ArticleThe Gerontologist2013
Care of the older adult in the emergency department: nurses views of the pressing issues.
Article in The Gerontologist, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT03832257 (AHRQ Health Services Research Projects), which is not on this map. Cited by 26 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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AHRQ Health Services Research Projects: Making Health Care Safer in Ambulatory Care Settings and Long Term Care Facilities
Who cites it
26 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
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- Exploring adaptive expertise in residency: the (missed) opportunity of uncertainty.Advances in health sciences education : theory and practice · 2024Article
- Unlocking the WHO's Age-Friendly Healthcare Principles: Portugal's Quest and Recommendations.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Article
- Implementation of the World Health Organization Age-Friendly Principles: A Case Study from Portugal.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Article
- Initial Development of a Patient-Reported Experience Measure for Older Adults Attending the Emergency Department: Part II-Focus Groups with Professional Caregivers.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Clinical decision-making and adaptive expertise in residency: a think-aloud study.BMC medical education · 2023Article
- Emergency calls concerning older patients: Are the appropriate questions asked?Geriatrics & gerontology international · 2023Observational
- Factors to improve quality for older patients in the emergency department: a qualitative study of patient trajectory.BMC health services research · 2021Article
- Towards the development of a national patient transfer document between residential and acute care-A pilot study.International journal of older people nursing · 2021Article
- Registered nurses' reflections on their educational preparation to work with older people.International journal of older people nursing · 2021Article
- Age-Friendly Health Care: A Systematic Review.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021Review
- The Effects of Social Networks of the Older Adults with Limited Instrumental Activities of Daily Living on Unmet Medical Needs.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2020Article
- Physician Perceptions of Disposition Decision-making for Older Adults in the Emergency Department: A Preliminary Analysis.Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society ... Annual Meeting. Human Factors and Ergonomics Society. Annual meeting · 2020Article
- Conceptualizations of clinical decision-making: a scoping review in geriatric emergency medicine.BMC emergency medicine · 2020Article
- Effects of a geriatric education program for emergency physicians: a mixed-methods study.Health education research · 2020Article
- Hospitalized elder abuse in Iran: a qualitative study.BMC geriatrics · 2019Article
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Abstract
purposeThe purpose of the study was to describe nurses' views of the issues to be addressed to improve care of the older adult in the emergency department (ED). DESIGN AND
methodsAn exploratory content analysis examined the qualitative responses of 527 registered nurses from 49 U.S. hospitals who completed the Geriatric Institutional Profile.
results5 central themes emerged from the analysis, representing a lack of older person hospital environment fit in the ED: (a) respect for the older adult and carers, (b) correct and best procedures and treatment, (c) time and staff to do things right, (d) transitions, and (e) a safe and enabling environment. The nurses offered solutions to address lack of fit, including modifications to the social climate, policies and procedures, care systems and processes, and physical design. IMPLICATIONS: The nurses' descriptions of the pressing issues surrounding care of older adults in the ED provide useful information to consider when developing a senior-friendly ED. Results also illuminate solutions that can be taken to address issues. These solutions give direction for future intervention research.
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