The geriatric incontinence syndrome: Characterizing geriatric incontinence in older women.

Objectives: Among older women, the clinical presentation of urinary incontinence (UI) is heterogeneous; presenting as a pelvic floor condition or geriatric syndrome. We aimed to characterize the geriatric incontinence syndrome (GIS) to establish its foundation in clinical practice.

Design: Prospective study.

Organizational and leadership perceptions assessment: opportunities and challenges using the Baldrige companion surveys.

Combining the use of employee perception surveys with sound analytical techniques and models is critical to capturing high quality data from which effective decisions can be made in complex healthcare settings. This study used the Baldrige Award companion surveys with an analysis of variance (ANOVA) framework to identify discordant perceptions of hospital staff and leadership in the areas of customer focus, knowledge management, and results that were significant at the 0.05 and 0.

Scales for assessing self-efficacy of nurses and assistants for preventing falls.

Aim: This paper is a report of the development and testing of the Self-Efficacy for Preventing Falls Nurse and Assistant scales.

Background: Patient falls and fall-related injuries are traumatic ordeals for patients, family members and providers, and carry a toll for hospitals. Self-efficacy is an important factor in determining actions persons take and levels of performance they achieve.