Survey to Assess Role of Nursing Care on Geriatric Patients That Are Suffering From Dementia

Introduction

Hello research participants, thank you for agreeing to take part in this important survey to assess role of nursing care on geriatric patients that are suffering from dementia. As a researcher, I want to identify the challenges that nurses experience such as how level of training skills and communication skills on the level of care that they provide geriatric patients suffering from dementia. Your response will help improve geriatric patient care. The survey will take approximately five minutes. I assure you that all the answers that you will provide will be kept confidential. Thank you for your participation.

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Based on Hypothesis 1

On a scale of 1 to 5 how can you rate your training skills in dealing with geriatric patients who have been diagnosed with dementia? (1 means low quality and 5-high quality)

• Low Quality
• Poor
• Average
• Moderate Quality
• High Quality

Do you feel that the skills that you earned as a nursing graduate student effectively prepared you for the tasks that you encounter on a regular basis when dealing with geriatric patients who have been diagnosed with dementia?

• Strongly Disagree
• Disagree
• Neutral
• Agree
• Strongly Agree

How often have you faced challenges when dealing with geriatric patients with dementia because you did not know how to deal with them because of lack of appropriate training skills?

• Always
• Very Often
• Sometimes
• Rarely
• Never

Do you regularly apply the training skills that you were trained as a nursing undergraduate, or have you been forced to undertake additional courses to acquire relevant skills that you can use when dealing with geriatric patients with dementia?

• Always
• Very Often
• Sometimes
• Rarely
• Never

Based on Hypothesis 2

Do you apply different communication strategies (verbal and non-verbal) to ease the communication process with the patients that are under your care?

• Always
• Very Often
• Sometimes
• Rarely
• Never

Do you rely on close family members and friends to assist you to communicate with the patient? (Yes or No)

If yes, how often do you rely on them to assist you in the communication process?

• Always
• Very Often
• Sometimes
• Rarely
• Never

Do you assess a patient's non-verbal and behaviors as clues or sign of communication?

• Always
• Very Often
• Sometimes
• Rarely
• Never

Do you often use memory triggering strategies such as the patient's favorite music, sports, or their pictures or photos of their family members, spouses, and children to initiate communication? (Yes or No)

If yes, how often?

• Always
• Very Often
• Sometimes
• Rarely
• Never

Do you feel that this strategy improves the nurse-patient communication?

• Always
• Very Often
• Sometimes
• Rarely
• Never

Based on Hypothesis 3

Can you state that you feel a high form of compassion towards the geriatric patients that you take care of while still maintaining a reasonable degree of attachment that allows you to be a professional at work, and not let your emotions influence your decisions?

Do you feel that your religious or moral beliefs affect the level of empathy that you accord to the patients while attending to them?

Does it impact the level of care that you accord to the patients?

Do you feel that it is easier to demonstrate compassion to elderly patients' that positively respond to your care than for the ones that negatively respond to your care?

How do you feel when you are assigned an elderly patient that has been diagnosed with dementia to take care of them?