assistant Training Program in a Long Term Care Setting

Cited by 17 publications

References 21 publications

Training needs of midwifery assistants

Training needs of midwifery assistants

Reliability and validity of the Greek version of Kogan's Old People Scale

Improving skills and care standards in the support workforce for older people: a realist synthesis of workforce development interventions

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