Abstract

This is a learning activity for undergraduate health science students (nursing, and speech language pathology and audiology)designed to increase sensitivity and awareness of what it is like to be an older adult with dementia. The intervention involves sensory immersion, and students will be measured pre and post for empathy.

Notes

This item was accepted for presentation at the 2019 International Nursing Research Congress in Calgary, Canada, but was not presented at the event.

Author Details

Shelley Caswell Moore, PhD, MSN, RN; Lisa Kay Murphree, EdD, MSN, RN -- School of Nursing, Middle Tennessee State University, Murfreesboro, Tennessee, USA

Sigma Membership

Unknown

Lead Author Affiliation

Middle Tennessee State University, Murfreesboro, Tennessee, USA

Type

Poster

Format Type

Text-based Document

Study Design/Type

N/A

Research Approach

N/A

Keywords:

Dementia, Neurocognitive Disorder, Empathy, Sensitivity, Awareness and Sensory Immersion, Virtual Dementia Tour

Conference Name

30th International Nursing Research Congress

Conference Host

Sigma Theta Tau International

Conference Location

Calgary, Alberta, Canada

Conference Year

2019

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Relationship between a sensory immersion experience simulating dementia and health science student perceptions of empathy

Calgary, Alberta, Canada

This is a learning activity for undergraduate health science students (nursing, and speech language pathology and audiology)designed to increase sensitivity and awareness of what it is like to be an older adult with dementia. The intervention involves sensory immersion, and students will be measured pre and post for empathy.