title: Person-centered caregiving instruction for geriatric nursing assistant students: development and evaluation.
abstract: This research describes the development and evaluation of a 2-hour program that taught geriatric nursing assistant students person-centered caregiving skills. The person centeredness of caregiving skills among students who completed the training, as well as those who did not, was evaluated by coding their videotaped interactions with a standardized long-term care resident. Residents reported more satisfaction with students who had completed the special training, although there was little difference between the actual behavior of students in the intervention and control conditions. Students' interpersonal cognitive complexity was associated with their ability to provide care in person-centered ways.
authors: Wichita State University, Kansas, USA. Kerry.Grosch@Wichita.edu
authors: Kerry
authors: K
authors: Grosch
authors: Louis
authors: L
authors: Medvene
authors: Hannah
authors: H
authors: Wolcott
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D004521:Educational Measurement; D005260:Female; D005851:Geriatric Nursing / Q000193:education*; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D009728:Nursing Assistants / Q000193:education*; D018802:Patient-Centered Care; D018794:Problem-Based Learning; D013663:Teaching / Q000379:methods*; D014481:United States; D014743:Videotape Recording