454 Search Results for Gerontology Nursing
Professional Development Plan
Developing a professional development plan is very crucial to my professional goals. My professional development plan presents my attitudes, skills and behaviors towards achieving my professional career. The objective o Continue Reading...
Leininger's Transcultural Theory and the Health Belief Model: A Synthetic Approach to the Problem of Geriatric Care
Geriatric care is a challenge in most ERs today because this is where geriatrics expect to receive regular treatment. Making this cha Continue Reading...
Introduction
There is a rapid increase in the number of people who are living into older age. This essay will discuss the incidence of fall that is attributed to a lack of physical activity by people who are 65 years and above. With the number of eld Continue Reading...
Role Paper: Primary MedicineAbstractIntroduction. Primary medicine is a fulfilling and exciting area for a nurse to work in. the role provides a nurse with the opportunity to develop a long-term nurse-patient relationship, thus, helping people manage Continue Reading...
honored to meet a delegation of nurses from ten different countries, because I feel we have a lot to learn from each other in terms of different philosophies of nursing. At the same time, we are all shifting more to evidence-based practice, which tr Continue Reading...
Stevens Star Model and New Tech to Improve Patient OutcomesThe Stevens Star Model of Knowledge Transformation is a framework that guides the transformation of knowledge from research into practice. This model consists of five points: discovery, summa Continue Reading...
AbstractSleep remains one of the most crucial parts of an individuals health and wellbeing. However, sleep disorders have become major health problems affecting many people across different ages in the United States. This project discusses the reduct Continue Reading...
Gouveia, Gouveia, Hale et al. (2017)
"Correlates of health-related quality of life in young-old and old -- old community-dwelling older adults"
Although the authors framed the research problem of interest in terms of the purpose of the study, the Continue Reading...
In addition, those who are emotionally troubled and who are overweight -- often a contributing factor to emotional difficulties -- do not receive extra counseling time." Seale, Seale & Zhang (2008, p.425) This is a serious concern and one that m Continue Reading...
dementia disorder and how healthcare professionals embrace theories, research and practical strategies, in order to help dementia sufferers cope with their difficulties.
Behavioral and Psychological symptoms in primary care
Doctors, nurses, other Continue Reading...
Another study surrounding the use of restraints in non-psychiatric patients (Strumpf and Evans, 1998) reported that the nurses had difficulty reconciling the administration of restraints with concerns regarding patient dignity and autonomy. So it ap Continue Reading...
Job Opportunities for Health Care Managers in 2020
The health care industry is in the United States is on the poise of burgeoning more than it ever has before. There are several factors that directly contribute to this situation that span diverse ar Continue Reading...
(Whitaker, 2007)
Dermura, S. (n.d.). The Interrelationship among Achievement Patterns of Activities of Daily Living. Journal of Psychological Anthropology, 167 -- 175.
The article the Interrelationship among Achievement Patterns of Activities of D Continue Reading...
Prescription, Nonprescription and Herbal Medicines
Prescription, Non-prescription and Herbal Medications: Exploring Interactions in the Geriatric Population
Geriatric medicine, generally referred to as just "geriatrics" is a branch of internal medi Continue Reading...
What is worth noting here is the fact that behavior disturbances, ranging in severity from repeated questioning to physical violence, are common (National Institute of Mental Health, 1989).
It is unclear whether Alzheimer's disease represents a sin Continue Reading...
Not only that, the results of eating badly is harmful. Holland and Barrett magazine reports: "If your diet isn't as balanced as you'd hope for, there's a chance you could be missing out on L. Trytophan - an important amino acid that plays a vital ro Continue Reading...
" (Stone, 2006) Treatment is stated by Stone (2006) to be "diagnosis dependent and may be medical or surgical." Practical modifications include simple steps such as crushing of pills or opening of capsules to ease and facilitate swallowing.
The work Continue Reading...
While it is true that in many countries like Canada there has been a reduction in vulnerabilities such as poverty among the elderly, it is equally true that;
some 3.3 million seniors still live below the poverty line Good housing and proper medical Continue Reading...
The central nervous system is impaired generally producing retardation as well as accelerating the accretion of neurotic plaques and neurofibrillary tangles characteristic of Alzheimer's disease. Chromosome 21 mutations have been implicated in Alzhe Continue Reading...
The authors of this research studied 690 individuals between the ages 65 and 89 over a five-year period. They called the survey the "Advanced Cognitive Training for Independent and Vital Elderly" study (ACTIVE) -- and the results indicate that "cog Continue Reading...
Evidence-Based Practice using PICO
The question posed for this search activity will be, "Does early referral of terminally ill patients into a hospice program results in better patient outcomes, in particular, with regard to pain management?" The pa Continue Reading...
Restraining the Elderly
Project Management
The Project Management path for this research proposal will follow the path of quantitative research in a 'quasi-experimental' environment. Adhering as closely as possible to quantitative experiments desig Continue Reading...
Government Regulations and Hospice
Government Regulations Affecting Health Care in Hospice
Hospice
Regulations Affecting Health Care in Hospice
Impact of rules on Hospice services
Annotated Bibliography
This paper focuses on how government regu Continue Reading...
Prevention of Pressure Ulcers
Evidence-Based Practice for Intervention
Project Question: Can quarter hour turning and positioning minimize pressure ulcers within the elderly population who are bed bound residing in hospitals or nursing homes?
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Caregivers of Alzheimer's Patients
Community Health Promotion Project Design
As we have discovered in the first part of the study, Alzheimer's is a major health issue for the population of seniors 65 years and older. Alzheimers costs taxpayers and Continue Reading...
Hospital Falls
Fall Prevention
Falls are the leading cause of hospital related injuries in the United States. There are many surprising factors that affect patients in regards to hospital falls; they involve patients of all ages and over a range of Continue Reading...
music therapy reduce the level of sundowning agitation of the elderly dementia in-Patients in comparison to standard care only or to no music therapy?
Sundowning is a phenomenon that occurs within elderly people showing middle stages of dementia. M Continue Reading...
(Transforming Care for People with Dementia across the Continuum)
Dementia can be cured with a mixture of psychotherapy, environmental modifications, and medicines. Drug treatment can be problematic by forgetfulness, mainly if the advised drug is t Continue Reading...
Healthcare Administration
It has been in the last 3 decades that a rapid increase has been seen in the providence of geriatric healthcare. The main reason for this increase is the increase in demand and need of these services for the elderly people. Continue Reading...
In respects, it could also reduce lawsuit expense when patients want to sue because of the wrong medication is given or harm is done in the process of medication administration.
"We often resist the new way of doing things..." (Thede, 2009, Sept). Continue Reading...
articles seem to be saying same thing or do they contradict each other? Is the tone similar in each article, meaning can you tell what the researchers feel about the subject? Do they support the same idea, did they hypothesize similar ideas?
The fo Continue Reading...
Healthcare Associate Infections
Hospitals are often associated with providing care and treatment in the face of an illness. However, what is not often discussed is that many patients who are admitted to hospitals contract infections from the hospita Continue Reading...
According to a recent study, the elderly are hospitalized more often due to alcohol-related problems than for heart attacks (Doup). Another study found some 70% of elderly adults' hospitalizations are related to alcohol, medication, or a mixture of Continue Reading...
Medicare and Medicaid are government-sponsored programs whose objective is to provide patients with health assistance upon meeting specific criteria. Medicare is the federal program that provides insurance for elderly patients aged 65 and over, and a Continue Reading...
Falls
THE ISSUE OF ACCIDENTAL FALLS
At some point, anyone who had learned how to walk has had the experience of falling down -- it is a universal experience for infants as they gain ambulatory ability. In hospitals, however, the accidental fall is Continue Reading...
Reduced costs for medical education would be the second to last alternative that would be likely to be effective. First, reducing the costs of medical eduction, through tax incentives and tuition caps, may make the medical field more attractive to Continue Reading...