title: A clinical learning experience: enhancing baccalaureate nursing students' self-efficacy in meeting the psychosocial needs of clients with dementia.
abstract: Today's health care landscape requires expert nursing care for clients with dementia. Unfortunately, most nursing students dislike providing dementia care. Lack of students' self-efficacy may account for some of the negativity surrounding dementia care, and learning activities to increase self-efficacy may be one means for increasing positive feelings. The purpose of this article is to describe and evaluate a clinical learning activity designed to increase the self-efficacy of students in meeting the psychosocial needs of clients with dementia. The experience involved 39 baccalaureate nursing students and included the implementation of a therapeutic activity in a long-term care setting. Evaluation involved discussing the activity before and after implementation, observing the students perform the activity, administering a survey before and after the activity, and completing a clinical log addressing the major objectives. Evidence from the evaluation suggests that the experience promoted increased self-efficacy in students.
authors: Department of Nursing, University of Central Arkansas, COnway, AR, USA. kjordan@uca.edu
authors: Kerry
authors: K
authors: Jordan
authors: Terri
authors: T
authors: Church
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D003704:Dementia / Q000451:nursing*; D004508:Education, Nursing, Baccalaureate; D005851:Geriatric Nursing / Q000193:education*; D006801:Humans; D008134:Long-Term Care; D009723:Nurse-Patient Relations; D018794:Problem-Based Learning / Q000379:methods*; D020377:Self Efficacy; D014481:United States