Effectiveness of the “Person First – Please” educational intervention for nurses in older people long-term care –protocol for a cluster RCT v1
Aim. To evaluate effectiveness of “Person First –Please” (PFP) intervention in supporting nurses’ collective competence in Person-centred Care (PCC) in Long-Term Care (LTC) of older people. Design. Cluster randomised controlled trial. Methods. Intervention group comprising nurses working on older people LTC will receive PFP Continuing Education (CE) intervention; control group will work as usual. The primary outcomes are nurses’ individual PCC competence and intervention’s effectiveness for collective competence. Secondary outcomes are PCC climate as perceived by nurses, residents and their families. Measurements are conducted three times (baseline, after PFP intervention and after 6-week follow-up) in both groups. Results. The study will provide evidence of PFP’s effectiveness and its influence on PCC climate of older people LTC. If effective, the educational intervention can be used to improve PCC and quality care for older people. Keywords Person-centred care, older people, long-term care, intervention, continuing education, collective competence