Author/Editor     Hvalič Touzery, Simona; Kydd, Angela; Skela-Savič, Brigita
Title     Odnos do dela s starostniki med kliničnimi mentorji
Translated title     Clinical mentors' attitudes towards working with older adults
Type     članek
Vol. and No.     Letnik 47, št. 2
Publication year     2013
Volume     str. 157-168
ISSN     1318-2951 - Obzornik Zdravstvene Nege
Language     slv
Abstract     Uvod: Demografske spremembe prinašajo vse večje potrebe po zagotavljanju kakovostne zdravstvene nege starostnikov. Kljub vse večjim potrebam po tovrstni zdravstveni negi raziskave kažejo na manjše zanimanje zdravstvenih delavcev za delo z njimi. Namen raziskave je bil ugotoviti zanimanje za kariero na področju zdravstvene nege starostnika med kliničnimi mentorji. Metode: Raziskava je potekala od junija do septembra 2010, na priložnostnem vzorcu kliničnih mentorjev (n = 128). Vprašalnike smo razdelili med klinične mentorje 17 kliničnih okolij. V anketi zaprtega tipa smo merili odnos kliničnih mentorjev do starih ljudi in dela z njimi. Podatki so bili obdelani s statističnim paketom SPSS 20.0. Raziskava temelji na neeksperimentalni kvantitativni metodi dela. Rezultati: Starost kliničnih mentorjev je statistično pomembna za njihov odnos do izobraževanja s področja zdravstvene nege starostnika (p = 0,002) ter za odnos do starosti (p = 0,019) in staranja (p = 0,019). Klinični mentorji so naklonjeni mnenju, da bi morali v učnem načrtu izobraževanja zdravstvenih delavcev več ur nameniti zdravstveni negi starejših ljudi kot specialnemu predmetu. Zanimanje za delo s starostniki je večje pri tistih, ki vidijo zdravstveno nego starostnika kot polno izzivov (p < 0,001), so bolj seznanjeni s posebnostmi zdravljenja starostnikov (p = 0,010) in si želijo več znanj s področja zdravstvene nege starostnika (p < 0,001). Zanimanje za delo s starostniki je izrazilo 73,9 % kliničnih mentorjevv vzorcu. Diskusija in zaključek: Raziskava pokaže pozitiven odnos anketirancev do starosti in staranja ter opozori na potrebo po razvoju podiplomskih znanj na tem področju. Znanja s področja gerontologije so pomembna strategija za izboljšanje odnosa profesije do starostnikov. V raziskavo vključeni klinični mentorji, ki so imeli delovne izkušnje s starostniki, so pokazali visoko stopnjo zanimanja za delo na področju zdravstvene nege starostnika, kar potrjuje predhodne raziskave. Raziskava pokaže pozitiven odnos kliničnih mentorjev do starih ljudi, kar je pomembno zadelo s študenti zdravstvene nege.Introduction: Demographic changes herald a new challenge to nursing - ensuringan appropriate range of effective and quality nursing care services for older adults. Yet, despite an urgent need for skilled gerontological health professionals, studies show that working with older people is not an attractive career choice. The purpose of this study was to determine the interest in geriatric nursing careers among clinical mentors who had experience in working with old people. Methods: The study was conducted from June to September 2010, on the convenience sample of clinical mentors (n = 128). Questionnaires were distributed among clinical mentors in 17-clinical environments in Slovenia. The questionnaire on nurses' attitudes towards gerontological nursing contained closed format questions. Data was processed with the statistical package SPSS 20.0. The research is based on the non-experimental quantitative method. Results: Age of clinical mentors has statistically significant impact on their attitude to gerontological nursing education (p = 0.002) and their attitude towards old age (p = 0.019) and ageing (p = 0.019). Clinical mentors believe that there should be more hours of gerontological nursing included in curriculum of the future nurses. The interest in gerontological nurising is higher among those who see nursing of old people as challenging (p < 0,001), who have more knowledge on the specifics of gerontological nursing (p = 0.010) and who desire more gerontological knowledge (p < 0.001). Interest in working with old people expressed 73.9% of clinical mentors in the sample. Discussion and conclusion: Research shows positive attitude among the interviewed to age and ageing and emphasizes the need to develop postgraduate knowledge in the field of gerontology. Gerontological education is a very important strategy to improve nurses' attitude towards old people. The clinical mentors with experience with older patients showed a high level of interest in gerontological nursing, which offers support for previous studies. The research shows that clinical mentors hold positive attitude towards old people, which is important as they can encourage nursing students' interest to work in the gerontological nursing.
Keywords     zdravstvena nega starostnika
klinični mentorji
stari ljudje
stališča
gerontological nursing
clinical mentors
old people
attitudes