Source avec lien : Home Health Care Management & Practice, 32(4), novembre 2020. 10.1177/1084822320925801
Des programmes de manipulation et de mobilité sécuritaires des patients (SPHM) sont nécessaires dans le milieu des soins à domicile. À mesure que les technologies et les appareils de levage des patients se répandent dans le milieu domestique, les soignants doivent avoir la possibilité d’apprendre à utiliser correctement ces appareils. Dans le Tennessee rural, les auxiliaires non médicaus employés par les agences de soutien à domicile ont un accès très limité aux possibilités de formation en déplacement sécuritaire des personnes. Cet article présente une formation utilisant la simulation avec une approche interprofessionnelle, développée et dispensée à 17 soignants non médicaux et soignants familiaux à domicile. Tous les répondants estiment que les connaissances et les compétences acquises ont contribué à réduire le risque de blessures corporelles et de blessures aux patients.
Safe patient handling and mobility (SPHM) programs are needed in the home care environment. As patient-lifting technology and devices become more widely available for use in the home setting, caregivers need opportunities to learn how to properly use these devices. Nonmedical caregivers employed by personal support services agencies (PSSAs) and home caregivers have very limited access to opportunities for SPHM training in rural areas of Tennessee. Safe patient handling and mobility training utilizing simulation with an interprofessional approach was developed and provided to 17 nonmedical and family home caregivers. The training was evaluated utilizing Kirkpatrick’s Four-Level Training Evaluation Model. Participants completed anonymous surveys immediately following the training and 4 to 6 weeks after the training. Survey I (n = 17): Respondents indicated increased knowledge of safe patient handling (94%) and applied knowledge of safe patient handling in training (90%). Survey II (n = 6): Most respondents (67%) indicated that they had applied the knowledge and skills that they had learned in the training. Two respondents (33%) indicated that they had not yet had the opportunity to apply the knowledge and skills they learned. The survey also showed that all respondents believed that the knowledge and skills they had learned helped to decrease the risk of personal injury and injury to patients. Safe patient handling and mobility training utilizing simulation with an interprofessional approach was effective in promoting safety of nonmedical and family caregivers in the home setting. Based on the success of this program, more training opportunities should be implemented to improve patient and caregiver safety.