Infusing geropsychiatric nursing content into curricula: challenges and solutions.

Nurses of the 21st century are unprepared to care for the increasing older adult population's mental health care needs. Nursing schools across the country struggle to identify and infuse geropsychiatric nursing content into curricula. In 2008, the John A.

Bladder buzz: the effect of a 6-week evidence-based staff education program on knowledge and attitudes regarding urinary incontinence in a nursing home.

Background: Research shows that there is a basic gap in the knowledge of nursing home staff about urinary incontinence and the previous societal belief that urinary incontinence is a normal part of aging. This study examines the knowledge of nursing home staff about the types and treatment of urinary incontinence as well as attitudes toward urinary incontinence.

Methods: A quasi-experimental, within-subject, longitudinal pretest/posttest design was used.

Nursing home staff members' attitudes and knowledge about urinary incontinence: the impact of technology and training.

Urinary incontinence (UI) poses challenges for nursing home personnel. The authors of this study explored differences in attitude and knowledge about UI among registered nurses, licensed practical nurses, and certified nursing assistants working in skilled nursing homes before and after study interventions.

Concept analysis of health-related quality of life in nursing home residents with urinary incontinence.

The aim of this concept analysis is examination of health-related quality of life in nursing home residents with urinary incontinence. Walker and Avant's concept analysis methodology was utilized to identify antecedents, defining attributes, consequences, empirical referents, and cases associated with the concept.