Dealing with Difficulties When Encountered during Contact with the Elderly Cognitively Impaired : To Improve the Educational Method of Gerontological Nursing Practice

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to improve the educational methods used for gerontological nursing practice. The research looks at identifying how to deal with the researcher's difficulties encountered during contact with the elderly cognitively impaired. Thirty-four of the difficulties were qualitatively analyzed from these eight patterns emerged. There are three patterns in dealing with the difficult situations : "difficulties that were solved because the situation was changed due to nursing care", "difficulties that were solved because the caring direction was chosen", and "difficulties that were solved because the next step was found". Three patterns were also found that appear in dealing with a researcher's perception of difficulties