Geriatrics - Geriatrics Health Care Team
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BSN 1-N CASTRO, RicciGERIATRICS
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GERIATRIC HEALTH CARE TEAM In 1975
• The birth of the Journal of
INTRODUCTION Gerontological Nursing, the first
• With the increasing numbers of health professional journal to meet the
conditions experienced by older adults, specific needs and interests of
nurses are in key positions to provide gerontological nurses
disease prevention and health promotion, In 1976
promote positive aging, and assist this • Geriatric Nursing Division became the
growing population in end-of-life decision Gerontological Nursing Division.
making. 1990
HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENTS • The Hartford Institute for Geriatric
In 1908 Nursing was established and has
• The American Journal of Nursing significantly contributed to the
printed the first nursing article on the advancement of the specialty by
care of the aged, presenting many identifying and developing best
principles that continue to guide practices and facilitating the
gerontological nursing practice today implementation of these practices.
(Bishop, 1904): “You must not treat a 2003
young child as you would a grown • Hartford Institute for Geriatric Nursing
person, nor must you treat an old collaborated with the American
person as you would one in the prime Academy of Nursing and the American
of life.” Association of Colleges of Nursing to
In 1961 develop the Hartford Geriatric Nursing
• The ANA recommended that a Initiative that has significantly
specialty group for geriatric nurses be contributed to the growth of evidence-
formed based practice in the specialty.
In 1962
THE GERONTOLOGY HEALTH CARE TEAM
• the ANA’s Conference Group on A. GERONTOLOGISTS/GERIATRICIANS
Geriatric Nursing Practice held its first • Researches the impact of aging on the
national meeting. human body on the physical, cognitive,
• This group became the Division of social, emotional, psychological, and
Geriatric Nursing in 1966, gaining full societal levels.
recognition as a nursing specialty. B. NURSE GERONTOLOGIST
• An important contribution by this • A nursing specialist who works directly
group was the development in 1969 of with older adults to provide them with
Standards for Geriatric Nursing specialized care and a high quality of
Practice, first published in 1970. life.
• Certification of nurses for excellence in C. OCCUPATIONAL THERAPIST
geriatric nursing practice followed, • Involves using common activities or
with the first 74 nurses achieving this vocations therapeutically to address
recognition in 1975. physical, mental, developmental, and
emotional conditions that interfere
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with a patient's ability to carry out family, nursing, and the rest of the
everyday tasks. interprofessional team. d.
D. PHYSICAL THERAPIST D. ADVOCATE
• Analyze and document a patient's • As an advocate, the gerontological
development. nurse acts on behalf of older adults to
• Assist persons who are ill or injured promote their best interests and
with better movement and pain strengthen their autonomy and
management. decision making. e.
• Prevention, rehabilitation, and E. EVIDENCE-BASED CLINICIAN
treatment of individuals with long-term • The appropriate level of involvement
illnesses, injuries, or disorders. for nurses at the baccalaureate level is
E. NURSING INTERDISCIPLINARY CARE implementation of evidence-based
CONFERENCE TEAM practice (EBP) principles.
• Collaborate to manage the patient's • Gerontological nurses must remain
physical, psychological, and spiritual abreast of current research literature,
needs reading and translating into practice
the results of reliable and valid studies
AIM OF GERONTOLOGY CARE
• It aims to prevent illness and injury, aid the CERTIFICATIONS
healing process, ease the effects of LEVELS
disease, and being advocates for the health 1. GENERALIST CERTIFICATION
of older adults. • Validates a nurse’s specialized
• A key focus of health promotion and knowledge and demonstrates clinical
disease prevention in gerontological competence and credibility.
nursing is to minimize the loss of 2. ADVANCED PRACTICE CERTIFICATION
independence associated with functional a. The clinical nurse specialist in
decline and illness. gerontological nursing (GCNS-BC)
• Has an expert understanding of the
SPECIALTY ROLES, QUALIFICATIONS, dynamics, pathophysiology, and
FUNCTIONS AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF
psychosocial aspects of aging.
GERONTOLOGY NURSES
A. DIRECT-CARE PROVIDER • Uses advanced diagnostic and
• In the role of caregiver or provider of assessment skills and nursing
care, the gerontological nurse gives interventions to manage and
direct, hands-on care to older adults in improve patient care.
a variety of settings. b. The gerontological nurse practitioner
B. TEACHER (GNP-BC)
• Gerontological nurses focus their • Practices in acute or long-term care
teaching on modifiable risk factors and settings and in collaborative
health promotion. practice with physicians who
C. LEADER maintain large geriatric practices
• Gerontological nurses act as leaders
during everyday practice as they
balance the concerns of the patient,
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