Geriatric Nursing - Organization & administration
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Saturday, November 21, 2009

Municipal night nurses' experience of the meaning of caring.

30 Aug 2009 The aim of this study was to elucidate municipal night registered nurses' (RNs) experiences of the meaning of caring in nursing. The research context involved all night duty RNs working in municipal care of older people in a medium-sized ... 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...

The effect on caregiver burden of a problem-based home visiting programme for frail older people.

30 Jun 2009 OBJECTIVE: caregiver effects of geriatric care models focusing primarily at the patient have not been consistently studied. We studied caregiver effects of a nurse-led comprehensive geriatric evaluation and management (GEM) programme for ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Geriatric Nursing - Organization & administration'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• [Nutritional therapy in elderly care--a forgotten perspective. A questionnaire study shows clear shortages in the care of the elderly] 30 Aug 2009
• Municipal night nurses' experience of the meaning of caring. 30 Aug 2009
• Standing up for migrant nurses' rights at work. 30 Jul 2009
• Staff attitudes towards institutionalised dementia residents. 30 Jul 2009
• The effect on caregiver burden of a problem-based home visiting programme for frail older people. 30 Jun 2009
• Specialty Nursing Association Global Vision Statement on Care of Older Adults. 29 Jun 2009
• Face to face. Maurice Devine. Interview by Ruth Williams. 29 Jun 2009
• Exploring attitudes towards older people's sexuality. 29 Jun 2009
• Uncertainty over safeguards. 29 Jun 2009
• Nurses' perceptions of ethical issues in the care of older people. 29 Jun 2009
• [Dependence and vulnerability in walking ability at home] 29 Jun 2009
• [Dual geriatric evaluation in a short-stay geriatric unit] 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
• 'Red faces' to the fore in Hamilton. 30 May 2009
• [An interprofessional or an interdisciplinary problem? Distinctions to develop an analytical scheme of interdisciplinarity based on the case of a long-term care hospital] 30 May 2009
• Who cares for the elderly? Aged care nurses do. 30 May 2009
• Face to face. Interview by Ruth Williams. 30 May 2009
• Effectiveness of a rapid response service for frail older people. 30 May 2009
• Supporting people who have dementia to die with dignity. 30 May 2009
• Falls in the nursing home: a collaborative approach. 30 May 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