title: The effectiveness of empowering in-service training programs for foreign nurse aides in community-based long-term care facilities.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: School of Nursing, Chang Gung Institute of Technology, Taiwan.
authors.forename: Li-yu
authors.initials: LY
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.forename: Teresa J C
authors.initials: TJ
authors.lastname: Yin
authors.forename: I-chuan
authors.initials: IC
authors.lastname: Li
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003153:Community Health Services / Q000458:organization & administration*; D005260:Female; D005551:Foreign Professional Personnel / Q000193:education*; D006801:Humans; D007318:Inservice Training / Q000379:methods*; D007400:Interprofessional Relations; D008134:Long-Term Care / Q000458:organization & administration*; D008297:Male; D009728:Nursing Assistants / Q000193:education*; D009784:Occupational Diseases / Q000517:prevention & control*; D010561:Personnel Staffing and Scheduling; D011209:Power, Psychological; D017009:Professional Autonomy; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000517:prevention & control*; D013624:Taiwan; D016526:Workload