RESUMO
Assessment of self-care abilities by staff nurses is critical to planning post-hospitalization care. Assessment instruments must be comprehensive and yet usable by busy nurses. Orem's three categories of self-care deficits (universal, developmental, and therapeutic) provided a basis for the development of a Self-Management Inventory.
Assuntos
Avaliação Geriátrica , Avaliação em Enfermagem/métodos , Autocuidado/normas , Idoso , Humanos , Modelos de Enfermagem , Avaliação em Enfermagem/normas , Pesquisa em Avaliação de Enfermagem , Projetos PilotoRESUMO
Although aging of the population is evident and increased use of health services by the elderly is well-documented, the knowledge base of acute-care nurses in gerontologic nursing may be insufficient. Nursing staff development educators are in a strategic position to respond to this deficit. The approach used by an 800-bed Veterans Administration Hospital to determine the gerontologic learning needs of its nursing staff and a plan to meet these needs is reported. Recommendations for other organizations that plan to provide staff development in gerontologic nursing are offered.
Assuntos
Educação Continuada em Enfermagem/normas , Enfermagem Geriátrica/educação , Recursos Humanos de Enfermagem Hospitalar/educação , Hospitais de Veteranos , Humanos , Recursos Humanos de Enfermagem Hospitalar/normas , Inquéritos e QuestionáriosRESUMO
Communication among and between health team members is in a state of confusion. This confusion could be eliminated by an interdisciplinary approach to care that includes communication via an automated nursing information system. The nursing data base model of Romano et al was analyzed to determine if it could serve as the basis for an effective information system for interdisciplinary practice/communication. This data base model has some empirical support, but it reflects a multidisciplinary approach to care, rather than the preferred interdisciplinary approach.
