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The Effectiveness of Empowering In‐Service Training Programs for Foreign Nurse Aides in Community‐Based Long‐Term Care Facilities
Author(s) -
Liyu Wu,
Yin Teresa J.C.,
Ichuan Li
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
public health nursing
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.471
H-Index - 55
eISSN - 1525-1446
pISSN - 0737-1209
DOI - 10.1111/j.0737-1209.2005.220208.x
Subject(s) - workload , nursing , long term care , training (meteorology) , medicine , service (business) , program evaluation , psychology , business , computer science , public administration , marketing , meteorology , political science , physics , operating system
The objective of the study was to examine the effectiveness of empowering in‐service training programs for foreign nurse aides working in community‐based long‐term care (LTC) facilities. The design was a pretest and post‐test design with experiment and control groups. The sample consisted of purposeful sampling from 10 LTC facilities in the Shihlin and Peitou areas of Taipei. A total of 35 foreign nurse aides participated in this study; 16 in the experimental group and 19 in the control group. The experimental group attended the training program for a 3‐month period, whereas the control group did not receive any training. The research findings reveal that the training program was effective in increasing the work stress of workload/scheduling ( Z = 2.01, p ≤ 0.05), meaning that the training program has raised the awareness of work stress for foreign nurse aides. The results could be used as a reference when considering the development of in‐service training programs in LTC facilities.