Perceived competency of palliative care nursing among the professional nurses who completed short course training in palliative care nursing at Faculty of Nursing, Khon Kaen University
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การพยาบาลแบบประคับประคอง , การรับรู้สมรรถนะ , พยาบาลวิชาชีพ , หลักสูตรการพยาบาลเฉพาะทางAbstract
This descriptive research aimed to 1) examine the perceived competency of palliative care of nurses who completed the short course training in palliative care nursing at Faculty of Nursing, Khon Kaen University among nurses and their commanders, 2) compare perceived nurse competencies after the short course training between the nurses and their commanders, and 3) compare perceived nurse competencies before and after short course training. The sample were 93 professional nurses who had completed short course training from the 1st batch to the 5th batch at Faculty of Nursing, Khon Kaen University, and 60 commanders of these nurses. The research instruments were the questionnaires for the professional nurses and their commanders. Data was collected by sending questionnaires via post. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics, Paired t-test, and Mann-Whitney U test.
The results showed that 1) the nurses and their commanders rated overall perceived competency of palliative care nursing at high level (Mean=4.34, S.D.=0.47; Mean=4.21, S.D.=0.63 respectively), 2) Comparison of perceived overall palliative nursing competency after training revealed no statistical difference between competency perceived by the nurses and by their commanders (Mann-Whitney U=2522.00, p=.316), and 3) Comparison of perceived overall palliative nursing competency before and after the training showed statistical significantly different (t=-19.295, p<.001).
It is recommended that the nurses who take care of palliative patients should be encouraged to take short course training in palliative care nursing, to enhance competence in caring for these patients.
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