Colborne, Marnie Dahlke, Sherry
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Journal of gerontological nursing
Urinary incontinence (UI) is a geriatric syndrome affecting older adults in long-term and acute hospital care. Most research has focused on nurses' perceptions of UI in long-term care and community settings rather than acute hospital settings. The purpose of the current integrative review was to understand nurses' perceptions and use of continence ...
Soh, Eunice D Portanova, Jaclyn
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Journal of gerontological nursing
Zhang, Wenhui Becker, Heather Stuifbergen, Alexa K Brown, Adama
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Journal of gerontological nursing
Symptoms common among individuals with multiple sclerosis (MS) may influence health promotion and quality of life, especially among older adults, who often experience multiple chronic conditions. To identify and examine symptom clusters' effect on health promotion and quality of life, data from 215 adults with MS older than 60 (average years with d...
Andrews, Angela M Russell, Cynthia L Cheng, An-Lin
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Journal of gerontological nursing
Medication adherence is crucial in patients with heart failure; however, the rate of medication nonadherence in the heart failure population is 50%, making it a significant problem. The purpose of the current review was to summarize intervention studies designed to improve medication adherence in older adults with heart failure. A search was conduc...
Alexander, Gregory L Popejoy, Lori
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Journal of gerontological nursing
Saliba, Debra
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Journal of gerontological nursing
Gretebeck, Kimberlee A Sabatini, LeAnn M Black, David R Gretebeck, Randall J
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Journal of gerontological nursing
Disability, institutionalization, and loss of independence may be directly caused or exacerbated by physical inactivity and obesity. The purpose of the current cross-sectional survey was to explore the impact of gender and obesity on functional ability tasks, physical activity, and psychosocial factors in older adults. Participants comprised 964 Un...
Campos, Rui C Santos, Sara Piteira, Margarida Abreu, Marta Tavares, Sofia
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Journal of gerontological nursing
The aim of the current study was to assess suicide ideation in a sample of older adults recovering from acute conditions in a clinical recovery facility of the Portuguese Red Cross. Four indicators of suicide ideation were used. Clinical, contextual, and psychological variables-namely, previous suicide attempts, death of a family member by suicide,...
Jablonski, Rita A Winstead, Vicki Azuero, Andres Ptacek, Travis Jones-Townsend, Corteza Byrd, Elizabeth Geisinger, Maria L Morrow, Casey
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Journal of gerontological nursing
Individuals with dysphagia who reside in nursing homes often receive inadequate mouth care and experience poor oral health. From a policy perspective, the combination of absent evidence-based mouth care protocols coupled with insufficient dental coverage create a pool of individuals at great risk for preventable infectious illnesses that contribute...
Fick, Donna M Lundebjerg, Nancy E
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Journal of gerontological nursing
