University Nursing Report: Dementia Caregiver Education Program

This nursing report addresses the critical need for caregiver education in dementia care, particularly in light of observed deficiencies in mental health care settings. The report begins by highlighting the challenges caregivers face due to limited knowledge of dementia's clinical manifestations and treatment guidelines. It poses a PICO question to evaluate the effectiveness of educational programs in enhancing caregivers' knowledge of dementia. The report then draws on research findings, emphasizing the importance of educational workshops and the implementation of organizational policies and procedures. A qualitative study is proposed to understand nurses' perceptions and knowledge of dementia, recognizing the value of such methods in generating original insights. The report concludes with a discussion on the dissemination of research findings through various channels, including seminars, workshops, and online platforms, emphasizing the role of nurses in sharing evidence-based knowledge. References from Maharaj, Kumar, and Timmins are included to support the report's claims and recommendations. The assignment also references an article on illness representations in caregivers of people with dementia, further supporting the need for caregiver education.

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13. Nurses have been engaged in various clinical practice, but a vast number of literature have
admitted about the appalling standards of care in mental health care wards, especially while
treating the dementia. It can be due to the fact that most of the caregivers are not much aware of
the clinical manifestations or are not knowledgeable about the pathophysiology of the condition.
Since, this a progressive terminal disease and involves both physical and mental issues, there are
several guidelines related to restraints or use of sedation or psychotic medicines, which
caregivers might not be aware of , hence they do not understand how to respond during the attack
(1). Hence, its is a requirement, that the caregivers be provided with education on care of the
patients suffering from dementia.
14. PICO question: Does educational program increase the knowledge about dementia among the
caregivers?
Population Caregivers caring for the patients with dementia
Intervention Educational program
Comparison Caregivers not getting any education about dementia.
Outcome Increase knowledge about Dementia , its symptoms, manifestations ,
pathophysiology
16. According to the article ‘Illness representations in caregivers of people with dementia” it has
been found out that although most of the caregivers could identify some of the aetiological
factors and the factors contributing to the exacerbating symptoms of dementia, but a limited
number of caregivers could tell how the dementia patients can self-manage their exacerbations.

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Using this as the rationale, educational workshops can be organised. Policies and procedures
should be introduced in the organisation and strict monitoring needs to be made whether they are
being followed.
17. In order to understand the perception and the knowledge of the nurses about dementia, it is
necessary to conduct a qualitative study. Qualitative studies are required to understand the
motivation and perspective of a particular group, in this case the caregivers. It helps to generate
the original insights, concepts and the ideas. It is use to understand the future variables that can
be used in future researches (2). Qualitative research methods are used to find id consensus exists
on an issue and also helps to identify evidences about the cause and effect relation. In this
research, a qualitative study can be used where the chosen group of nurses can be interviewed.
18. Dissemination of a research involves the communication of scientific results, values,
methods and the findings to public or people outside the discipline from specialized field of
research (3).
Nurses play an important role in the dissemination of the evidence based research and the
knowledge by the nurses to the other health care professionals or to the normal public.
Dissemination about a finding can be made via seminars, workshops, or via online platforms
discussing about the issue or about the findings or via social media, in case of any breakthrough
discovery (4).
Again, nurse leaders can take educational sessions with other nurses to share the findings (4).

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References
1. Maharaj T. Live-model simulation: improving nursing students' attitudes and knowledge
of Alzheimer's disease. Clinical Simulation in Nursing. 2017 Sep 1;13(9):446-51.
2. Kumar R. Research methodology: A step-by-step guide for beginners. Sage Publications
Limited; 2019 Jan 2.
3. Timmins F. Disseminating nursing research. Nursing Standard (2014+). 2015 Jul
29;29(48):34.
4.