The Effect of Integrating Service-Learning and Learning Portfolio Construction into the Curriculum of Gerontological Nursing

Healthcare

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Pei-Ti Hsu¹  Jeu-Jung Chen²  Ya-Fang Ho³ 

[1] Department of Nursing, Ching Kuo Institute of Management and Health, Keelung 20301, Taiwan;

[2] Department of Rehabilitation, Taiwan Adventist Hospital, Taipei 10556, Taiwan;

[3] School of Nursing, China Medical University, Taichung 406040, Taiwan;

关键词: service-learning;    learning portfolio;    curriculum of gerontological nursing;    attitudes toward aging;    older people behavioral intention;   

DOI  :  10.3390/healthcare10040652

来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

Background: With the rapid increase in the aging population, a greater number of older individuals will require nursing care in the future. Therefore, it is important for nurses to be willing to engage in gerontological nursing. Nursing students must increase their experience in providing care to older people during their education and must receive education that improves their attitudes toward aging; this will help provide care to the older people, develop positive attitudes toward aging, and increase their empathy and willingness to provide care to older people after graduation. Hence, studies focused on improving the attitude of nursing students toward aging are urgently required. Methods: In this mixed-method experimental study, participants were interviewed individually and observed to better understand the connection between quantitative and qualitative data. Service learning and learning portfolio constructions were integrated in the gerontological nursing curriculum of an experimental group, whereas traditional gerontological nursing curriculum was provided to a control group. Quantitative data on the nursing students were collected using the attitudes toward aging scale (ATAS) and older people behavioral intention scale (OBIS) and analyzed using descriptive and inferential statistics. Result: From the pre- to the post-test, the average ATAS and OBIS scores of the experimental group increased significantly, reaching a statistically significant level. However, the results of the control group indicated that the educational intervention does affect the attitudes toward aging and older people behaviors. A qualitative analysis revealed that educational intervention can improve the students’ attitudes toward aging and older people behavioral intention. Conclusion: Our study results showed that integrating community older people service and learning portfolio construction into the curriculum can effectively improve the attitudes of nursing students toward aging and older people’s behaviors, thus providing substantial assistance to students intending to care for the older people in the future.

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