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Nurses' Beliefs About Caring for Patients With Traumatic Brain Injury.

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Oyesanya, TO; Thomas, MA; Brown, RL; Turkstra, LS
Published in: Western journal of nursing research
September 2016

Patients with traumatic brain injury (TBI) and their families rely on health care providers, particularly nurses, to provide accurate information, yet inaccurate beliefs about TBI have been found among nurses. Although prior studies have assessed nurses' beliefs about TBI recovery and rehabilitation, none have assessed specific beliefs about the nursing role to care for these patients. The purpose of this study was to investigate nurses' beliefs and learning preferences about caring for patients with moderate-to-severe TBI. A cross-sectional survey was administered to 513 nurses at a Midwestern hospital between October and December 2014 (20.3% response rate). Latent class analysis was used. Findings showed that nurses had inaccurate beliefs about TBI relating to recovery and the nursing role, and had significant differences in learning preferences. These findings have implications for development of educational and training interventions specific to nurses to ensure that they have factual information about TBI and to clarify the nursing role.

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Western journal of nursing research

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EISSN

1552-8456

ISSN

0193-9459

Publication Date

September 2016

Volume

38

Issue

9

Start / End Page

1114 / 1138

Related Subject Headings

  • Surveys and Questionnaires
  • Nursing Staff, Hospital
  • Nursing
  • Nurse's Role
  • Midwestern United States
  • Male
  • Humans
  • Female
  • Education, Nursing, Continuing
  • Culture
 

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Oyesanya, T. O., Thomas, M. A., Brown, R. L., & Turkstra, L. S. (2016). Nurses' Beliefs About Caring for Patients With Traumatic Brain Injury. Western Journal of Nursing Research, 38(9), 1114–1138. https://doi.org/10.1177/0193945916636629
Oyesanya, Tolu O., Mitchell A. Thomas, Roger L. Brown, and Lyn S. Turkstra. “Nurses' Beliefs About Caring for Patients With Traumatic Brain Injury.Western Journal of Nursing Research 38, no. 9 (September 2016): 1114–38. https://doi.org/10.1177/0193945916636629.
Oyesanya TO, Thomas MA, Brown RL, Turkstra LS. Nurses' Beliefs About Caring for Patients With Traumatic Brain Injury. Western journal of nursing research. 2016 Sep;38(9):1114–38.
Oyesanya, Tolu O., et al. “Nurses' Beliefs About Caring for Patients With Traumatic Brain Injury.Western Journal of Nursing Research, vol. 38, no. 9, Sept. 2016, pp. 1114–38. Epmc, doi:10.1177/0193945916636629.
Oyesanya TO, Thomas MA, Brown RL, Turkstra LS. Nurses' Beliefs About Caring for Patients With Traumatic Brain Injury. Western journal of nursing research. 2016 Sep;38(9):1114–1138.
Journal cover image

Published In

Western journal of nursing research

DOI

EISSN

1552-8456

ISSN

0193-9459

Publication Date

September 2016

Volume

38

Issue

9

Start / End Page

1114 / 1138

Related Subject Headings

  • Surveys and Questionnaires
  • Nursing Staff, Hospital
  • Nursing
  • Nurse's Role
  • Midwestern United States
  • Male
  • Humans
  • Female
  • Education, Nursing, Continuing
  • Culture