Oral health education for nursing personnel; experiences among specially trained oral care aides: One-year follow-up interviews with oral care aides at a nursing facility

Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 250-256

  Wårdh, Inger ^a   Hallberg, Lillemor R M ^b   Berggren, Ulf ^c   Andersson, Lars ^d   Sörensen, Stefan ^e  

^a CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b NORDIC SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^d KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

^e UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Education; Interview; Nursing; Oral healthcare; Qualitative analysis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPETENCE; EMPATHY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; MOUTH HYGIENE; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSING; NURSING EDUCATION; NURSING STAFF; PARAMEDICAL PERSONNEL; PATIENT EDUCATION; ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DENTAL CARE; EDUCATION; EVALUATION; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; IN SERVICE TRAINING; JOB SATISFACTION; MODEL; NURSING ASSISTANT; NURSING HOME; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF CONCEPT; STANDARD;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DENTAL CARE FOR AGED; EDUCATION, NURSING, CONTINUING; EMPATHY; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INSERVICE TRAINING; JOB SATISFACTION; MODELS, NURSING; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSES' AIDES; NURSING HOMES; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; ORAL HYGIENE; PROGRAM EVALUATION; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF EFFICACY;

EID: 17744401689     PISSN: 02839318     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1471-6712.2003.00214.x     Document Type: Article

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