title: Internet training for nurse aides to prevent resident aggression.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Evaluate Internet training to help nurse aides decrease resident aggression.
  
  
  METHODS
  Randomized treatment and control design; pre-post assessment.
  
  
  METHODS
  The study was conducted entirely on the Internet.
  
  
  METHODS
  Nurse aides; N = 62.
  
  
  METHODS
  Internet-based interactive training using video modeling and mastery learning instructional design.
  
  
  METHODS
  Video situations testing and assessment of psychosocial constructs associated with behavior change; follow-up interviews with a sample of treatment participants.
  
  
  RESULTS
  MANCOVA analysis showed positive results (P = .001) for knowledge, attitudes, self-efficacy, and behavioral intention, with large effect sizes; it was well received by the users.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Interactive training is an effective approach to shaping appropriate staff reactions to aggressive resident behaviors. The training can effectively be delivered on the Internet. In this research, it was both valued and well received by study participants.
authors.affiliation: Oregon Center for Applied Science, Eugene, OR 97401, USA. birvine@orcasinc.com
authors.forename: A Blair
authors.initials: AB
authors.lastname: Irvine
authors.forename: Michelle
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Bourgeois
authors.forename: Molly
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Billow
authors.forename: John R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Seeley
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000374:Aggression; D001526:Behavioral Symptoms / Q000517:prevention & control*; D004493:Education / Q000379:methods*; D004509:Education, Nursing, Continuing; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D020407:Internet; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009728:Nursing Assistants / Q000193:education*