JAMDA
Volume 8, Issue 8 , Pages 519-526, October 2007

Internet Training for Nurse Aides to Prevent Resident Aggression

  • A. Blair Irvine, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Oregon Center for Applied Science, Eugene, OR
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to A. Blair Irvine, Oregon Center for Applied Science, 260 E. 11th Ave., Eugene, OR 97401.
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  • Michelle Bourgeois, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Florida State University, Department of Communication Disorders, Tallahassee, FL
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  • Molly Billow, BA

      Affiliations

    • Oregon Center for Applied Science, Eugene, OR
    • ,
  • John R. Seeley, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Oregon Research Institute, Eugene, OR.

Objectives

Evaluate Internet training to help nurse aides decrease resident aggression.

Design

Randomized treatment and control design; pre-post assessment.

Setting

The study was conducted entirely on the Internet.

Participants

Nurse aides; N = 62.

Intervention

Internet-based interactive training using video modeling and mastery learning instructional design.

Measurements

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.

Keywords: Resident aggression, training, Internet, nurse aides, long-term care, interactive

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 None of the authors has a conflict of interest related to this research. This study was funded by a grant from the National Institute on Aging to Oregon Center for Applied Science (R43AG024675-01A1).

PII: S1525-8610(07)00254-X

doi:10.1016/j.jamda.2007.05.002

JAMDA
Volume 8, Issue 8 , Pages 519-526, October 2007

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