Families, educators, and students are often looking for good Internet resources on the general topic of Alzheimer’s disease. Identified here are best Web sites on the science of Alzheimer’s: what it is and how it progresses. Each site is slightly different. Aimed at promoting an environment of trust for persons with Alzheimer’s and those who [...]

PATIENTS AND TREATMENTS
Treatment with antibiotics was withheld in 23% (ABwithheld) of the 706 patients in the Pneumonia Study. A few patients (8%) were treated with antibiotics according to their physicians for palliative reasons (ABpalliative), whereas all others (69%) were treated with antibiotics for curative reasons (AB-curative).
Table 3 describes the characteristics of the treatments used in [...]

Nursing home residents frequently develop lower respiratory tract infections, mostly pneumonia and bronchitis,1-5 with estimated 30-day mortality from pneumonia or lower respiratory tract infection varying between 10% and 30%.3,6-9 Because meaningful cultures from specimens are rarely obtained in practice,10,11 antibiotic treatment is usually empiric.10-12 Despite guidelines from authoritative groups,13-15 however, little evidence supports any specifi [...]

Dental hygienists have been providing services in Washington since 1923 when the requirements for licensure took effect. Hygienists are covered by the Uniform Disciplinary Act, chapter 18.130 RCW.
In 1994, the Legislature requested the department complete a sunrise review of the dental hygiene profession. The department was to determine if dental hygienists should be allowed to [...]

There is a critical shortage of geriatrics-prepared health care professionals. There are currently about 750 geriatric nurse specialists in the United States compared with a projected need for 25,000 geriatric nurse specialists in the year 2020. Geriatrics needs to join pediatrics as a required element of training for the next generation of health care professionals. [...]

Definition/Purpose:
Provide direct patient care to patients of the Wassaja Memorial Health Center.
Essential Functions:
Essential functions may include the following tasks, knowledge, skills, and other characteristics.
This list is ILLUSTRATIVE ONLY, and is not a comprehensive listing of all functions and tasks performed by positions in this class.
Tasks:
Assesses patients requesting medical service; determines nature of illness/need; provides information [...]

TARGET AUDIENCE
This conference is designed for Clinical Nurse Specialists (CNSs) practicing in medical centers, clinics, the community and in private practice; faculty and students of CNS programs.
PURPOSE
The purpose of this conference is to celebrate the unique contributions made by Clinical Nurse Specialists (CNSs) and provide the CNS with tools to continue to build his or [...]

Clinical:
• Ebersole & Hess. Gerontological Nursing and Healthy Aging.
• Lueckenotte AG. Gerontological Nursing. 2000
• Resnick B. Restorative Care Nursing for Older Adults: A guide for all care settings. 2004
• Eliopolous C. Gerontological Nursing, 6th ed. 2005
• Lubkin IM. Chronic Illness: Impact and Interventions. 2002.
• Mezey MD, Fulmer I, Abraham I. (eds). Geriatric Nursing Protocols for Best Practice.2nd ed.NY: Springer. 2003. (3rd [...]

Nurse practitioners (NPs) are RNs who’ve received additional training, especially in diagnosis and treatment. Current educational standards for NPs require graduation from a master’s degree program. Functioning as primary care providers, NPs have expanded into areas vacated by physicians in their quest for higher paying specialties. An excellent example of one such area is nursing [...]

At the UCSD Medical Center we want to recognize as many of our wonderful nurses as possible. As we move forward on our Journey to Nursing Excellence, we want to hear your story about how you are accomplishing excellence in your practice. Please take the time to complete the one page application and share with [...]

The New York State Department of Health is revising the current nursing home nurse aide training program content curriculum. The current training program content for nursing home nurse aides was developed in 1987 with minor modifications during 1990. The content is being revised to ensure that the curriculum reflects current professional practice. The new curriculum [...]

The Master of Science degree in Family Practice prepares nurses for an advanced practice role with families across the developmental stages of the life span This includes the childbearing and child rearing years, the mid life family and the older adult years.
This program prepares the advanced practice nurse to focus on the management of health [...]