Abstract
Nursing students have difficulties interacting with cognitively impaired elders. This study aimed to identify students’ difficulties in interacting with elders, the causes of the difficulties in interacting with elders, the strategies used to reduce these difficulties, and the importance attributed to the Structured Sequence of Humanitude Care Procedures (SSHCP). It also aimed to assess the contribution of the Humanitude Care Methodology (HCM) to the development of interaction skills in nursing students. An exploratory descriptive study with a quasi-experimental design was conducted with a sample of 64 nursing students during their hospital clinical training. A control group (usual training) and an experimental group (HCM training) were used. Data were collected through a questionnaire applied at baseline and follow-up. Content analysis, chi-square tests, and Student’s t-tests were performed. The main difficulty identified was caring for agitated and confused elders. Difficulties were associated with a lack of theoretical–practical teaching, the clinical training context, lack of experience, and personality traits. HCM impacted positively on the development of students’ interaction skills. This study shows that HCM is an innovative methodology in nursing education that will allow for moving from an instrumental and technicist education into a more humanized training capable of transforming care.
Highlights
One of the main focus areas in nursing is the interaction with the patient, as it is essential for achieving excellence in care delivery [1]
This study aims to: identify nursing students’ difficulties in interacting with elders; identify the causes of those difficulties; identify the strategies used for overcoming those difficulties; identify the importance attributed to the Structured Sequence of Humanitude Care Procedures (SSHCP); and assess the impact of the implementation of the Humanitude Care Methodology (HCM) on nursing students’ interaction skills
The sample consisted of 64 students who were assigned to an experimental group (EG) that received HCM training (EG = 32) and a control group (CG) that received conventional training (CG = 32)
Summary
One of the main focus areas in nursing is the interaction with the patient, as it is essential for achieving excellence in care delivery [1]. The humanization of care was proposed by several theorists, such as Carl Rogers, who was a humanist psychologist and the founder of client-centered therapy [4]; Joyce Travelbee, who developed the human-to-human relationship model [5]; and Hildegard Peplau, who developed the interpersonal relations theory [6]. Several nursing theories focus on the individual and on interpersonal relations, nursing education still focuses on instrumental techniques and procedures rather than on relational practice [1]. Public Health 2020, 17, 8588; doi:10.3390/ijerph17228588 www.mdpi.com/journal/ijerph
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