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Oral Health and Hygiene Content in Nursing Fundamentals Textbooks
Author
Source
Issue
Vol. 2012, Issue 2012 (31 Dec. 2012), pp.1-7, 7 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2012-04-09
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
7
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
The purpose of this paper is to describe the quantity and quality of oral hygiene content in a representative sample of before-licensure nursing fundamentals textbooks.
Seven textbooks were examined.
Quantity was operationalized as the actual page count and percentage of content devoted to oral health and hygiene.
Quality of content was operationalized as congruency with best mouth care practices.
Best mouth care practices included evidence-based and consensus-based practices as published primarily by the American Dental Association and supported by both published nursing research and review articles specific to mouth care and published dental research and review articles specific to mouth care.
Content devoted to oral health and hygiene averaged 0.6%.
Although the quality of the content was highly variable, nearly every textbook contained some erroneous or outdated information.
The most common areas for inaccuracy included the use of foam sponges for mouth care in dentate persons instead of soft toothbrushes and improper denture removal.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Jablonski, Rita. 2012. Oral Health and Hygiene Content in Nursing Fundamentals Textbooks. Nursing Research and Practice،Vol. 2012, no. 2012, pp.1-7.
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Modern Language Association (MLA)
Jablonski, Rita. Oral Health and Hygiene Content in Nursing Fundamentals Textbooks. Nursing Research and Practice No. 2012 (Dec. 2012), pp.1-7.
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American Medical Association (AMA)
Jablonski, Rita. Oral Health and Hygiene Content in Nursing Fundamentals Textbooks. Nursing Research and Practice. 2012. Vol. 2012, no. 2012, pp.1-7.
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Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-1002520