Benzodiazepine and Z drug cessation in elderly patients: A qualitative study on the perception of healthcare providers and the place of advanced practice nurses.

Sedative-use disorder can occur in elderly individuals, but remains a taboo subject. France is the second top-consuming country of benzodiazepines (BZDs) and Z drugs in Europe, with 38% of women >80 years old using these drugs. Despite the recommendations of the French National Authority for Health (HAS) to general practitioners, deprescription remains rare.

[Nursing education, the time of maturity].

The change of the nursing training reference frame took around 10 years to be fully adopted by educational teams and their partners. Some pitfalls, coupled with progress in the nursing discipline, show that a development is now necessary. Advanced practice, university integration, experimentations: the scope of possibilities is vast.

[The contribution of advanced practice nurses in the care of the frail and agitated elderly in emergencies: State of the art and qualitative study]/The contribution of advanced practice nurses in the care of the frail and agitated elderly in emergencies: State of the art and qualitative study.].

Introduction: Emergency services are faced with people over the age of 75 whose frailty leads to states of agitation.

Objective: To improve the quality of the care of this situation through the invention of an advanced practice nurse.

Method: A phenomenological and monocentric study from interviews with professionals intervening in emergencies about the difficulties they encountered.

[Development of research competence].

The implementation of the new reference system of training in nursing care requires from trainers to develop new educational skills. These allow to help students to transfer their experience in new situations of care. The study is based on the experience of two training institutes in nursing care which participated in programmes of European exchanges.