Abstract:
The purposes of research were to compare of the effect of helping relationship for elderly patients of nursing students before and after teaching by using interpersonal communication skill training program using simulation, and between nursing students who were taught by using interpersonal communication skill training program using simulation and those who were taught by regular teaching. The sample were 32 nursing students at The Royal Thai Air Force Nursing College, selected by matched pairs into one experimental group and one control group,16 each group. The research instruments were interpersonal communication skill training program using simulation technique, the questionnaire of helping relationship for elderly patients of nursing students and the observation instrument of helping relationship for elderly patients of nursing students were .93 and .82 respectively. The data were analyzed by using t-test. The major findings were as follows: 1. Helping relationship for elderly patients of nursing students after the experiment was significantly higher than before the experiment, at the .05 level. 2. Helping relationship for elderly patients of nursing students in the experimental group was significantly higher than that of the control group, at the .05 level