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The development of a collaborative stroke training programme for nurses.

G Dowswell·A Forster·J Young·J Sheard·P Wright·P Bagley
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The effectiveness of multidisciplinary stroke rehabilitation may be enhanced by nurses and therapists adopting a single consistent approach to the positioning and mobilizing of patients. As patients can spend as little as 4% of the waking day receiving 'therapy' there is considerable potential for a more dynamic nursing intervention, which may contribute to improving patient care. We aimed to investigate whether physiotherapists could step back from direct patient treatment in order to participate in a structured training programme for nurses involved with patients recovering from stroke on an established elderly care rehabilitation ward in a district general hospital. Qualitative methods were used within a participatory action research framework to describe the development process and content of the training programme. Nursing staff, physiotherapists and their respective managers were interviewed to identify perceived training needs. This informed the structure and content of the training course and allowed insight into interprofessional working.

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Attitude of Health PersonnelCooperative BehaviorCurriculumEducation, Nursing, ContinuingHealth Services ResearchHumansJob DescriptionNeeds AssessmentNursing Methodology ResearchNursing Staff, HospitalPatient Care TeamPhysical Therapy ModalitiesProgram DevelopmentProgram EvaluationRehabilitation NursingStrokeStroke RehabilitationJournal ArticleResearch Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

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G Dowswell, A Forster, J Young, J Sheard, P Wright, P Bagley. 1999. The development of a collaborative stroke training programme for nurses.. https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1365-2702.1999.00310.x

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