THE EFFECT OF TRAINING PROGRAM ON SCHIZOPHRENIA PATIENTS’ CARE FOR NURSE PRACTITIONERS

Abstract

Objective: To study the effect of training program on schizophrenic patients’ care for nurse practitioners.

Material and Methods: This study was a quasi-experimental research, which had two groups pretestpost
test experiment. The sample was thirty registered nurses who received four-month training on nurse
practitioner curriculum (primary medical care) and worked at health promoting hospital in Buriram
province. The sample was selected by simple random sampling. The experimental group received the
schizophrenia care training program for nurse practitioner and the control group was an usual nursing
care. The research instrument was Manual of training program on schizophrenia patients’ care for nurse
practitioners and was evaluated by seventy-two items schizophrenia knowledge test. The researcher applied
the CIPPA model as a framework of teaching, which focused on student center, to the training
program on schizophrenia patients’ care for nurse practitioners. Data analysis were used by descriptive
statistics such as mean, percentage and comparison of knowledge scores data used statistics such as t-test.

Results: The experimental group who participated in the schizophrenia patients’ care training program
had higher score on knowledge of schizophrenia patients’ care than the control group with statistical
significance. The experimental group had higher score on knowledge of schizophrenia patient care than
before participating program with statistical significance.

Conclusion: The training program on schizophrenic patients’ care for nurse practitioners cab be an important tool for increasing the knowledge scores in psychiatric and community nursing. Also, this program
had the potential in improving the quality of life for schizophrenia patients and cargivers.