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T Fulmer

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Gerontological nursing content in baccalaureate nursing programs: findings from a national survey.

Given the prevalence of elderly people in the health care system, it behooves the nursing community to assure that every nurse graduating from a baccalaureate nursing program has a defined level of competency in care of the elderly. To accomplish this, it is necessary to establish a baseline of the current status of geriatric content in the baccalaureate curriculum. This article provides such baseline data using the findings of a national study of geriatrics in baccalaureate nursing programs. The study, conducted in 1997, was distributed to the universe of baccalaureate nursing programs (n = 598). The findings are based on a respondent pool of 480 programs (80.3 per cent response rate). The survey covered a range of educational topics, including curriculum, content, faculty preparation, and how programs define their needs for further curriculum and faculty development. The data analysis included the identification of baccalaureate nursing programs with exemplary offerings in geriatric care. Finally, in the discussion section, recommendations are advanced for the full integration of geriatric content into baccalaureate nursing programs.

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Shaping the quality of health care for the elderly: are nursing students prepared?

Today, with few exceptions, a nurse's typical patient is an older adult. People 65 and over represent 12.8 percent of the American population. Older adults account for over 60 percent of ambulatory adult primary care visits, 80 percent of home care visits, 48 percent of in-hospital patients, and 85 percent of residents in nursing homes.

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