Using a handbook to improve nurses' continence care.
Nursing care should be based on sound research evidence with demonstrated clinical effectiveness. Dissemination of this research evidence is, therefore, of paramount importance. A study using focus groups was undertaken during 1993-1994 to evaluate the dissemination of a clinical handbook for continence care to qualified nurses, in relation to reported nursing practice in care of the elderly wards/units in one health authority. A total of 124 nurses participated in the study and 98 variables were included. Improvements were recorded in nurses' responses between the pre-test and post-test for 84 (86 per cent) variables in the experimental group and 58 (59 per cent) in the control group. This demonstrates the positive value of the clinical handbook as a method of disseminating research evidence.
Williams
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Roe
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Sindhu
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D004509:Education, Nursing, Continuing / Q000379:methods*; D005242:Fecal Incontinence / Q000451:nursing*; D005260:Female; D017144:Focus Groups; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008370:Manuals as Topic; D014549:Urinary Incontinence / Q000451:nursing*