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Journal Article Journal of nursing care quality · August 2024 BackgroundHip fracture is a major health concern and the use of an indwelling urinary catheter (IUC) constitutes a significant burden on elderly patients undergoing hip fracture surgery.Local problemThe institution had a high rate of urin ... Full text Cite

Characteristics of Older Adults with Alzheimer's Disease Who Were Hospitalized during the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Secondary Data Analysis.

Journal Article International journal of environmental research and public health · May 2024 We aim to investigate the relationships between the population characteristics of patients with Alzheimer's Disease (AD) and their Healthcare Utilization (HU) during the COVID-19 pandemic. Electronic health records (EHRs) were utilized. The study sample co ... Full text Cite

Factors associated with memory of informal caregivers: A scoping review protocol.

Journal Article PloS one · January 2024 The ability to retain and remember information (memory) is essential to caregiving tasks. There is evidence that caregivers are at greater risk for experiencing deteriorations in cognitive status than non-caregivers, especially memory; however, we have a l ... Full text Cite

Implementation of health literacy training for clinicians in a federally qualified health center

Journal Article PEC Innovation · December 1, 2022 Objective: The objective of this quality improvement project was to evaluate the effectiveness of a succinct health literacy training for providers at a demanding federally qualified health center. Methods: One group, pretest-posttest design was used to me ... Full text Cite

The Association of Self-esteem With Caregiving Demands, Coping, Burden, and Health Among Caregivers of Breast Cancer Patients: A Structural Equation Modeling Approach.

Journal Article Cancer nursing · September 2022 BackgroundWe investigated how caregiver self-esteem was associated with caregiving demands, coping, burden, and health.ObjectiveThe aim of this study was to investigate how caregiver self-esteem is associated with caregiving demands, copi ... Full text Cite

Psychological distress among medically complex veterans with a recent emergency department visit.

Journal Article Psychol Serv · May 2022 Medical complexity and psychological distress are associated with frequent emergency department (ED) use. Despite this known association, our understanding is limited about which patients are at risk for persistent psychological distress and what patterns ... Full text Link to item Cite

Exploring the challenges and needs of home caregivers of hemodialysis patients in the Philippines: A mixed methods study.

Journal Article Nursing forum · October 2021 ObjectivesAlthough the importance of home caregivers of chronic kidney disease patients has been increasingly recognized, their perceived caregiving difficulties and requisites remain underexplored. This study investigated the challenges and needs ... Full text Cite

A Competency-Based Orientation (CBO) Protocol Enhances Competency Among Newly Hired Perianesthesia Nurses

Journal Article Journal of Perianesthesia Nursing · October 1, 2021 Purpose: The purpose of this quality improvement project was to develop a competency-based orientation (CBO) protocol based on the American Society of PeriAnesthesia Nurses Nursing Standards and CBO for perianesthesia nurses. Design: Feasibility study with ... Full text Cite

Caregiver Characteristics Associated With Cognitive Complaints in Women With Breast Cancer.

Journal Article Oncology nursing forum · July 2021 ObjectivesTo explore whether caregiver characteristics were associated with cognitive complaints reported by women with breast cancer undergoing chemotherapy.Sample & setting61 dyads of women with breast cancer and their caregivers we ... Full text Cite

Video-Enhanced Care Management for Medically Complex Older Adults with Cognitive Impairment.

Journal Article J Am Geriatr Soc · January 2021 OBJECTIVE: This pilot study assessed feasibility of video-enhanced care management for complex older veterans with suspected mild cognitive impairment (CI) and their care partners, compared with telephone delivery. DESIGN: Pilot randomized controlled trial ... Full text Link to item Cite

Utilization and Costs by Primary Care Provider Type: Are There Differences Among Diabetic Patients of Physicians, Nurse Practitioners, and Physician Assistants?

Journal Article Med Care · August 2020 OBJECTIVE: The objective of this study was to compare health care utilization and costs among diabetes patients with physician, nurse practitioner (NP), or physician assistant (PA) primary care providers (PCPs). RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS: Cohort study us ... Full text Link to item Cite

Quality improvement study on early recognition and intervention of caregiver burden in a tertiary hospital.

Journal Article BMJ open quality · August 2020 BackgroundCaregivers play a crucial role in taking over the important task of looking after patients post-hospitalisation. Caregivers who are unfamiliar with patients' post-discharge care often experience caregiver stress, while patients may see d ... Full text Cite

Understanding the Associations between Caregiver Characteristics and Cognitive Function of Adults with Cancer: A Scoping Review.

Journal Article Asia-Pacific journal of oncology nursing · April 2020 Cognitive impairment (CI) is one of symptoms that adults with cancer frequently report. Although there are known factors that contribute to a patient's CI, these factors did not sufficiently explain its variability. Several studies conducted in patients wi ... Full text Cite

Discharge Information and Support for Patients Discharged from the Emergency Department: Results from a Randomized Controlled Trial.

Journal Article J Gen Intern Med · January 2020 BACKGROUND: Little research has been done on primary care-based models to improve health care use after an emergency department (ED) visit. OBJECTIVE: To examine the effectiveness of a primary care-based, nurse telephone support intervention for Veterans t ... Full text Link to item Cite

Academic-Practice Partnership for Caregiver Training and Support: The Duke Elder Family/Caregiver Training (DEFT) Center.

Journal Article N C Med J · 2020 BACKGROUND After a hospital stay, many older adults rely on their caregivers for assistance at home. Empirical evidence demonstrates that caregiver support programs in hospital-to-home transitions are associated with favorable caregiver and patient outcome ... Full text Link to item Cite

Caregiver Burden as a Mediator Between Emotional Distress and Concentration Problems in Patients With Cancer.

Journal Article Oncology nursing forum · November 2019 ObjectivesTo examine the longitudinal mediation effect of caregiver burden on the relationship between emotional distress and concentration among individuals with cancer.Sample & setting96 patients with cancer and their caregivers (96 ... Full text Cite

Family Caregiver Skills Training to Improve Experiences of Care: a Randomized Clinical Trial.

Journal Article J Gen Intern Med · October 2019 OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the effectiveness of Helping Invested Families Improve Veterans' Experiences Study (HI-FIVES), a skills training program for caregivers of persons with functional or cognitive impairments. DESIGN: A two-arm RCT. SETTING: Single Veter ... Full text Link to item Cite

Understanding on the association between informal caregiver characteristics and cognitive function of adults with cancer: a scoping review protocol.

Journal Article BMJ Open · September 18, 2019 INTRODUCTION: Adults with cancer frequently report symptoms such as decline in cognitive function throughout the trajectory of illness. Patients with cognitive deficits need support and assistance from their informal caregivers and often rely on them to ma ... Full text Link to item Cite

Intermediate Diabetes Outcomes in Patients Managed by Physicians, Nurse Practitioners, or Physician Assistants.

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Primary care provider type: Are there differences in patients' intermediate diabetes outcomes?

Journal Article JAAPA · June 2019 Growing demand for services is leading primary care organizations to explore new delivery models. One approach incorporates multiple primary care providers on a team. Effective incorporation of multiple clinicians into teams requires well-defined roles, in ... Full text Link to item Cite

Nurse-Driven Process for the Successful Removal of Urinary Catheters Among Elderly Patients After Hip Fracture Surgery: A Quality Improvement Project.

Characteristics of Older Adults with Alzheimer's Disease Who Were Hospitalized during the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Secondary Data Analysis.

Factors associated with memory of informal caregivers: A scoping review protocol.

Implementation of health literacy training for clinicians in a federally qualified health center

The Association of Self-esteem With Caregiving Demands, Coping, Burden, and Health Among Caregivers of Breast Cancer Patients: A Structural Equation Modeling Approach.

Psychological distress among medically complex veterans with a recent emergency department visit.

Exploring the challenges and needs of home caregivers of hemodialysis patients in the Philippines: A mixed methods study.

A Competency-Based Orientation (CBO) Protocol Enhances Competency Among Newly Hired Perianesthesia Nurses

Caregiver Characteristics Associated With Cognitive Complaints in Women With Breast Cancer.

Video-Enhanced Care Management for Medically Complex Older Adults with Cognitive Impairment.

Utilization and Costs by Primary Care Provider Type: Are There Differences Among Diabetic Patients of Physicians, Nurse Practitioners, and Physician Assistants?

Quality improvement study on early recognition and intervention of caregiver burden in a tertiary hospital.

Understanding the Associations between Caregiver Characteristics and Cognitive Function of Adults with Cancer: A Scoping Review.

Discharge Information and Support for Patients Discharged from the Emergency Department: Results from a Randomized Controlled Trial.

Academic-Practice Partnership for Caregiver Training and Support: The Duke Elder Family/Caregiver Training (DEFT) Center.

Caregiver Burden as a Mediator Between Emotional Distress and Concentration Problems in Patients With Cancer.

Family Caregiver Skills Training to Improve Experiences of Care: a Randomized Clinical Trial.

Understanding on the association between informal caregiver characteristics and cognitive function of adults with cancer: a scoping review protocol.

Intermediate Diabetes Outcomes in Patients Managed by Physicians, Nurse Practitioners, or Physician Assistants.

Journal Article Ann Intern Med · July 16, 2019 Full text Link to item Cite

Primary care provider type: Are there differences in patients' intermediate diabetes outcomes?

Impact Of Physicians, Nurse Practitioners, And Physician Assistants On Utilization And Costs For Complex Patients.

Journal Article Health Aff (Millwood) · June 2019 Because of workforce needs and demographic and chronic disease trends, nurse practitioners (NPs) and physician assistants (PAs) are taking a larger role in the primary care of medically complex patients with chronic conditions. Research shows good quality ... Full text Link to item Cite

The experiences of older caregivers of cancer patients following hospital discharge.

Journal Article Support Care Cancer · February 2019 PURPOSE: This study addressed the experiences of older caregivers of cancer patients in the 2 weeks following a hospital discharge. It sought to understand the challenges they face in providing supportive care to patients at home. METHODS: Qualitative desc ... Full text Link to item Cite

Research productivity following nursing research initiative grants.

Journal Article Nursing outlook · January 2019 BackgroundIn 1995, VA's Office of Research and Development launched the Nursing Research Initiative (NRI), to encourage nurses to apply for research funding and to increase the role of nurse investigators in the VA's research mission. This program ... Full text Cite

Intermediate Diabetes Outcomes in Patients Managed by Physicians, Nurse Practitioners, or Physician Assistants: A Cohort Study.

Journal Article Ann Intern Med · December 18, 2018 BACKGROUND: Primary care provided by nurse practitioners (NPs) and physician assistants (PAs) has been proposed as a solution to expected workforce shortages. OBJECTIVE: To examine potential differences in intermediate diabetes outcomes among patients of p ... Full text Link to item Cite

A literature review on end-of-life care among Korean Americans.

Journal Article International journal of palliative nursing · September 2018 Background:The increasing population of Korean Americans in the US makes it mandatory to develop and provide culturally competent end-of-life (EOL) care for this population.Aims:To synthesize previous studies on Korean Americans and their ... Full text Cite

Interpersonal continuity of primary care of veterans with diabetes: a cohort study using electronic health record data.

Journal Article BMC Fam Pract · July 30, 2018 BACKGROUND: Continuity of care is a cornerstone of primary care and is important for patients with chronic diseases such as diabetes. The study objective was to examine patient, provider and contextual factors associated with interpersonal continuity of ca ... Full text Link to item Cite

Cancer-Related Cognitive Impairment in Breast Cancer Patients: Influences of Psychological Variables.

Journal Article Asia-Pacific journal of oncology nursing · July 2018 Approximately 3.1 million women in the US are living with breast cancer and up to 75% of these women experience cancer-related cognitive impairment (CRCI). CRCI is described as impairments in memory, verbal fluency, thought processes, and attention span. D ... Full text Cite

Assessment of Research Capacity Among Nursing Faculty in a Clinical Intensive University in The Philippines.

Journal Article Nursing forum · October 2017 BackgroundMany nursing studies are conducted in the United States, Europe, and Australia, where only a fourth of the world's population resides. There is a need to promote nursing research in Asia to enhance the contextual relevance of their evide ... Full text Cite

Risk stratification for return emergency department visits among high-risk patients.

Journal Article Am J Manag Care · August 1, 2017 OBJECTIVES: To compare 2 methods of identifying patients at high-risk of repeat emergency department (ED) use: high Care Assessment Need (CAN) score (≥90), derived from a model using Veterans Health Administration (VHA) data, and "Super User" status, defin ... Link to item Cite

Randomized trial of an uncertainty self-management telephone intervention for patients awaiting liver transplant.

Journal Article Patient Educ Couns · March 2017 OBJECTIVE: We tested an uncertainty self-management telephone intervention (SMI) with patients awaiting liver transplant and their caregivers. METHODS: Participants were recruited from four transplant centers and completed questionnaires at baseline, 10, a ... Full text Link to item Cite

Factors Associated With Having a Physician, Nurse Practitioner, or Physician Assistant as Primary Care Provider for Veterans With Diabetes Mellitus.

Journal Article Inquiry · January 1, 2017 Expanded use of nurse practitioners (NPs) and physician assistants (PAs) is a potential solution to workforce issues, but little is known about how NPs and PAs can best be used. Our study examines whether medical and social complexity of patients is associ ... Full text Link to item Cite

How to get your research published.

Journal Article International journal of nursing studies · January 2017 Full text Cite

Impact of the Standardized Surgical Checklist on Communication and Teamwork Among Interdisciplinary Surgical Team Members.

Journal Article Journal of doctoral nursing practice · January 2017 Traditional timeouts done ineffectively before surgical procedures can result in late blood product requests, inadequate preparation of needed intraoperative apparatus, improper administration of required antibiotics, and operating room (OR) time delays. T ... Full text Cite

Implementation of a delirium assessment protocol in an inpatient hospice setting

Journal Article Journal of Hospice and Palliative Nursing · June 1, 2016 The purpose of this quality improvement project was to improve the recognition of delirium in an inpatient hospice setting through the use of the Confusion Assessment Method (CAM) by staff nurses. After receiving education on the CAM, staff nurses used the ... Full text Cite

Effects of enhanced caregiver training program on cancer caregiver's self-efficacy, preparedness, and psychological well-being.

Journal Article Support Care Cancer · January 2016 PURPOSE: We examined the effects of an enhanced informal caregiver training (Enhanced-CT) protocol in cancer symptom and caregiver stress management to caregivers of hospitalized cancer patients. METHODS: We recruited adult patients in oncology units and t ... Full text Link to item Cite

Reducing Inappropriate Antibiotic Prescribing for Adults With Acute Bronchitis in an Urgent Care Setting: A Quality Improvement Initiative.

Journal Article Adv Emerg Nurs J · 2016 Acute bronchitis is a predominantly viral illness and, according to clinical practice guidelines, should not be treated with antibiotics. Despite clear guidelines, acute bronchitis continues to be the most common acute respiratory illness for which antibio ... Full text Link to item Cite

Integrating Mental Health Concepts in the Care of Adults With Chronic Illnesses: A Curricular Enhancement.

Journal Article The Journal of nursing education · November 2015 BackgroundIn the United States, inadequate attention has been given to the mental health needs of chronically ill adults, and the attempts to integrate mental health in primary care have fallen short.MethodThis article describes the begin ... Full text Cite

PSYCHOSOCIAL NEEDS OF OLDER CANCER CAREGIVERS AND VARIATIONS BY DYAD RELATIONSHIP QUALITY

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Implementation of a smart pump champions program to decrease potential patient harm.

Journal Article Journal of nursing care quality · April 2015 Compliance with safety features on smart pumps with drug libraries is a challenge for health care systems. Noncompliance and workarounds heighten the risk for adverse drug events and subsequent costs of patient care. This quality improvement project descri ... Full text Cite

Discharge information and support for veterans Receiving Outpatient Care in the Emergency Department: study design and methods.

Journal Article Contemp Clin Trials · November 2014 BACKGROUND: An explicit goal of Patient Aligned Care Teams (PACTs) within the Veterans Health Administration is to promote continuity of care in primary care clinics and thereby reduce Emergency Department (ED) utilization; however, there has been little r ... Full text Link to item Cite

PREDICTORS AND MODERATORS OF CANCER CAREGIVER BURDEN

Conference GERONTOLOGIST · November 1, 2014 Link to item Cite

Effects of nurse-managed protocols in the outpatient management of adults with chronic conditions: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

Journal Article Ann Intern Med · July 15, 2014 BACKGROUND: Changes in federal health policy are providing more access to medical care for persons with chronic disease. Providing quality care may require a team approach, which the American College of Physicians calls the "medical home." One new model ma ... Full text Link to item Cite

Helping Invested Families Improve Veterans' Experiences Study (HI-FIVES): study design and methodology.

Journal Article Contemp Clin Trials · July 2014 Within the Veterans Health Administration (VHA), the largest integrated health care system in the US, approximately 8.5 million Veteran patients receive informal care. Despite a need for training, half of VHA caregivers report that they have not received t ... Full text Link to item Cite

Enhanced Caregiver Training Protocol for Hospital Discharge

Conference JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN GERIATRICS SOCIETY · March 1, 2014 Link to item Cite

Management of patients with Parkinson disease.

Journal Article The Nurse practitioner · October 2013 Patients with Parkinson disease have prolonged motor and nonmotor symptoms affecting their ability to perform activities of daily living. Providers are tasked not only to provide quality care to afflicted patients but also to offer assistance to their info ... Full text Cite

Transitional Care Partners: a hospital-to-home support for older adults and their caregivers.

Journal Article J Am Assoc Nurse Pract · August 2013 PURPOSE: To describe the development, implementation, and preliminary results of the Transitional Care (TLC) Partners, a clinical demonstration program that supports the transition from hospital to home of older veterans. DATA SOURCES: Hospital records of ... Full text Link to item Cite

Implementing a home-based exercise prescription for older patients with peripheral arterial disease and intermittent claudication: a quality improvement project.

Journal Article Journal of vascular nursing : official publication of the Society for Peripheral Vascular Nursing · March 2013 A Nurse Practitioner-led quality improvement project was implemented in a vascular surgical care clinic to facilitate home-based exercise for patients diagnosed with peripheral arterial disease (PAD) and intermittent claudication (IC). The primary goal of ... Full text Cite

Supporting older veterans after hospital discharge: The TransitionaL Care (TLC) Partners Program.

Journal Article Federal Practitioner · August 2012 Although only about 13% of the U.S. population is aged ≥ 65 years, people in this age group account for about 37% of all hospital discharges and 43% of hospital days.1 Similarly, veterans who are aged ≥ 65 years are more than twice as likely to be hospital ... Cite

Fall prevention through patient partnerships.

Journal Article The Nurse practitioner · July 2012 Falls in community-dwelling older adults are often preventable, yet remain the leading cause of deaths due to injury and a major cost to the healthcare system. Primary care nurse practitioners who care for older adults can minimize the risk for falls by us ... Full text Cite

Pillars for the care of older persons in the Caribbean.

Journal Article Public health nursing (Boston, Mass.) · January 2012 Pillars for the Care of Older Persons in the Caribbean: A Comprehensive Community-Based Framework (Pillars) is a hybrid of multiple public health frameworks developed through community-based participatory research processes. Health and social service profe ... Full text Cite

Effects of an Individualized Caregiver Training Intervention on Self-Efficacy of Cancer Caregivers.

Journal Article Western journal of nursing research · September 2011 Caring for older cancer patients after hospital discharge is challenging and many of their caregivers lack confidence to do so. This study investigated the effects of an individualized caregiver training program on self-efficacy in home care and symptom ma ... Full text Cite

Supportive approaches for Alzheimer disease.

Journal Article The Nurse practitioner · August 2011 Alzheimer disease (AD) accounts for most dementia diagnoses. Acetylcholinesterase inhibitors and antipsychotics are first-line drug therapies for cognitive decline and to manage neuropsychiatric symptoms, respectively. Because AD is relentlessly progressiv ... Full text Cite

The Duke-NICHE program: an academic-practice collaboration to enhance geriatric nursing care.

Journal Article Nursing outlook · May 2011 The Duke-Nurses Improving Care of Healthsystem Elders (NICHE) is an example of an academic-practice partnership between a university-based school of nursing and a health system that aims to improve care of older adults by simultaneously enhancing the exper ... Full text Cite

Pairing Self-Management with Palliative Care: Intervening in Life-Limiting Illness.

Journal Article Journal of nursing and healthcare of chronic illness · March 2011 Full text Cite

Pilot study: individualized training for caregivers of hospitalized older veterans.

Journal Article Nurs Res · 2011 BACKGROUND: : The hospital-to-home transition represents a vulnerable time for older veterans who are more medically and socioeconomically challenged than the general population of older adults. OBJECTIVES: : The aim of this study was examine the feasibili ... Full text Link to item Cite

Clinical trial recruitment challenges with older adults with cancer.

Journal Article Applied nursing research : ANR · November 2010 Older adults continue to be disproportionately represented in research studies and cancer-related clinical trials. As survival rates for patients with cancer continue to increase, it is critical that we begin to gather data on how to provide the best care ... Full text Cite

The Connected Learning Model for disseminating evidence-based care practices in clinical settings.

Journal Article Nurse Educ Pract · July 2010 Clinical practice guidelines have been developed to improve patient care and outcomes. Guideline implementation is often stymied by the complexity of patients' conditions, complex care environments, and limited advanced clinical training of nursing staff. ... Full text Link to item Cite

In pursuit for a more perfect union between nursing academia and practice: a reflection from a nursing faculty.

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PROBLEMS IN TRANSITIONS OF CARE: A COURSE SESSION EXEMPLAR

Journal Article GERONTOLOGIST · October 1, 2009 Link to item Cite

PROMOTING SELF-EFFICACY AND PREPAREDNESS IN CAREGIVERS OF OLDER CANCER PATIENTS BEFORE HOSPITAL DISCHARGE

Journal Article GERONTOLOGIST · October 1, 2009 Link to item Cite

The Veterans Learning to Improve Fitness and Function in Elders Study: a randomized trial of primary care-based physical activity counseling for older men.

Journal Article J Am Geriatr Soc · July 2009 OBJECTIVES: To determine the effects of primary care-based, multicomponent physical activity counseling (PAC) promoting physical activity (PA) guidelines on gait speed and related measures of PA and function in older veterans. DESIGN: Randomized controlled ... Full text Link to item Cite

A pilot study on the influence of an individualized and experiential training on cancer caregiver's self-efficacy in home care and symptom management.

Journal Article Home Healthc Nurse · May 2009 The aim of this pilot study was to investigate if an individualized and experiential training can promote family caregiver's confidence (self-efficacy) in home care and symptom management. The study was conducted in a hematology/oncology unit in a southeas ... Full text Link to item Cite

Teaching evidence-based nursing practice in geriatric care settings: the geriatric nursing innovations through education institute.

Journal Article Journal of gerontological nursing · April 2009 Evidence-based practice holds tremendous potential to optimize care outcomes for older adults, yet many nurses are ill prepared to identify, interpret, and apply the best evidence to their practice. The Geriatric Nursing Innovations through Education (GNIE ... Full text Cite

Cross communication. Avoiding device interference in pacemakers and ICDs.

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Post-hospital clinic for older patients and their family caregivers

Journal Article Annals of Long-Term Care · May 1, 2008 As a complementary service to our Geriatric Evaluation and Management Clinic, the geriatrics Post-Hospital Clinic (PHC) was recently established for prompt follow-up assessment and care of our geriatric patients and their caregivers after hospital discharg ... Cite

Palliative sedation in end-of-life care.

Journal Article Journal of Hospice and Palliative Nursing · November 2006 The goals for care at the end of life include relief of pain and suffering. Despite excellent palliative care, some patients continue to experience intolerable, unrelieved pain and suffering from refractory symptoms. Palliative sedation, although controver ... Cite

Preparing junior investigators to develop gerontological research.

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Providing end-of-life palliative care for the developmentally disabled and their families

Journal Article Journal of Hospice and Palliative Nursing · September 1, 2006 The life span of developmentally disabled individuals has been greatly extended as a result of continued advances in medical technology and life-prolonging treatments. Consequently, this special population now faces many of the same chronic or terminal ill ... Full text Cite

Informal caregiver training on home care and cancer symptom management prior to hospital discharge: a feasibility study.

Journal Article Oncology nursing forum · July 2006 Purpose/objectivesTo determine the feasibility of individualized caregiver training for home care and symptom management conducted at the bedside of older patients with cancer prior to hospital discharge.DesignPilot study.Setting ... Full text Cite

Chronic care management for the elderly: an opportunity for gerontological nurse practitioners.

Journal Article Journal of the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners · July 2005 Featured Publication PurposeTo discuss the role that gerontological nurse practitioners (GNPs) may play in providing chronic care management for the elderly.Data sourcesReview of recent literature on chronic care management, personal experience of the authors ... Full text Cite

The use of the Minimum Data Set to identify depression in the elderly.

Journal Article Journal of the American Medical Directors Association · November 2003 Featured Publication ObjectiveTo determine whether depression in the elderly in institutionalized settings could be identified using the mood indicators in the Minimum Data Set (MDS) 2.0 (Section E1, Items A-P).DesignDescriptive study.SettingThree nu ... Full text Cite

Teaching elderly individuals on computer use.

Journal Article Journal of gerontological nursing · June 2001 Featured Publication Full text Cite

Computer use among elderly people.

Journal Article Computers in nursing · March 2000 Featured Publication This study investigates the literature on the state of knowledge on computer use among elderly people. Results of this review suggest that benefits may ensue if computer use is advocated. Functional limitations secondary to visual, hearing, and mobility ch ... Cite

Validation of the Impact of Event Scale on a sample of American Vietnam veterans.

Journal Article Psychological reports · August 1994 The goal of the present report is to validate the Impact of Event Scale for use as a measure of the enduring nature of reactions to combat stress by 60 American Vietnam veterans. Validity was supported through significant correlations with measures of abus ... Full text Cite

Validation of the Purdue Post-Traumatic Stress Scale on a sample of Vietnam veterans.

Journal Article Journal of traumatic stress · April 1994 The Purdue Post-traumatic Stress Disorder Scale is a 15-item self-report instrument based on the DSM-III diagnostic criteria for post-traumatic stress disorder. This scale is a quick, easily administered, measure of psychological reactions to a traumatic e ... Full text Cite

The Stressors of Clergy Children Inventory: reliability and validity.

Journal Article Psychological reports · December 1990 The purpose of this study was to develop and evaluate the Stressors of Clergy Children Inventory. The initial self-report survey was tested for internal consistency reliability. Tests for construct validity, concurrent validity, and internal consistency re ... Cite