Browsing by Subjects (CINAHL) "Nursing Homes"
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Chronicling resident and staff outcomes throughout the implementation of a professional nursing practice model in one Midwest continuing care retirement community: A longitudinal analysis
This research used a case study approach to chronicle the process of seeking the American Nurse Credentialing Center's Pathway to Excellence in Long-Term Care designation in one Midwest community. The PTE-LTC practice ... -
Creating shared meaning between nurses and physicians in the nursing home
(2017-01-27)The aims of this pilot study were as follows: (a) to examine the design and utility of an intervention based on the Sensemaking model, and (b) to examine communication between nurses and physicians caring for residents ... -
Evaluation of reliability and validity of a community needs assessment instrument for nursing homes in the Taiwan area
Several studies have been done that identify an insufficient number of nursing homes as a major problem in the Taiwan area. However, no previous studies have investigated exactly what kind of service is needed and would ... -
Fall prevention in older adults who reside in nursing homes
(2016-10-21)Falls among older adults who reside in the nursing home setting are a major problem in the United States (Center for Disease Control and Prevention [CDC], 2015). The site of this project was a nursing home located ... -
Indices of attachment in elderly women who are not mentally compromised residing in nursing homes
The purpose of this study was to take the concept of attachment as it has been developed in the literature of early childhood, extend it to the world of the elderly, and to describe the feelings and behaviors of attachment ... -
Measuring nursing home staff turnover using date-of-hire from current payroll records
Turnover in nursing homes is a major problem that threatens quality of care. Widespread staffing shortages already exist, and these shortages are projected to worsen. The lake of accurate data sources makes the study of ... -
A need for nurses
Nurse residency programs were designed with the intent of assisting nurses with the transition into a new area of practice. These programs are common in acute care settings; however, implementation has been slow to move ... -
Outcomes of Minnesota nursing home residents and their relationship to facility structural and process-related attributes
The purpose of this research was to observe outcomes of Minnesota nursing home residents admitted from 1988 through 1990 and identify the relationship these outcomes had to selected facility structural and process-related ... -
Purposeful rounding for fall prevention in the nursing home setting
Falls among nursing home residents is a frequent and recurring issue. Falls are major cause of injuries, hospitalizations, and death among nursing home population, as well as increased healthcare cost. The purpose of this ... -
Testing the effect of a resident-focused hand hygiene intervention in a long-term care facility: A mixed methods feasibility study
In the United States of America (U.S.) approximately 3 million people in all healthcare settings develop healthcare-associated infections annually (Centers for Disease Control [CDC], 2016; Office of Disease Prevention and ... -
The utilization of an alarm elimination fall prevention program
(2017-02-23)A typical nursing home with 100 beds reports 100-200 falls each year (CDC, 2015). It is common to see the utilization of personal alarms in nursing homes to prevent falls, although there is no evidence to support the idea ...