2020
DOI: 10.1186/s12912-020-00517-8
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Nurses’ educational needs in the oral health of inpatients at Yazd Province in Iran: a Delphi study

Abstract: Background Oral hygiene is an integral part of general health of a person. Nurses qualified about oral care can play an important role in improving the quality of oral health in hospitalized patients. This study investigated the educational needs of nurses in the field of oral health of hospitalized patients. Methods The study used the modified Delphi method in three rounds. Fifty faculty members of the School of Dentistry and Nursing were selected… Show more

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“…The top five training contents were indications and contraindications of oral care, tools of oral care, mouthwash of oral care, evaluation of oral care, and the time of the first oral care. This result was different from a previous study, which investigated the educational needs of nurses in the field of oral health of hospitalized patients [ 27 ]. This may be due to the different patients, which also confirmed the hypothesis that nurses might have different levels of knowledge and skills of oral care for different patients.…”
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“…The top five training contents were indications and contraindications of oral care, tools of oral care, mouthwash of oral care, evaluation of oral care, and the time of the first oral care. This result was different from a previous study, which investigated the educational needs of nurses in the field of oral health of hospitalized patients [ 27 ]. This may be due to the different patients, which also confirmed the hypothesis that nurses might have different levels of knowledge and skills of oral care for different patients.…”
Section: Discussioncontrasting
confidence: 99%
“…The nurses believed that the lack of knowledge on oral care for patients with oral cancer after surgery is the primary obstacle to implementing oral care. Almost all of the nurses participating in the survey declared that they needed relevant training, which was in agreement with previous studies indicating that nurses would appreciate the opportunity to enhance and improve their knowledge and skills through training [27,52].…”
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“…35 The perspectives of nurse educators in the current study suggest that it would be valuable for administrators and policymakers who determine nursing accreditation standards to develop standards that specify oral health education, including interprofessional and collaborative practice, for the oral healthcare of older people. 36 These standards would also help to overcome the current siloed approach to oral and general health at a national level. Such standards would be a positive influence in integrating oral and general health through collaborative work with the Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation, the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners, and the Australian Dental Association (ADA) at national, policy levels.…”
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confidence: 99%