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An Integrative Review: Best Practices For Educating And Engaging Care Partners Of Patients With New Ostomies, Lauren Flook Brown
An Integrative Review: Best Practices For Educating And Engaging Care Partners Of Patients With New Ostomies, Lauren Flook Brown
Master of Science in Nursing Final Projects
PURPOSE: The purpose of this integrative review was to identify and synthesize the best practices of engagement and education for care partners of patients with new ostomies to support adaptation.
METHODS: Five-stage integrative review process: (1) problem identification, (2) systematic literature search, (3) data evaluation, (4) data analysis, and (5) presentation.
RESULTS: Four themes with sub-themes emerged to understand effective engagement and education of care partners: (1) care partner influences on patient outcomes; (2) care partner needs; (3) barriers to care partner adaptation; and (4) diverse engagement strategies. Each theme and sub-themes related to care partners could not be separated …