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Knowledge of Ghanaian Graduating Undergraduate Nurses About Ageing

open access: yesSAGE Open Nursing, 2021
Introduction Knowledge on ageing has an impact on the quality of care provided to older people. Although older Ghanaians provide various forms of support to family and communities, many of them experience poor nursing care in the Ghanaian health system ...
Confidence Alorse Atakro MN
doaj   +1 more source

Gerontological nursing: professional priority or eternal Cinderella? [PDF]

open access: yes, 1997
Over thirty years ago geriatric nursing, as it was then called, was at the forefront of nursing research in the United Kingdom. Concurrent with the emergence of geriatric medicine as a distinct speciality, the pioneering study of Doreen Norton and ...
Nolan, M.
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Elderly in the labor market: implications for gerontological nursing

open access: yesRevista de Enfermagem da Universidade Federal de Santa Maria, 2018
Aim: to reflect on the determinant aspects to the maintenance/reinsertion of the elderly in the labor market, considering the implications to gerontological nursing.
Lucimara Sonaglio Rocha   +5 more
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The effect of an escape room game on college nursing students’ learning attitude and game flow experiences in teaching safe medication care for the elderly: an intervention educational study

open access: yesBMC Medical Education, 2023
Background In the context of an aging population, the Gerontological Nursing course is becoming more and more important. Escape room games have been shown to have a positive effect on nursing education, but they have not been applied in the ...
Dong Chen   +5 more
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Gerontological nursing 1982

open access: yesInternational Journal of Nursing Studies, 1983
Gerontological nursing has lain almost dormant in academia like a sleeping giant waiting its turn for nurses’ attention. The burgeoning elderly population forecast by sociologists, and their corresponding health care needs, forecast by gerontological nursing pioneers, has arrived. Full credit is given to those faculty members and nurses in practice and
College of Nursing, J. Hillis Miller Health Center, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32610, U.S.A. ( host institution )   +1 more
openaire   +3 more sources

Sarcopenia and its association with objectively measured life-space mobility and moderate-to-vigorous physical activity in the oldest-old amid the COVID-19 pandemic when a physical distancing policy is in force

open access: yesBMC Geriatrics, 2022
Introduction The oldest-old are highly vulnerable to sarcopenia. Physical distancing remains a common and effective infection-control policy to minimize the risk of COVID-19 transmission during the pandemic.
Rick Yiu Cho Kwan   +11 more
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The gerontological nurse specialist’s core competencies in China: A cross‐sectional study

open access: yesNursing Open, 2020
Aim To describe the core competencies of gerontological nurse specialists and investigate the factors that contribute to the development of core competencies. Design A descriptive cross‐sectional study was conducted from August 2015–March 2016.
Bai Chunlan   +3 more
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Competencies relevant for gerontological nursing : focus-group interviews with professionals in the nursing of older people [PDF]

open access: yes, 2021
Older people are present in a variety of nursing settings and have distinct care needs. Evidence about the competencies required is crucial when developing the profession.
Elo, Satu   +4 more
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Design, implementation, and evaluation of Youth Peer Support Training to improve quality of life and stress among homebound and bedridden older adults [PDF]

open access: yesJournal of Research Development in Nursing and Midwifery, 2023
Background: Health care provided by youth can support homebound and bedridden older adults. The purpose of this study was to develop a program for homebound and bedridden older adults in rural areas of northeastern Thailand. Methods: The methodology was
Boonyada Wongpiomoln   +3 more
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