Mossop, Margaret Wilkinson, Tim
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Journal of gerontological nursing
Gerontological units are commonly used as clinical placements for first year nursing students, but the ethics of sending novice nursing students to gerontological units for their first clinical placement is often challenged. Although this environment allows student learning at a slower pace, some believe that students are practicing on a captive po...
Hardenbrook, Lisa M
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Journal of gerontological nursing
Wang, Jeng Mentes, Janet C
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Journal of gerontological nursing
Nahm, Eun-Shim Mills, Mary Etta Feege, Barbara
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Journal of gerontological nursing
Under the current Medicare Prospective Payment System method and the ever-changing managed care environment, the long-term care information system is vital to providing quality care and to surviving in business. system selection process should be an interdisciplinary effort involving all necessary stakeholders for the proposed system. The system se...
Mentes, Janet C
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Journal of gerontological nursing
Kovach, Christine R Kelber, Sheryl T Simpson, Michelle Wells, Thelma
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Journal of gerontological nursing
It is challenging for nurses to understand and respond to behaviors expressed by individuals with dementia. Nurses in this study responded to behaviors in 4 discrete ways--with no treatment, treatment without assessment, repetitive use of ineffective treatments, and with comprehensive assessment followed by treatment. Using ineffective treatments a...
Sikma, Suzanne K
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Journal of gerontological nursing
Five themes of caring interventions emerged from the perspective of staff caregivers-valuing personhood and the work, belonging, knowing, acting together, and promoting quality. Three themes of caring organizational conditions identified by participants included communicating, providing resources, and trusting. The research-based Model of Caring in...
Garity, Joan
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Journal of gerontological nursing
Most nursing home research has focused on predictors for placement, the placement decision-making process, or the effects of placement on the nursing home resident. Little research is available on family caregivers' experiences after placing their loved ones in a nursing home. The purpose of this qualitative study was to identify how family caregiv...
DiBartolo, Mary C
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Journal of gerontological nursing
Tolle, Ellen
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Journal of gerontological nursing
Social day care is an important component in the health care continuum for older adults. At present there are no regulations mandating staff composition, therefore each program may have a different staff configuration. One such social day program, The Club, provides services to individuals with dementia and has had a nurse as part of its interdisci...