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Showing 1 to 20 of 73 for “"Geriatric Nursing"”.
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A Retrospective Study of Fall Prevention Programs in Geriatric Nursing Facilities
… study was to identify the differences between geriatric nursing facilities with a Fall Prevention Program and geriatric nursing facilities without a Fall Prevention Program on the Total Staff Present, Medicaid reimbursement, proprietary for-profit geriatric nursing facility ownership, physical …
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Development of a tool to investigate factors related to job satisfaction in geriatric nurses
… instrument to measure job satisfaction of geriatric nurses based on an adaptation of Dorothy Johnson's conceptual framework. A sample of 306 geriatric nurses who were members of the American Nurse's Association responded to a 4-page, mailed questionnaire (return rate 37%). The questionnaire …
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Characteristics and Resource Utilization of Patients of a Proprietary Home Health Agency in Rural South Central Kentucky
The home health industry's introduction to managed care raises the prospect of reduced access to health care and poor outcomes for a vulnerable segment of our population—the rural elderly. Before effective intervention strategies can be accurately evaluated, a clearer picture of the …
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Nonpharmacological Approaches in Dementia Care
<p> The 6A acute care unit has been seeing a higher number of patients that are afflicted with dementia. Often times, these patients display challenging dementia-related behaviors. It is commonplace for these patients to be medicated with a psychotropic medication in order to halt the challenging …
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A Novel Psychotropic Risk Assessment To Enhance Medical Management Of Patients With Behavioral And Psychological Symptoms Of Dementia
… was initially used in four separate skilled nursing facilities over a period of eight weeks. The adoption of the checklist to change practice patterns, and influence the prescribing culture in the nursing homes, was founded on Roger’s Diffusion of Innovation theory (Rogers, 2003). Evaluation …
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Factors Associated with 30-day Hospital Readmissions Among Older Adults with Dementia
… HR for older adults with dementia may lead to nursing care delivery model innovations to improve care transitions and prevent 30-day hospital readmissions. Implications for further research include how to optimize EHR functionality and documentation strategies in order to identify patients at …
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Reducing Medication Errors by Systematically Monitoring High-Risk Medications
<p>Reducing Medication Errors by Systematically Monitoring High-Risk Medications</p> <p>The project is performed in a pulmonary outpatient clinic, with a patient population of mostly men 60-80 years old with severe abnormal lung findings and often with multiple comorbidities. The clinic is staffed …
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N653 Fall Prevention Final Project
<p>N653 Fall Prevention Final Project</p> <p>by Samuel K. Clark, RN</p> <p>This project was done with patient safety in mind through the use of the most current EBP available.</p>
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Older Adults’ Implementation of Discharge Instructions Following an Acute Care Hospital Stay
<p>Discharge instructions are a self-care guide for patients after discharge from an acute care hospitalization. The discharge process starts on admission to the hospital and continues until discharged. Many patients rely on informal caregivers to provide support after a discharge. However, it is …
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Attitudes of nurses to palliative care in nursing homes in the Perth metropolitan region
… the model to the area of palliative care in nursing homes. 76 directors of nursing, 76 clinical nurse specialists, and 76 nursing assistants working in nursing homes, completed a questionnaire in which they were asked (a) to make an evaluation of their overall attitude on a 7-point semantic …
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Reducing the Length of Stay for Patients with Stable/Nonoperative Pelvic Fractures by Working with a Multidisciplinary Team
<p>This project is focused on improving the care environment by acting as a clinical outcomes manager. The global aim of this project is to decrease length of stay for patients ≥65 years old with stable/nonoperative pelvic fractures by 0.5 days in a community hospital, verified by the American …
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Strategies to Prevent Hospital Transfers in the SNF Environment
… project is to reduce hospital readmissions in geriatric patients who are currently having any changes of medical condition within the SNF microsystem. In this project, the CNL functions as the team manager and care coordinator. The CNL facilitated, and utilized patients’ outcome data to make …
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Transitioning Eating Practices of Older Adults
<p><strong>Purpose</strong>: The purpose of this descriptive qualitative study was to explore what factors may have influenced the transition of an individual older adult’s eating practices over a lifespan and the impact participants perceived those factors currently had upon their nutritional …
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Interdisciplinary Team Approach in Fall Prevention: Physician Perspective Focus
… as much as possible.</p> <p>The traditional nursing approach to falls prevention is not sufficient to control fall rates because the issue is too complex and must be approached from multiple perspectives rather than just nursing. Therefore, innovative practices and approaches were explored to …
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A Multi-Prong Fall Awareness Program to Reduce the Occurrence of Falls in a Skilled Nursing Unit
… to reduce the occurrence of falls in a skilled nursing unit</p> <p><strong>Keywords: </strong>Fall awareness program, skilled nursing unit, fall rate</p> <p>The project goal was to reduce the patient fall rate by 20% by implementing a fall awareness program for clinical staff. The program had …
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Caregiver Support for Patients Diagnosed with Dementia
<p><strong>Background:</strong> Current<strong> </strong>research indicates that caregivers of dementia patients often experience a great deal of stress related to caregiving. Most of these caregivers are informal caregivers without prior knowledge or training in dementia care. Previous studies …
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THE POSITIVE ASPECTS OF CAREGIVING AMONG TAIWANESE CAREGIVERS OF AGING RELATIVES WITH DEMENTIA
<p><strong>Purpose:</strong> To describe family caregivers of older adults with dementia and their perceptions of the positive aspects of caregiving. More specifically, the study aimed to identify factors such as demographic characteristics of the older adults and caregivers, as well as caregiver …
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