Impact of settings and culture on nurses’ knowledge of and attitudes and perceptions towards people with dementia: An integrative literature review
Impact of settings and culture on nurses’ knowledge of and attitudes and perceptions towards people with dementia: An integrative literature review
Background: Well-trained nurses are required to support dementia patients; however, the quality of the provided dementia nursing care can be impacted by nurses’ knowledge, attitudes and perceptions towards people with dementia. Aim: To obtain an overview of the current nursing practice towards people with dementia around the world. Design: An integrated literature review was conducted based on Whittemore and Knafl's method. Results: A total of 72 articles met the inclusion criteria. Three main themes were identified: (1) nurses’ knowledge, attitudes and perceptions towards dementia; (2) nursing experience of caring for people with dementia in acute and community care settings; and (3) dementia nursing care across health regions. Conclusion: Nurses play the role of facilitators in the efficient delivery of quality care for dementia patients. A variety of attitudes and perceptions towards people with dementia were found to be triggered by the severity of dementia, religion, ethnicity and gender. Implications for practice: Healthcare organisations and educational settings need to coordinate and function together to improve nurses’ knowledge and encourage positive attitudes towards people with dementia.
Dementia, acute care in dementia, attitudes, integrative review, knowledge, neurocognitive disorders, nursing care, nursing homes, perceptions
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Yaghmour, Sara Mahmoud
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January 2022
Yaghmour, Sara Mahmoud
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Yaghmour, Sara Mahmoud
(2022)
Impact of settings and culture on nurses’ knowledge of and attitudes and perceptions towards people with dementia: An integrative literature review.
Nursing Open, 9 (1), .
(doi:10.1002/nop2.1106).
Abstract
Background: Well-trained nurses are required to support dementia patients; however, the quality of the provided dementia nursing care can be impacted by nurses’ knowledge, attitudes and perceptions towards people with dementia. Aim: To obtain an overview of the current nursing practice towards people with dementia around the world. Design: An integrated literature review was conducted based on Whittemore and Knafl's method. Results: A total of 72 articles met the inclusion criteria. Three main themes were identified: (1) nurses’ knowledge, attitudes and perceptions towards dementia; (2) nursing experience of caring for people with dementia in acute and community care settings; and (3) dementia nursing care across health regions. Conclusion: Nurses play the role of facilitators in the efficient delivery of quality care for dementia patients. A variety of attitudes and perceptions towards people with dementia were found to be triggered by the severity of dementia, religion, ethnicity and gender. Implications for practice: Healthcare organisations and educational settings need to coordinate and function together to improve nurses’ knowledge and encourage positive attitudes towards people with dementia.
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Accepted/In Press date: 14 October 2021
e-pub ahead of print date: 30 October 2021
Published date: January 2022
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This review is for my PhD study that is funded by University of Southampton and sponsored by King Abdulaziz University
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© 2021 The Authors. Nursing Open published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd.
Keywords:
Dementia, acute care in dementia, attitudes, integrative review, knowledge, neurocognitive disorders, nursing care, nursing homes, perceptions
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URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/452639
ISSN: 2054-1058
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