Satoru Haresaku1, Keiko Kubota1, Maki Miyoshi1, Hidechika Iino1, Mayumi Monji1, Hisae Aoki1, Tsuyako Hidaka2, Yuka Sato3, Yuta Mori4, Miyuki Yamada5, Chizuko Yoshikawa6, Toru Naito7. 1. Department of Nursing, Fukuoka Nursing College, Fukuoka, Japan. 2. School of Nursing, St.Mary's College, Kurume, Japan. 3. School of Nursing, Kurume University, Kurume, Japan. 4. International University of Health and Welfare Fukuoka, Fukuoka, Japan. 5. Department of Nursing, Junshin Gakuen University, Hukuoka, Japan. 6. School of Nursing, Faculty of Medicine, Fukuoka University, Fukuoka, Japan. 7. Section of Geriatric Dentistry, Department of General Dentistry, Fukuoka Dental College, Fukuoka, Japan.
Abstract
AIM: To investigate nursing faculty members' perceptions of oral care and to identify the effects of an educational environment on their perceptions. METHODS: A cross-sectional questionnaire regarding oral care was conducted at eight nursing schools in Japan. A total of 156 (71.6%) faculty members participated in this study. Their perceptions of oral care practice were compared by using a statistical analysis according to the length of work experience, teaching field, school, and facility setting (defined as whether the school had an affiliated hospital with a dental department). RESULTS: Almost all of the faculty members were nurses and most were female. Almost all perceived that oral care was effective in the prevention of aspiration pneumonia and frailty. There were significant differences by teaching field in the nurses' perceptions regarding with whom they should collaborate to conduct oral care and there were significant differences by school in the nurses' perceptions regarding who should provide oral care, where it should be provided, and what kinds of knowledge are important for practice. Perceptions of low involvement in oral care were significantly associated with the schools having an affiliated university hospital with a dental department. CONCLUSION: There were different perceptions regarding oral care among nursing faculty members and their perceptions might have been affected by their educational environment. Therefore, it is suggested that oral care education should be standardized and nursing faculty members should standardize the curriculum regarding oral care for nursing students.
AIM: To investigate nursing faculty members' perceptions of oral care and to identify the effects of an educational environment on their perceptions. METHODS: A cross-sectional questionnaire regarding oral care was conducted at eight nursing schools in Japan. A total of 156 (71.6%) faculty members participated in this study. Their perceptions of oral care practice were compared by using a statistical analysis according to the length of work experience, teaching field, school, and facility setting (defined as whether the school had an affiliated hospital with a dental department). RESULTS: Almost all of the faculty members were nurses and most were female. Almost all perceived that oral care was effective in the prevention of aspiration pneumonia and frailty. There were significant differences by teaching field in the nurses' perceptions regarding with whom they should collaborate to conduct oral care and there were significant differences by school in the nurses' perceptions regarding who should provide oral care, where it should be provided, and what kinds of knowledge are important for practice. Perceptions of low involvement in oral care were significantly associated with the schools having an affiliated university hospital with a dental department. CONCLUSION: There were different perceptions regarding oral care among nursing faculty members and their perceptions might have been affected by their educational environment. Therefore, it is suggested that oral care education should be standardized and nursing faculty members should standardize the curriculum regarding oral care for nursing students.