Eleanor Schildwachter McConnell

Journal article Journal for nurses in staff development : JNSD : official journal of the National Nursing Staff Development Organization · January 2009 Featured Publication Staff development nurses in long-term care are challenged to implement training programs that foster quality unlicensed assistive personnel (UAP) care and improve the transfer of their observations to licensed nursing staff for care planning. This study de ... Full text Cite

Functional incidental training: a randomized, controlled, crossover trial in Veterans Affairs nursing homes.

Journal article Journal of the American Geriatrics Society · July 2005 Featured Publication ObjectivesTo test the effects of a rehabilitative intervention directed at continence, mobility, endurance, and strength (Functional Incidental Training (FIT)) in older patients in Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) nursing homes.DesignR ... Full text Cite

Complexity theory: a long-term care specialty practice exemplar for the education of advanced practice nurses.

Journal article The Journal of nursing education · February 2004 Featured Publication This clinical exemplar highlights how an academic clinical practice supported gerontological nursing students as they learned evidence-based approaches to managing complex geriatric syndromes in long-term care. Urinary incontinence (UI), which occurs in mo ... Full text Cite

A 6-month observational study of the relationship between weight loss and behavioral symptoms in institutionalized Alzheimer's disease subjects.

Journal article J Am Med Dir Assoc · 2004 Featured Publication OBJECTIVE: Weight loss is a common occurrence in Alzheimer's disease (AD). This study was undertaken to investigate the relationship between weight loss and behavioral symptoms in institutionalized AD subjects. DESIGN: Observational study. SETTING: Two fac ... Full text Link to item Cite

Natural history of change in physical function among long-stay nursing home residents.

Journal article Nurs Res · 2003 Featured Publication BACKGROUND: Few longitudinal studies exist to guide clinicians or administrators on what functional outcomes can be expected among nursing home residents with different levels of cognitive impairment. Extrapolating from cross-sectional studies or from long ... Full text Link to item Cite

Effects of cognitive performance on change in physical function in long-stay nursing home residents.

Journal article J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci · December 2002 Featured Publication BACKGROUND: Determining the nature and rate of change in physical function among long-stay nursing home (NH) residents classified by cognitive performance is needed to inform judgments about prognosis and design of clinical trials to minimize functional de ... Full text Link to item Cite

A randomized controlled trial of the psychosocial impact of providing internet training and access to older adults.

Journal article Aging Ment Health · August 2002 Featured Publication The Internet (electronic mail and the World Wide Web) may provide new opportunities for communication that can help older adults avoid social isolation. This randomized controlled trial assessed the psychosocial impact of providing Internet access to older ... Full text Link to item Cite

Quiet time: a nursing intervention to promote sleep in neurocritical care units.

Journal article Am J Crit Care · March 2001 Featured Publication BACKGROUND: Patients in intensive care units are often sleep deprived, yet little research exists on the impact of nursing care on promoting sleep. OBJECTIVES: To determine if implementing a "quiet time" protocol to reduce external environmental stimuli is ... Link to item Cite

Treating excess disability among cognitively impaired nursing home residents.

Journal article Journal of the American Geriatrics Society · April 2000 Featured Publication Full text Cite

Pain in nursing home residents: an exploration of prevalence, staff perspectives, and practical aspects of measurement.

Journal article Clin J Pain · June 1999 Featured Publication OBJECTIVE: To help rectify the underdiagnosis of chronic pain in frail nursing home residents by developing a new feasible pain self-report instrument, the structured pain interview; to use this new tool to estimate pain prevalence and staff's knowledge of ... Full text Link to item Cite