APA
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Farrell, T. W., Towsley, G., Eaton, J., Butler, J. M., Supiano, K., Stephens, C. E., … Edelman, L. (2022). The Development and Validation of a Communication Survey Instrument for Long-term Care Staff. Journal of Continuing Education in Nursing: Continuing Competence for the Future.
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Farrell, Timothy W., G. Towsley, J. Eaton, Jorie M. Butler, K. Supiano, Caroline E. Stephens, Catherine Witt, N. M. Nelson, and L. Edelman. “The Development and Validation of a Communication Survey Instrument for Long-Term Care Staff.” Journal of Continuing Education in Nursing: Continuing Competence for the Future (2022).
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Farrell, Timothy W., et al. “The Development and Validation of a Communication Survey Instrument for Long-Term Care Staff.” Journal of Continuing Education in Nursing: Continuing Competence for the Future, 2022.
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@article{timothy2022a,
title = {The Development and Validation of a Communication Survey Instrument for Long-term Care Staff.},
year = {2022},
journal = {Journal of Continuing Education in Nursing: Continuing Competence for the Future},
author = {Farrell, Timothy W. and Towsley, G. and Eaton, J. and Butler, Jorie M. and Supiano, K. and Stephens, Caroline E. and Witt, Catherine and Nelson, N. M. and Edelman, L.}
}
Information transfers in long-term care (LTC) settings between and among providers, staff, residents, and family caregivers are often fragmented. In order to identify training needs to improve communication, a survey instrument was developed and refined to assess the self-efficacy of LTC staff in communicating with staff, providers, residents, and caregivers. This 11-item survey instrument, based on a literature review, covered four key concepts (mutual respect, recognizing and responding to sensory deficits, limited health literacy, and changes in condition) relevant to communicating health information in LTC settings. Ten content experts evaluated each survey item using a 4-point scale. The content validity of the survey was established by using the content validity index to assess results at the item and scale levels. All items scored 0.90 or greater and were retained. Future work should entail broad-scale validation and testing of this survey across the United States. By assessing the self-efficacy of LTC staff in communicating with the interprofessional team, leadership teams can design personalized interprofessional continuing education activities aimed at improving communication skills. [J Contin Educ Nurs. 2022;53(3):123-130.].
