Effects of clinical supervision on nurse-patient cooperation quality - A controlled study in dementia care.
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Summary, in English
An intervention consisting of individualized planned care for patients and regular clinical systematic supervision for nurses was carried out on a ward for dementia care (the experimental ward, EW). On a similar control ward (CW), no changes were made. Observations of nurse-patient cooperation during morning care were collected at both wards, before and during the intervention. The observations (N = 107) were analyzed blindly and sorted into already-developed categories. The distribution of the cooperation-style categories was then analyzed statistically. The patients who survived throughout the study period (N = 18) were also compared over time. Nurse-patient cooperation at the EW improved significantly during the intervention period, whereas, at the CW, it deteriorated (p = .02). Status of surviving patients followed the same pattern (p = .001). The findings indicate that such interventions can improve the quality of nurse-patient cooperation in dementia care.
Department/s
Publishing year
1996
Language
English
Pages
127-146
Publication/Series
Clinical Nursing Research
Volume
5
Issue
2
Document type
Journal article
Publisher
SAGE Publications
Topic
- Geriatrics
- Nursing
- Psychiatry
Status
Published
ISBN/ISSN/Other
- ISSN: 1054-7738