Annotated Bibliography Bergh

Question: Write an annotated bibliography on Bergh. Answer: Bergh et al., (2014) described the perceptions of the nurses regarding the conditions for patients education. In this study, the author has also described the variations in the working conditions for the nurses in hospital, municipal and primary care. The author has performed cross-sectional survey with nurses using the randomized selection method. The instrument used was questionnaire and the results were analysed by content analysis and descriptive statistics. The questionnaire was designed to determine the factual experiences of the nurses and their attitudes to the patient education. The result demonstrated that the condition for patient-education differed in various health care setting and there is a need of appropriate conditions for successful change. The author has mentioned the importance of the social media and information technology for the patient education. The literature review has highlighted that the nurses need training and management skills for patient education. Further, it discussed the positive impact of nurses effective communication skills and attentive listening on the patient. The author has explained the ways to enhance awareness regarding pedagogical competence. However, the researcher in this study has not explained that how nurses in hospital and municipal care setting can be better prepared for patient teaching. There are no other strategies except reflective tactics mentioned in the paper for overcoming nurses deficiencies in patient education such as lack of correct follow up of the research or correct attitude towards their duty. The paper failed to highlight how the change process can be enhanced by mangers. However, the questionnaire may not give reliable results, as it may be preferred when the items a re normative. In addition, the validity cannot be evaluated for single items. Even in interview the researchers expectation and the societal expectations may not be transferred to the same extent. In this survey, the limitation is that the nurses may have not given the normative expected answers. The author has not mentioned about any modification in the content of the teaching course. The strength of the paper includes clear introduction, background, research aim and a rich literature data. The weakness of the study is lack of critical analysis of the other qualitative and quantitative studies. Bergh et al., (2014) work has made significant contribution to the existing literature in this area. Understanding the perceptions of the nurses about the education of patient will help address issues in this area and develop effective strategies for successful outcomes. The results imply for creating a culture for natural work related to evidence-based patient education work. Various health care setting can apply the method of reflective activities and supervision of education work recommended by the researcher. The need of the managerial support indicated in the study is an important implication for the health organisations to ensure cooperation with the nurses to strengthen competence in them for patient education by creating reflective pedagogical discussions in their daily routine.