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Perceptions, practices and educational needs of community nurses to manage frailty.
- Source :
- British Journal of Community Nursing; Mar2021, Vol. 26 Issue 3, p136-142, 6p
- Publication Year :
- 2021
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Abstract
- Early intervention on frailty can help prevent or delay functional decline and onset of dependency. Community nurses encounter patients with frailty routinely and have opportunities to influence frailty trajectories for individuals and their carers. This study aimed to understand nurses' perceptions of frailty in a community setting and their needs for education on its assessment and management. Using an exploratory qualitative design we conducted focus groups in one Health Board in Scotland. Thematic content analysis of data was facilitated by NVivo© software. A total of 18 nurses described the meaning of frailty as vulnerability, loss and complex comorbidity and identified processes of caring for people with frailty. They identified existing educational needs necessary to support their current efforts to build capability through existing adversities. Our study indicates that current practice is largely reactive, influenced by professional judgement and intuition, with little systematic frailty-specific screening and assessment. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- NURSING education
RESEARCH
OCCUPATIONAL roles
NURSES' attitudes
FRAIL elderly
FOCUS groups
PROFESSIONS
LEADERSHIP
LEADERS
INTERVIEWING
ATTITUDES toward illness
NURSING practice
QUALITATIVE research
HOSPITAL nursing staff
TEACHING aids
NURSES
RESEARCH funding
HEALTH care teams
INFORMATION needs
INTEGRATED health care delivery
THEMATIC analysis
CONTENT analysis
DATA analysis software
COMMUNITY health nursing
NURSING assessment
EARLY medical intervention
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 14624753
- Volume :
- 26
- Issue :
- 3
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- British Journal of Community Nursing
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 149315191
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.12968/bjcn.2021.26.3.136