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    This document discusses the history and development of gerontological nursing. It outlines several landmarks in the field over the past few decades, including the American Journal of Nursing publishing its first article on geriatrics in the early 1900s and the establishment of the first PhD program in gerontological nursing at Case Western Reserve University in the late 1980s. It also defines key terms related to aging populations like gerontology, geriatrics, and categories the elderly into "young old," "middle old," and "old old." The document emphasizes the roles of gerontological nurses in caring for, educating, and advocating for elderly patients. It concludes by noting the origins of gerontological nursing from Florence Nightingale and D

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    This document discusses the history and development of gerontological nursing. It outlines several landmarks in the field over the past few decades, including the American Journal of Nursing publishing its first article on geriatrics in the early 1900s and the establishment of the first PhD program in gerontological nursing at Case Western Reserve University in the late 1980s. It also defines key terms related to aging populations like gerontology, geriatrics, and categories the elderly into "young old," "middle old," and "old old." The document emphasizes the roles of gerontological nurses in caring for, educating, and advocating for elderly patients. It concludes by noting the origins of gerontological nursing from Florence Nightingale and D

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    Gerontological Nursing

    NURS 4373 Nursing of the Aged


    Ms McMullin

    Prairie View A&M University


    College of Nursing
    by
    Njideka Anadu

    9/6/16

    There are several landmarks that Gerontological Nursing has developed over the past few
    decades, they are as followed:
    In the early 1900s the American Journal of Nursing (AJN) published its first article on geriatrics
    (elderly). In the mid 1900s the first geriatric nursing book was published and geriatrics became a
    specialization in nursing. In 1966 the American Nurses Association (ANA) forms a geriatric
    nursing division. 1n 1970, ANA created the standards of Practice for geriatric nursing. In 1977,
    Kellogg Foundation funded the first Geriatric Nurse Practitioner certificate program. In the
    1980s Robert Wood Johnson Foundation funded programs and wrote grants for the betterment
    of the elderly population. In the late 1980s the first PhD program in gerontological nursing was
    established at Case Western Reserve University. In the 2000s the John A. Hartford Foundation
    Institute for Geriatric Nursing collaborated with other nursing associations and academies to
    sponsor more programs and grants for the geriatric population to thrive.
    Over the years, several new definitions have been developed in the scope of practice
    focused on the elderly; they are as followed: Gerontology: the study of aging and/or the aged; a
    broad term. To help distinguish or categorize how old an elderly patient is, there are three
    definitions to break down the age group. There is young old for ages 65-74, middle old for
    ages 75-84, and old old for ages 85 and up. Geriatrics is generic term related to the aged, but
    specifically refers to the medical care of the aged (Mauk, 2010)
    Gerontological nursing is within the field of nursing and the scope of nursing practice. It
    involves caring, educating, and advocating for the elderly population no matter what age group
    they fall under.

    There are several roles and core competencies of the gerontological nurses which include
    being the provider, teacher, manager, advocate, researcher, counselor, coordinator of services and
    collaborator and much more. Each role is important and unique but it is possible for one nurse to
    simultaneously fill all of these roles at one time. Nurses have to be good at multi-tasking to be
    able to properly and efficiently take care of the target population, in this case, the elderly. Being
    positive members of the profession of nurses and caring for your patient is my philosophy of
    nursing in this field.
    Historically there has been limited exposure and knowledge about evidenced based
    practice for student nurses to grasp as it relates to the elderly population (teach new nurses
    especially in the gerontological scope of practice (Clark, et. al., 2015). There needs to be more
    classes in the nursing school curriculum geared towards the elderly population to change
    common misconceptions that people have about the elderly population. An evidence based
    intervention called Musical Memories which uses a picture book to serve as a bridge for families
    to cope with family members who are suffering from Alzheimers disease/Dementia. Its also
    geared towards nurses who work with this population. Using music is a way to reduce anxiety,
    promote communication, and have positive feelings and memories to prevent agitation (Gerdner,
    et.al. 2013).
    In conclusion, the development of Gerontological nursing stems from two women in
    England; Florence Nightingale and Doreen Norton. Ms. Norton identified the advantages of
    learning geriatric care early in our nursing education as the following: 1. Learning how to be
    patient, tolerant, and understanding; 2. Being exposed to terminal stages of disease; 3. Preparing
    for the future; 4. Recognizing the need and importance of rehabilitation; 5 being available to do

    some geriatric nursing research. I think nurses should use these five items as their bases for being
    excellent nurses.

    References
    Clark, K. C., Guerin, S. T., Skemp, L. E., Epps, F., & Specht, J. (2015). Implementing
    gerontological nursing evidence-based practice guidelines in a BSN curriculum. Journal of
    Gerontological Nursing, 41(7), 21-28.
    doi:http://dx.doi.org.ezproxyhost.library.tmc.edu/10.3928/00989134-20150429-81
    Gerdner, Linda A, PhD,R.N., F.A.A.N., & Buckwalter, Kathleen C, PhD,R.N., F.A.A.N. (2013).
    Translating evidence-based gerontological nursing into a children's picture book. Journal of
    Gerontological Nursing, 39(1), 32-41.
    doi:http://dx.doi.org.ezproxyhost.library.tmc.edu/10.3928/00989134-20121204-01
    Mauk, Kristen, L. (2010) Gerontological Nursing, Competencies for care. 2nd ed. pp. 5-15. Jones
    & Bartlett Publishers Sudbury, MA

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