TY - JOUR
T1 - Geropsychiatric nursing practice in the United States
T2 - Present trends and future directions
AU - Kaas, Merrie J.
AU - Beattie, Elizabeth
PY - 2006/6
Y1 - 2006/6
N2 - Demographic trends, diversification of geriatric health care service settings, and advances in education and science call for redefining the context and mission of geropsychiatric nursing (GPN) practice. The challenges of providing preventive, restorative, and palliative care for older adults who move across health care and residential settings demand that geropsychiatric nurses be theoretically well grounded, family centered, expert in multiple assessment skills, and clinically adept across the full biopsychosocial spectrum. This article provides "snapshots" of the educational and career paths that led four nurses into GPN practice. Noting that the extant literature is more descriptive of practice models than suggestive of efficacy, the article offers a series of recommendations that emphasize the need for evaluations of GPN practice.
AB - Demographic trends, diversification of geriatric health care service settings, and advances in education and science call for redefining the context and mission of geropsychiatric nursing (GPN) practice. The challenges of providing preventive, restorative, and palliative care for older adults who move across health care and residential settings demand that geropsychiatric nurses be theoretically well grounded, family centered, expert in multiple assessment skills, and clinically adept across the full biopsychosocial spectrum. This article provides "snapshots" of the educational and career paths that led four nurses into GPN practice. Noting that the extant literature is more descriptive of practice models than suggestive of efficacy, the article offers a series of recommendations that emphasize the need for evaluations of GPN practice.
KW - Assisted living facilities
KW - Homeless shelters
KW - Hospitals
KW - Jails
KW - Nursing homes
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U2 - 10.1177/1078390306292161
DO - 10.1177/1078390306292161
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:33748111131
SN - 1078-3903
VL - 12
SP - 142
EP - 155
JO - Journal of the American Psychiatric Nurses Association
JF - Journal of the American Psychiatric Nurses Association
IS - 3
ER -