Specialty nurses constitute an important component of the nurse workforce in ambulatory
settings, hospitals, home care, and long-term care. The direct care and administrative …

Geriatric preparation of specialty nurses is critical because their direct care and
administrative responsibilities profoundly impact the care of countless older patients in all …

According to the American Nurses Association (ANA), the scope of practice statement and
standards of practice for the nursing profession describe “what nursing is, what nurses do …

Nursing traditionally has seen care of elders as a specialty set apart from disease-based
subspecialties such as oncology, rheumatology, critical care, or perioperative care. Yet …

OVERVIEW: Nurse Competence in Aging is a five-year initiative created in 2002 through an
alliance of the American Nurses Association, the American Nurses Foundation, the …

Nurse practitioners (NPs) are RNs who've received additional training, especially in
diagnosis and treatment. Current educational standards for NPs require graduation from a …

AVirginia nurse hopes to improve understanding between RNs working in long-term care
facilities and those working in EDs. A nursing organization wants to ensure its members are …

In a hospital, the common approach to confusion is to treat the behavior rather than the
causes. Staff may use physical or chemical restraints that may then impede an elderly …

Background Older adults occupy one third of acute care hospital beds, and the regular
duties of many nurses include caring for older patients. A working knowledge of geriatric …

With older adults now and in the future as the “core business” of health care, we argue that
every nurse must have basic preparation in geriatrics and also access to geriatric nurse …