Abstract:
The purpose of this research was to construct nursing standard focusing on processes, contents and outcomes of family caregiver preparation for home health care in patients with pressure sore. Evidence-base practice and Mason,s method (1994) were used as the guidelines and framework for this standard. Content validity of this standard was verified by 23 experts utilizing 3 round of Delphi technique. The agreement of the experts opinion was analyzed using median and inter-quartile range. Finally, the 30 home health care nurse opinions of feasibility to apply the nursing standard in practice were explored by using questionnaire.The results revealed that this nursing standard composed of eight elements including 64 items of process, 16 items of content and 23 items of outcome standard were as follows: Standard 1) Self preparation for nurse to prepare caregiver., Standard 2) Establishment of interrelationship among patients and family., Standard 3)The patients assessment and identification of leaning need in caregiver., Standard 4) The readiness preparation of caregiver and environment., Standard 5) The knowledge distribution of pressure sore care., Standard 7) Establishment and development of community network collaboration., Standard 8) The evaluation of overall nursing standards. Finally, the majority of 30 home health care nurse opinion accepted that this nursing standards were applicable to real situation.