What's stopping a career in gerontological nursing?: literature review.

Geropsychiatric Nursing: What's in Your Toolkit?

Early-career researchers: what's in it for us?

Why become a gerontological nurse researcher?

This issue of Research in Gerontological Nursing launches a yearly State of the Science Commentary to update the professional community on the state of science for one aspect of gerontological nursing research. This contribution to the scientific discussion is designed to review progress, chart the course of future research, and coalesce priorities. The focus of the 2013 Commentary is nonpharma...

Hospital readmission of skilled nursing facility residents: a systematic review.

Hospital readmission of patients discharged to skilled nursing facilities (SNFs) is common and costly with increasing public attention over the past decade, particularly in light of the new health care environment surrounding the advent of the Affordable Care Act. The purpose of the current systematic review is to critically examine prevalence, predictors, and costs of hospital readmission of S...

Do sitters prevent falls? A review of the literature.

Preventing falls is a primary nursing concern, especially among older adult patients. Employing a sitter is a common but costly intervention. This article is a comprehensive review of the literature on sitter use and its effect on fall rates in acute care. The search was conducted in CINAHL, MEDLINE, PsycINFO, and the Psychology and Behavioral Sciences Collection and included articles published...