Involving nursing students into clinical research projects: Reliability of data and experiences of students?
hospital care
learning outcomes
nursing students
nutritional screening
older patients
research
undernutrition
Journal
Journal of clinical nursing
ISSN: 1365-2702
Titre abrégé: J Clin Nurs
Pays: England
ID NLM: 9207302
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
Oct 2020
Oct 2020
Historique:
received:
07
04
2020
revised:
06
07
2020
accepted:
10
07
2020
entrez:
19
1
2021
pubmed:
20
1
2021
medline:
24
6
2021
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
To examine reliability of the screening data collected by nursing students. Furthermore, to examine students' evaluations of participation in nutritional screening of older hospitalised patients. In cross-sectional study on nutritional risk and care in older hospitalised patients, the prevalence for undernutrition was 45%, a finding corresponding with other international studies. In this study, nursing students (n = 173) screened older patients (n = 508) for malnutrition, while they were in hospital practice. The validity of the results thus depends on the quality of the students screening. Agreement in measurements on age, weight, height and nutritional risk scoring by students using Nutritional Risk Screening (NRS 2002) was assessed for 30 randomly selected hospitalised patients (≥70 years), with data collected by students in the study and two additional students. Bland-Altman analysis was used for continuous measurements, while kappa statistic was used to assess agreement between the NRS 2002 scores. Experiences of all included students were described. A STROBE checklist was completed. No significant bias was found among the students. Questionnaire data showed that 70.5% of the students agreed that the NRS 2002 was easy to use and 59.0% found it easier to measure the patients' height than weight. It was 70.5% who found it difficult to find previously recorded information on the patients' weight in the electronic records. Only 13% found it easy to find information on patients' nutritional status. 37.0% agreed that participating in the screening was instructive, and 34.0% gained increased interest in nutritional care. Collaborating with students in screening older patients for nutritional risk and undernutrition gave reliable data and increased the students' interest in nutritional care among hospitalised patients. Collaborating with students contributes with valuable data for practice and research. Moreover, it increases students' engagement for improved care practices for older patients.
Sections du résumé
AIMS
OBJECTIVE
To examine reliability of the screening data collected by nursing students. Furthermore, to examine students' evaluations of participation in nutritional screening of older hospitalised patients.
BACKGROUND
BACKGROUND
In cross-sectional study on nutritional risk and care in older hospitalised patients, the prevalence for undernutrition was 45%, a finding corresponding with other international studies. In this study, nursing students (n = 173) screened older patients (n = 508) for malnutrition, while they were in hospital practice. The validity of the results thus depends on the quality of the students screening.
METHODS
METHODS
Agreement in measurements on age, weight, height and nutritional risk scoring by students using Nutritional Risk Screening (NRS 2002) was assessed for 30 randomly selected hospitalised patients (≥70 years), with data collected by students in the study and two additional students. Bland-Altman analysis was used for continuous measurements, while kappa statistic was used to assess agreement between the NRS 2002 scores. Experiences of all included students were described. A STROBE checklist was completed.
RESULTS
RESULTS
No significant bias was found among the students. Questionnaire data showed that 70.5% of the students agreed that the NRS 2002 was easy to use and 59.0% found it easier to measure the patients' height than weight. It was 70.5% who found it difficult to find previously recorded information on the patients' weight in the electronic records. Only 13% found it easy to find information on patients' nutritional status. 37.0% agreed that participating in the screening was instructive, and 34.0% gained increased interest in nutritional care.
CONCLUSION
CONCLUSIONS
Collaborating with students in screening older patients for nutritional risk and undernutrition gave reliable data and increased the students' interest in nutritional care among hospitalised patients.
RELEVANCE TO CLINICAL PRACTICE
CONCLUSIONS
Collaborating with students contributes with valuable data for practice and research. Moreover, it increases students' engagement for improved care practices for older patients.
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Pagination
3860-3869Subventions
Organisme : Department of Nursing and Health Promotion, Oslo Metropolitan University
ID : Internal funding
Organisme : Internal funding from the participating university hospital
ID : 2619013
Organisme : South-Eastern Norway Regional Health Authority
ID : 2719007
Informations de copyright
© 2020 The Authors. Journal of Clinical Nursing published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd.
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