Graduate nurses have little confidence in caring for people with dementia due to lack of knowledge and experience¶

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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 · recheck by 2030: baselines and conditions change

Subclaims¶

q2 i? Three included studies agreed that graduate nurses have little confidence in caring for people with dementia due to lack of knowledge and experience. → 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

Thematic synthesis of three included qualitative studies (Dahlke et al. 2021; Newman 2020; Hebditch et al. 2022) reported that "graduate nurses have little confidence in caring for people with dementia due to lack of knowledge and experience."

"All three studies agreed that graduate nurses have little confidence in caring for people with dementia due to lack of knowledge and experience"

Discussion¶

Related Claims¶

• Dementia care training improved graduate nurses' knowledge and confidence in caring for people living with dementia — related
• A docudrama helped graduate nurses gain empathy and understanding of families experiencing dementia — related
• Barriers graduate nurses face in dementia care are similar to those of experienced nurses, with supportive colleagues and early exposure as facilitators — related
• No studies have assessed the dementia care knowledge, confidence and experience of graduate nurses caring for people living with dementia — reports the opposite
• Only six qualitative studies on graduate nurses caring for people living with dementia were identified — related