Improving practicing nurses' knowledge of the cognitive impairment, continence, and mobility needs of older people.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To test if two e-learning modules - one on cognitive impairment, and one on continence and mobility - in older people would improve the knowledge of nurse members from the Canadian Gerontological Nurses Association and College of Licensed Practical Nurses of Alberta.

Methods

A pre-post-test design was used to test 88 nurses' knowledge of cognitive impairment and 105 nurses' knowledge of continence and mobility and their perceptions of how the modules contributed to their learning.

Results

There was a statistically significant increase in practicing nurses' knowledge about cognitive impairment (0.68 increase), continence (2.30 increase), and its relationship to mobility. Nurses' self-report on the feedback survey demonstrated increases in knowledge, confiden

SUBMITTER: Dahlke S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10036457 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature