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Nursing research shows that there is a continued need for education to help decrease patient falls. Gerontological nursing includes educating the elderly patient to be honest in discussing falls with medical professionals, using ambulatory aids, having adequate footwear and adequate lighting when ambulating.
Patricia Sawyer Benner is a nursing theorist, academic and author. She is known for one of her books, From Novice to Expert: Excellence and Power in Clinical Nursing Practice (1984). Benner described the stages of learning and skill acquisition across the careers of nurses, applying the Dreyfus model of skill acquisition to nursing
ProviderMagazine.com in May 2010 called The Green House Project the "pinnacle" of culture change in long-term care. [17] In 2008, Thomas led a team of experts from the Erickson School of Aging Studies at UMBC to create the nation's first elder-friendly emergency department at Holy Cross Hospital in Silver Spring, Maryland. [3]
The NICHE Program provides the principles, resources and tools to stimulate a change in the culture of health care facilities and achieve patient-centered care for older adult patients. It is affordable and comprehensive, and benefits hospitals in a number of ways: Improved clinical outcomes; Positive fiscal results; Enhanced nursing competencies
Nursing homes in the United States date back to the early 1800s according to the Encyclopedia website. The establishment of 'long-term care' is ever-changing. Wagner said as baby boomers begin to ...
Manthey received a diploma in nursing from St. Elizabeth Hospital in Chicago, Illinois in 1956.After passing the Illinois State Boards, she joined the University of Chicago Medical Center as a staff nurse, and then became an assistant head nurse and then head nurse on a twenty-bed surgical floor there. [3]
Katz's committee recommended sweeping changes to the standard of care, audit procedures, and better enforcement of quality assurance practices by both nursing home facilities and oversight organizations. The IoM committee recommendations were incorporated into OBRA-87 legislation, which was signed into law in 1987 by President Ronald Reagan. [1]
Hine, Darlene Clark, ed. Black Women in the Nursing Profession: A Documentary History (Taylor & Francis, 1985) Jones, Anne Hudson, ed. Images of Nurses: Perspectives from History, Art, and Literature (U. of Pennsylvania Press, 1988) Safier, Gwendolyn, ed. Contemporary American Leaders in Nursing: An Oral History (1977) oral history interviews