Dementia care training improved graduate nurses' knowledge and confidence in caring for people living with dementia¶

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Evidence · 1 study · review r2 · q2
Currency · newest study 2025 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person

Subclaims¶

q2 i? All participants in Newman's (2020) training strongly agreed it improved their knowledge and confidence in caring for people living with dementia. → Jerric Jose J. Jacob E. Alexander L 2025

Evidence¶

Jerric Jose J. Jacob E. Alexander L 2025¶

Jerric Jose J. Jacob E. Alexander L. (2025). Graduate nurses caring for people living with dementia: A scoping review. Dementia. https://doi.org/10.1177/14713012251313489

q2 · i? · review · r2

Case report of dementia care training for newly graduated nurses; "all participants who attended the training strongly agreed that the training had provided has improved their knowledge and confidence." No effect size reported.

"Newman (2020) has reported that all participants who attended the training strongly agreed that the training had provided has improved their knowledge and confidence in caring for people living with dementia"

Discussion¶

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