title: Home infusion therapy: essential characteristics of a successful education process: grounded theory study.
abstract: Little research has been published on the education process from the perspective of family caregivers. This article reports the findings from a grounded theory study of caregivers who successfully learned how to deliver home infusion therapy for a family member. The participant sample was drawn from the home infusion service of a metropolitan health maintenance organization in the western United States. The objective of the study was to identify, from the caregiver's point of view, the characteristics of an education process that resulted in the learner's competence with home infusion therapy. The knowledge gained from this study can be used to develop a framework for examining and planning practice guidelines that reflect the expertise of the nurse and the experiences of the learner.
authors.affiliation: Oncology and Infusion Center, Virginia Mason Medical Center, Seattle, Washington, USA.
authors.forename: Jo Anne
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Cox
authors.forename: Linda J Oakes
authors.initials: LJ
authors.lastname: Westbrook
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001294:Attitude to Health; D017028:Caregivers / Q000193:education / Q000523:psychology; D002983:Clinical Competence / Q000592:standards; D003152:Community Health Nursing / Q000193:education / Q000458:organization & administration*; D005190:Family / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D017408:Guidelines as Topic; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006279:Health Maintenance Organizations; D018718:Home Infusion Therapy / Q000451:nursing* / Q000523:psychology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D017145:Models, Educational; D016294:Models, Nursing; D015402:Nursing Education Research; D015404:Nursing Methodology Research; D010353:Patient Education as Topic / Q000458:organization & administration*; D011368:Professional-Family Relations; D015397:Program Evaluation; D036301:Qualitative Research; D012648:Self Care / Q000523:psychology; D020377:Self Efficacy; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014861:Washington