Geriatric Nursing - Education
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Saturday, November 21, 2009

Nursing students' experiences care.

30 Aug 2009 AIM: This study aimed to explore nursing students' experiences of caring for older people in practice and to examine the factors that affected their perceptions of working with these patients. METHOD: A qualitative research design was used and data ... Read more...

Staff attitudes towards institutionalised dementia residents.

30 Jul 2009 AIM: To explore the attitudes of staff caring for institutionalised dementia residents and the variables associated with these attitudes. METHODS: Fourteen nursing homes and one hospital-based geriatric ward in Bergen, Norway were surveyed, using ... Read more...

Effect of an acute care geriatric educational program on fall rates and nurse work satisfaction.

30 Jul 2009 BACKGROUND: A successful faculty-mentored geriatric nurse education program resulted from an acute care-academic partnership. PURPOSE: This study educated nurses in best geriatric nursing practices to enhance effective management of common geriatric ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Geriatric Nursing - Education'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Nursing students' experiences care. 30 Aug 2009
• Practice question. The Aged Care Channel. 30 Aug 2009
• [Problems in further professional development in geriatric nursing: "success through career?"] 30 Aug 2009
• [Geriatrics training not sufficient for future needs] 30 Aug 2009
• Staff attitudes towards institutionalised dementia residents. 30 Jul 2009
• [German Nursing Council e.V. (DPR) refuses the change in access to geriatric and nursing education] 30 Jul 2009
• Effect of an acute care geriatric educational program on fall rates and nurse work satisfaction. 30 Jul 2009
• Implementation of the 6-week educational component in the Res-Care intervention: process and outcomes. 30 Jul 2009
• ANCC Update: Alternative eligibility for the Gerontology Nurse Practitioner Exam. 29 Jun 2009
• Integrating gerontology content in the clinical setting. 29 Jun 2009
• Exploring attitudes towards older people's sexuality. 29 Jun 2009
• New competencies for end-of-life care will help to get the basics right. Interview by Thelma Agnew. 29 Jun 2009
• Uncertainty over safeguards. 29 Jun 2009
• Nurses' perceptions of ethical issues in the care of older people. 29 Jun 2009
• [Workshop on touch-massage in a geriatric day hospital] 29 Jun 2009
• [Reflections with nursing students about modesty and intimacy in the elderly person] 29 Jun 2009
• A strategy to address the nursing faculty shortage. 29 Jun 2009
• Attitudes toward aging: implications for a caring profession. 29 Jun 2009
• Nursing home resident outcomes from the Res-Care intervention. 29 Jun 2009
• A systematic review of the effectiveness of communication interventions for health care providers caring for patients in residential care settings. 9 Jun 2009

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Technical information about 'Geriatric Nursing'

Definition: Nursing care of the aged patient given in the home, the hospital, or special institutions such as nursing homes, psychiatric institutions, etc.

Descriptor UI: D005851

Alternative terms: Geriatric Nursing; Nursing, Geriatric; Geriatric Nursings; Nursings, Geriatric;

Allowable Qualifiers: classification; economics; education; history; instrumentation; legislation & jurisprudence; manpower; methods; organization & administration; standards; trends; statistics & numerical data; ethics;

Tree Number: H02.478.676.236; N02.421.533.245;

History Note: 67

Technical Notes: SPEC: SPEC qualif; check also tag AGED