Journal articleJournal of applied gerontology : the official journal of the Southern Gerontological Society · July 2026
This study explored stakeholder perspectives on how information is collected, shared, and used to support person-centered dementia care in low-resource long-term care settings. This qualitative study was conducted in four long-term care settings situated i ...
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Journal articleThe Gerontologist · June 2026
Background and objectivesPerson-centered care is considered best practice in dementia care, emphasizing autonomy, dignity, and relationship-based individualized care. However, little is known about how person-centered dementia care (PCDC) is imple ...
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Journal articleGeriatric nursing (New York, N.Y.) · April 2026
ObjectivesThis study identified how long-term care stakeholders describe trauma-informed care (TIC) practices in low resource settings.MethodThis was a secondary data analysis about person-centered care (PCC) for persons living with demen ...
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Journal articleThe Gerontologist · February 2026
Background and objectivesAs the global population of people living with cognitive impairment grows, Home Monitoring Technologies (HMTs), such as cameras, motion sensors, wearable trackers, and artificial intelligence enabled ones are increasingly ...
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Journal articleJournal of Applied Gerontology · January 1, 2026
We aimed to develop and test the psychometric properties of a new instrument to assess long-term care (LTC) home residents’ social connection. We developed a conceptual model and then used literature review and qualitative interviews to identify candidate ...
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Journal articleAlzheimer S Dementia the Journal of the Alzheimer S Association · December 1, 2025
BACKGROUND: Social connection comprises distinct but related aspects of human social relationships. Positive aspects of social connection are associated with better health and, in long-term care (LTC) homes, represent a key component of quality of life, qu ...
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Journal articleAlzheimer S and Dementia Translational Research and Clinical Interventions · July 1, 2024
Social connection is important for long-term care (LTC) residents' quality of life and care. However, there is a lack of consensus on how to measure it and this limits ability to find what improves and impairs social connection in LTC homes. We therefore a ...
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Journal articleWork Aging and Retirement · January 1, 2024
Clinical care interactions influence important health outcomes in older adults such as nosocomial infections, falls, and care satisfaction. However, traditional measurements of interactions are often time-consuming, costly, biased, or they interfere with n ...
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Journal articleWestern journal of nursing research · July 2023
Fatigue in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is debilitating and associated with considerable morbidity. The aim of this study is to present a model based on the Theory of Unpleasant Symptoms of physiologic, psychologic, and situational factors ...
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Journal articleJournal of Nursing Regulation · July 1, 2023
Background: Recruiting foreign-educated nurses (FENs) is a strategy to reduce staffing shortages of registered nurses (RNs) practicing in long-term care (LTC) in the United States. However, little is known about how FENs compare to U.S.-educated nurses (US ...
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Journal articleClinical nursing research · June 2023
Millions of people worldwide have chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), and one of the most common and troublesome symptoms that must be managed is fatigue. While there are existing interventions to address COPD-related fatigue, not all patients ex ...
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Journal articleJournal of gerontological nursing · May 2023
During the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, the Brazilian long-term care (LTC) sector faced many challenges, which accentuated other common issues experienced by persons living with dementia (PLWD). The current pilot study evaluated staff pers ...
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Journal articleThe Journal of cardiovascular nursing · November 2022
BackgroundTransitional care components are well studied, but their coordination has not been systematically reviewed. Viewing transitional care through a social network framework can focus attention on processes leading to information and relation ...
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Journal articleInternational journal of nursing studies · November 2022
BackgroundIn residential long-term care, military service veterans with co-occurring posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and dementia encounter a range of physical and social stimuli that may serve as triggers of trauma-related distress that mani ...
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Journal articleGeriatric nursing (New York, N.Y.) · November 2022
The purpose of this scoping review is to identify conceptual and theoretical resilience models, types of resilience measures, and outcomes regarding resilience in relation to older adults with multimorbidity. PubMed, Embase, CINAHL, and PsycINFO were searc ...
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Journal articleThe Gerontologist · August 2022
Background and objectivesSocial networks affect the health and well-being of older adults. Advancements in technology (e.g., digital devices and mHealth) enrich our ability to collect social networks and health data. The purpose of this scoping re ...
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Journal articleHeart & lung : the journal of critical care · September 2021
BackgroundEffective patient care transitions require consideration of social and clinical context, yet how these factors and relational processes in care coordination relate remains poorly described. This case report aims to describe provider netw ...
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Journal articleJournal of advanced nursing · July 2021
AimsTo explore how behavioural symptoms of dementia are manifested among veterans in residential long-term care settings, in the context of personal, interpersonal/social and environmental triggers and how the manifestations differ between veteran ...
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Journal articleHealth Science Reports · June 1, 2021
Background: Increasing healthcare costs need to be contained in order to maintain equality of access to care for all EU citizens. A cross-disciplinary consortium of experts was supported by the EU FP7 research programme, to produce a roadmap on cost contai ...
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Journal articleResearch on aging · March 2021
China has experienced a substantial increase in the number of older adults with dementia and milder forms of cognitive impairment. Being spouses of Persons with cognitive impairment (PWCI) and living with them for several decades does not necessarily mean ...
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Journal articleJournal of clinical nursing · April 2020
Aims and objectivesTo explore nursing home residents' perspectives on their relationships with other residents, family members and staff.BackgroundThe cultivation of social relationships is central to promoting well-being in nursing homes ...
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Journal articleInternational journal of environmental research and public health · February 2020
Organisational context is known to impact on the successful implementation of healthcare initiatives in care homes. We undertook a systematic mapping review to examine whether researchers have considered organisational context when planning, conducting, an ...
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Journal articleThe Gerontologist · January 2020
Background and objectivesPain and functional limitations can severely impede older adults' quality of life. In Chinese residential care facilities, limited research suggests that residents potentially have significant unmet care needs with pain an ...
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Journal articleJBI database of systematic reviews and implementation reports · July 8, 2019
OBJECTIVE:This scoping review aims to identify and map the use of technology in measuring and analyzing older adults' social networks in the context of health and social care. INTRODUCTION:Research has shown that social networks impact the health and wellb ...
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Journal articleJournal of the American Medical Directors Association · May 2019
To support person-centered, residential long-term care internationally, a consortium of researchers in medicine, nursing, behavioral, and social sciences from 21 geographically and economically diverse countries have launched the WE-THRIVE consortium to de ...
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Journal articleJournal of nursing management · March 2019
AimsThis study aims to understand the factors that contribute to supervisory nurse performance in long-term care facilities.BackgroundLong-term care facilities have been faced with staffing challenges and increasing resident care needs, r ...
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Journal articleJournal of applied gerontology : the official journal of the Southern Gerontological Society · February 2019
Empowering individuals to direct their own care is central to person-centered care and health care policy. However, there is limited knowledge of how "person-directed care planning" (PDCP) can be achieved in particular settings. This study identifies key s ...
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Journal articleHome health care services quarterly · January 2019
The objective of this study is to explore the predictors and patterns of home health care among older adults in Shanghai, China. A cross-sectional survey was conducted in the Yangpu and Pudong Districts of Shanghai from August to September of 2015. A total ...
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Journal articleGerontology & geriatric medicine · January 2019
To support the development of internationally comparable common data elements (CDEs) that can be used to measure essential aspects of long-term care (LTC) across low-, middle-, and high-income countries, a group of researchers in medicine, nursing, behavio ...
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Journal articleInternational journal of older people nursing · December 2018
AimFederal regulations require nursing homes in the United States to support residents in directing their own care rather than having their care plans developed for them without their engagement, but knowledge of person-directed approaches to care ...
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Journal articleNursing outlook · November 2018
BackgroundLicensed nurse (registered nurse [RN] and licensed practical nurse [LPN]) roles in nursing homes are often viewed as interchangeable. Interchangeability occurs when the differences in RN and LPN education and scopes of practice are not r ...
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Journal articleJournal of gerontological nursing · November 2018
The current study operationalized, assessed, and evaluated the feasibility and preliminary effects of implementing a person-centered approach to incontinence care for older adults with cognitive decline in residential care facilities (RCFs) in Sweden. Twen ...
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Journal articleJ Am Med Dir Assoc · May 2018
OBJECTIVES: Validated process measures that correlate with patient outcomes are needed for research and quality improvement. DESIGN: Cross-sectional analysis within a cluster-randomized fall prevention study. SETTING: Nursing homes in North Carolina (n = 1 ...
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Journal articleGeriatric nursing (New York, N.Y.) · January 2018
As traditional family-based care in China declines, the demand for residential care increases. Knowledge of residents' experiences with long-term care (LTC) facilities is essential to improving quality of care. This pilot study aimed to describe residents' ...
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Journal articleJAMA Intern Med · November 1, 2017
IMPORTANCE: New approaches are needed to enhance implementation of complex interventions for geriatric syndromes such as falls. OBJECTIVE: To test whether a complexity science-based staff training intervention (CONNECT) promoting high-quality staff interac ...
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Journal articleJ Am Geriatr Soc · April 2017
OBJECTIVES: Little is known about how nursing home staff use resident characteristics to individualize care delivery or whether care is affected by implicit bias. DESIGN: Randomized factorial clinical vignette survey. SETTING: Sixteen nursing homes in Nort ...
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Journal articleBMC Geriatr · July 7, 2016
BACKGROUND: Knowledge about long-term change in health related quality of life (HQoL) among older adults after hospitalization for treatment of depression has clinical relevance. The aim was firstly to describe the change of HQoL one year after admission f ...
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Journal articleHealth care management review · July 2016
BackgroundNursing homes are becoming increasingly complex clinical environments because of rising resident acuity and expansion of postacute services within a context of historically poor quality performance. Discrete quality markers have been lin ...
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Journal articleJournal of Nursing Regulation · April 1, 2016
In early 2015, the National Council of State Boards of Nursing convened two panels of experts representing education, research, and practice. The goal was to develop national guidelines based on current research and literature to facilitate and standardize ...
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Journal articleJournal of the American Medical Directors Association · February 2016
In response to the International Association of Gerontology and Geriatrics' global agenda for clinical research and quality of care in long-term care homes (LTCHs), the International Consortium on Professional Nursing Practice in Long Term Care Homes (the ...
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Journal articleArch Gerontol Geriatr · 2016
The aim of this study was to investigate relationships between coping and health related quality of life (HRQoL) in older adults (aged ≥60 years) with and without depression. This cross-sectional study included 144 depressed inpatients from seven psychoger ...
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Journal articleDementia and geriatric cognitive disorders extra · January 2016
We aimed at assessing time shift in the severity of neuropsychiatric symptoms (NPS) in nursing home residents between 2004/2005 and 2010/2011 and associations between NPS and socio-demographic variables, physical health status, dementia severity, and the u ...
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Journal articleHealthcare Switzerland · December 1, 2015
Development of the comprehensive care plan (CCP) is a requirement for nursing homes participating in the federal Medicare and Medicaid programs, referred to as skilled nursing facilities. The plan must be developed within the context of the comprehensive i ...
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Journal articleHolistic nursing practice · November 2015
Research evidence suggests that educating nurses about traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) significantly improves their nursing care practice and the health care outcomes of community residents. The purpose of this study was to describe the current use of T ...
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Journal articleGerontologist · August 2015
PURPOSE OF THE STUDY: To describe key adaptive challenges and leadership behaviors to implement culture change for person-directed care. DESIGN AND METHODS: The study design was a qualitative, observational study of nursing home staff perceptions of the im ...
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Journal articleANS. Advances in nursing science · April 2015
We propose the Adaptive Leadership Framework for Chronic Illness as a novel framework for conceptualizing, studying, and providing care. This framework is an application of the Adaptive Leadership Framework developed by Heifetz and colleagues for business. ...
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Journal articleJournal of Nursing Regulation · April 1, 2015
Hospitalizations of nursing home residents are costly and adversely affect the health of already vulnerable residents, and reducing avoidable hospitalizations has been identified as a priority quality and safety outcome by the U.S. government. However, exi ...
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Journal articleJournal of Nursing Regulation · January 1, 2015
Emerging evidence indicates that harmful nursing home resident outcomes occur because of ineffective collaboration between registered nurses (RNs) and licensed practical nurses (LPNs) during assessment, care planning, delegation, and supervision. This obse ...
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Journal articleInternational Journal of Nursing Sciences · December 1, 2014
The need for institutional long-term care (LTC) services, including nursing homes (NHs), is increasing in Mainland China in part due to the aging population and changing family structures. In developing NH staff training programs, a review is needed to syn ...
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Journal articleNorth Carolina medical journal · September 2014
Successfully transitioning to person-centered care in nursing homes requires a new approach to solving care issues. The adaptive leadership framework suggests that expert providers must support frontline caregivers in their efforts to develop high-quality, ...
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Journal articleJournal of Nursing Regulation · July 1, 2014
Registered nurse (RN) students have difficulty learning delegation and supervision, and new RNs lack confidence in executing these skills. To improve safety, therefore, RN educators require new teaching and learning strategies to help prelicensure students ...
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Journal articleHealthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · July 2014
UnlabelledThe purpose of the manuscript is to describe long-term care (LTC) staff perceptions of a music cueing intervention designed to improve staff integration of pressure ulcer (PrU) prevention guidelines regarding consistent and regular movem ...
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Journal articleBMC Health Serv Res · June 5, 2014
BACKGROUND: To describe relationship patterns and management practices in nursing homes (NHs) that facilitate or pose barriers to better outcomes for residents and staff. METHODS: We conducted comparative, multiple-case studies in selected NHs (N = 4). Dat ...
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Journal articleGerontologist · June 2014
PURPOSE OF THE STUDY: The CONNECT intervention is designed to improve staff connections, communication, and use of multiple perspectives for problem solving. This analysis compared staff descriptions of the learning climate, use of social constructivist le ...
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Journal articleJournal of obstetric, gynecologic, and neonatal nursing : JOGNN · May 2014
ObjectiveTo assess how non-nutritive sucking (NNS) using a pacifier affected physiological and behavioral outcomes of preterm infants.DesignShort-term longitudinal, experimental design.SettingThe study took place at the neonatal ...
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Journal articleJ Am Geriatr Soc · December 2013
OBJECTIVES: To determine whether an intervention that improves nursing home (NH) staff connections, communication, and problem solving (CONNECT) would improve implementation of a falls reduction education program (FALLS). DESIGN: Cluster randomized trial. ...
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Journal articleJournal of Nursing Regulation · October 1, 2013
In nursing homes, the urgency to advance our measurement of nursing practice grows because nursing homes are increasingly regarded as an essential component of the care continuum needed to achieve national care quality goals. Prior qualitative case study r ...
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Journal articleNursing research · September 2013
BackgroundAlthough higher levels of registered nurse (RN) staffing in nursing homes are related to better care quality, licensed practical nurses (LPNs) provide most licensed-nursing care; prior research is mixed regarding how this influences qual ...
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Journal articleJournal of Nursing Regulation · April 1, 2013
Understanding how nurse regulators can ensure optimal registered nurse-licensed practical/vocational nurse (RN-LPN) collaborations for patient safety and care quality is critically important.To aid this understanding, researchers conducted a comparative, m ...
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Journal articleJournal of gerontological nursing · April 2013
Inadequate pain medication management is pervasive in nursing homes (NHs). Licensed practical nurses (LPNs) deliver the majority of licensed nursing care, but LPNs are neither trained nor licensed to provide comprehensive pain assessment and medication man ...
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Journal articleInternational journal of older people nursing · December 2012
The need for personhood-focused long-term care (LTC) is well-documented. A myriad of sociocultural, political, nursing/professional and organisational contexts facilitate or hinder registered nurses (RNs)' capacity to ensure personhood-focused LTC. Complex ...
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Journal articleJournal of Healthcare Leadership · August 2012
In this paper we discuss the concept of leadership as a personal capability, not contingent on one’s position in a hierarchy. This type of leadership allows us to reframe both the care-giving and organizational roles of nurses and other front-line clinical ...
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Journal articleJournal of Applied Gerontology · August 2012
Director of nursing turnover is linked to staff turnover and poor quality of care in nursing homes; however the mechanisms of these relationships are unknown. Using a complexity science framework, we examined how nurse management turnover impacts system ca ...
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Journal articleHealth care management review · July 2012
BackgroundAs the American population ages and the proportion of individuals over the age of 65 expands, the demand for high-quality nursing home care will increase. However, nursing workforce instability threatens care quality and sustainability i ...
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Journal articleJournal of Nursing Regulation · April 1, 2012
A mailed survey of licensed practical nurses (LPNs) employed in nursing homes in Minnesota and North Carolina examined their role and responsibilities as well as barriers to and facilitators for working within their scope of practice. The study focused on ...
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Journal articleJ Am Geriatr Soc · March 2012
OBJECTIVES: To explore the perspectives and priorities of nursing home residents, family members, and frontline nursing staff concerning a broad range of items representing common targets of culture change initiatives. DESIGN: Qualitative study. SETTING: A ...
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Journal articleImplement Sci · February 29, 2012
BACKGROUND: Quality improvement (QI) programs focused on mastery of content by individual staff members are the current standard to improve resident outcomes in nursing homes. However, complexity science suggests that learning is a social process that occu ...
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Journal articleResearch in gerontological nursing · January 2012
Poor understanding of factors influencing integration of new practices into long-term care (LTC) hinders timely implementation of evidence-based practices (EBPs). Using the Diffusion of Innovations (DOI) framework, a new instrument measuring staff percepti ...
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Journal articleFam Community Health · 2012
After hospitalization, more than 1.5 million older adults each year receive postacute care in skilled nursing facilities (SNFs). Transitional care services, designed to prepare older SNF patients (and their family caregivers) for their transitions from an ...
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Journal articleNursing research · January 2012
BackgroundIn the context of declining registered nurse (RN) staffing levels in nursing homes, professional nursing jurisdiction over nursing care systems may erode.ObjectiveThe aim of this study was to develop a typology of professional n ...
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Journal articleJournal of Nursing Regulation · July 2011
With changing staffing structures and persistent quality concerns in nursing homes, registered nurses are challenged to ensure that appropriate care is delivered. We describe differences in the nurse practice acts (NPAs) and related administrative code for ...
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Journal articleJournal of professional nursing : official journal of the American Association of Colleges of Nursing · July 2011
Nursing faculty members are responsible for assuring competence and safety in the preparation of prelicensure students who are preparing to deliver care in diverse settings. The growing complexity of care and the rapid expansion of knowledge have challenge ...
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Journal articleKnowledge Management & E-Learning: An International Journal · March 2011
Abstract: Learning is an active, social process. However, many distance education programs are flat and asynchronous with limited interaction. Virtual environments may be best equipped to foster an active social learning environment that provides optimal d ...
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Journal articleQual Health Res · September 2010
Regulatory oversight is intended to improve the health outcomes of nursing home residents, yet evidence suggests that regulations can inhibit mindful staff behaviors that are associated with effective care. We explored the influence of regulations on mindf ...
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Journal articleJournal of continuing education in nursing · May 2010
The Duke Geriatric Nursing Education Virtual Learning Community (Gero-VLC) is a newly developed online inquiry network that enables geriatric nurse educators to borrow, share, and collaborate to promote in-depth learning and optimal communication among ins ...
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Journal articleOnline Journal of Issues in Nursing · May 2010
This article presents a qualitative, descriptive study of how registered nurses (RNs) (N=33) in leadership roles in institutional, long-term care settings delegate care. Findings from this study include both the strategies and processes these nurses used f ...
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Journal articleAlzheimer S Care Today · April 1, 2010
Approximately 80% of long-term care (LTC) residents suffer from chronic pain, and residents with dementia are at highest risk for inadequate pain control. Delayed implementation of evidence-based care practices is a key contributor to these poor outcomes. ...
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Journal articleAlzheimer S Care Today · April 1, 2010
Efforts to improve dementia care through training occur in an organizational context that may enhance or inhibit improvement. This article used linear mixed models to examine the relationship of contextual and organizational factors to baseline knowledge, ...
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Journal articleAlzheimer S Care Today · April 1, 2010
This article reports on the results of a nested cohort group-randomized trial of 6 training sessions of Foundations of Dementia Care, a national training curriculum for nursing home and residential care/assisted living staff. Staff from 9 nursing homes and ...
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Journal articleOnline Journal of Issues in Nursing · 2010
This article presents a qualitative, descriptive study of how registered nurses (RNs) (N=33) in leadership roles in institutional, long-term care settings delegate care. Findings from this study include both the strategies and processes these nurses used f ...
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Journal articleJ Aging Stud · August 2009
Each year thousands of older adults are admitted to nursing homes. Following admission, nursing home staff and family members must interact and communicate with each other. This study examined relationship and communication patterns between nursing home st ...
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Journal articleJ 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 ...
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Journal articleJournal 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 ...
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Journal articleJournal for nurses in staff development : JNSD : official journal of the National Nursing Staff Development Organization · January 2009
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 ...
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Journal articleJ Am Geriatr Soc · September 2007
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OBJECTIVES: To identify barriers to and facilitators of the diffusion of clinical practice guidelines (CPGs) and clinical protocols in nursing homes (NHs). DESIGN: Qualitative analysis. SETTING: Four randomly selected community nursing homes. PARTICIPANTS: ...
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Journal articleWest J Nurs Res · December 2006
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Dissemination of research findings to practice and maintenance of rigor and validity in qualitative research are continuing challenges for nurse researchers. Using three nursing home case studies as examples, this article describes how exit interview-consu ...
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Journal articleWest J Nurs Res · April 2006
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This study describes how Minimum Data Set (MDS) coordinators' relationship patterns influence nursing home care processes. MDS coordinators interact with nursing home staff to coordinate resident assessment and care planning, but little is known about how ...
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Journal articleQual Health Res · February 2006
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Complexity science teaches that relationships among health care providers are key to our understanding of how quality care emerges. The authors sought to compare the effects of differing patterns of medicine-nursing communication on the quality of informat ...
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Journal articleHealth Care Manage Rev · 2006
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We describe how connections among nursing home staff impact the care planning process using a complexity science framework. We completed six-month case studies of four nursing homes. Field observations (n = 274), shadowing encounters (n = 69), and in-depth ...
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Journal articleQual Health Res · October 2005
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In a nursing home case study using observation and interview data, the authors described two mental models that guided certified nurse assistants (CNAs) in resident care. The Golden Rule guided CNAs to respond to residents as they would want someone to do ...
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Journal articleDirector · 2005
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The Golden Rule guides people to choose for others what they would choose for themselves. The Golden Rule is often described as 'putting yourself in someone else's shoes', or 'Do unto others as you would have them do unto you'(Baumrin 2004). The viewpoint ...
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Journal articleThe Gerontologist · June 2004
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PurposeTurnover in nursing homes is a widespread problem adversely affecting care quality. Using complexity theory, we tested the effect of administrative climate, communication patterns, and the interaction between the two on turnover, controllin ...
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Journal articleAlzheimer’s Care Quarterly · 2004
Our current understanding of how nursing assistants (NAs) provide unlicensed nursing care to the cognitively impaired suggests NAs make choices about how to provide care in ways that may be classified as either rational or intuitive. ...
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Journal articleHealth services research · October 2003
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ObjectiveTo examine how case managers in a state-funded home care program allocate home care services in response to information about a client's Medicare home health care status, with particular attention to the influence of work environment. ...
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Journal articleThe Gerontologist · December 2002
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PurposeThis study measures the differential effects of home care client characteristics typically included in standardized needs assessment protocols, and client characteristics such as attitude or demeanor that arise from the case manager-client ...
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Journal articleHome health care services quarterly · January 2000
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This study examines the decision-making strategies employed by case managers in a state-funded home care program for the elderly. Specifically, this study applies Lipsky's (1980) theory of street-level bureaucracy to gerontological research on case managem ...
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Journal articleMaryland medical journal (Baltimore, Md. : 1985) · January 1996
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Influenza is an important cause of morbidity and mortality in the elderly. We questioned attendees at a Baltimore County senior center that offered influenza vaccination about the factors that influenced their decision to receive vaccination. Of the 43 res ...
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Journal articleThe Journal of neuropsychiatry and clinical neurosciences · January 1996
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The efficacy of tacrine for treatment of Alzheimer's has been demonstrated in several clinical trials but has not been assessed in cases complicated by medical and psychiatric comorbidities. Additionally, the benefit-risk ratio of tacrine is small, so it i ...
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Journal articleThe Journal of neuropsychiatry and clinical neurosciences · January 1995
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A chart review of 134 patients with Alzheimer's disease (AD) showed a 2.2% prevalence of mania, lower than previously cited. Of 3 patients with mania, 2 had a history of mania before the onset of AD. Prevalence rates and the role of Alzheimer's disease in ...
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