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Full-Text Articles in Geriatric Nursing
N653 Fall Prevention Final Project, Sam Clark
N653 Fall Prevention Final Project, Sam Clark
Master's Projects and Capstones
N653 Fall Prevention Final Project
by Samuel K. Clark, RN
This project was done with patient safety in mind through the use of the most current EBP available.
Student Perspectives Of Service Learning With Older Adults, Karen Brown, Carol Bashford
Student Perspectives Of Service Learning With Older Adults, Karen Brown, Carol Bashford
Karen Brown
The presenters will describe the findings of a mixed-methods research study designed to explore students’ perspectives of skills and knowledge gained through engaging with older adults with physical and/or cognitive limitations living in a continuing care retirement community (CCRC). Participants in the study included students enrolled as juniors and seniors in a baccalaureate nursing program. Community partnerships with several CCRCs provided the opportunities for students to interact with elders. During the service-learning course, students developed and implemented evidence-based health promotion activities directed towards enhancing the elders’ cognitive, physical, and psychosocial functioning. Additionally, students were paired, one-to-one, with an elder-partner in …