{"title":"Satisfaction of care-giver with institutional placement: the \"SCIP\" Scale.","authors":"E S Yarborough","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":80102,"journal":{"name":"Nursing homes and senior citizen care","volume":"36 5","pages":"27-9"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1987-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"21155462","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Receivers' broom sweeps clean at Queens, NY home.","authors":"G Goodman","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":80102,"journal":{"name":"Nursing homes and senior citizen care","volume":"36 5","pages":"30-40"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1987-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"21194694","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Implementation of a total parenteral nutrition program in the skilled nursing facility: role of the nursing director.","authors":"D B Greenspan, A G Hartzema, W D Estes","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Nursing directors of 24 skilled nursing facilities in North Carolina were questioned about implementation of total parenteral nutrition (TPN) therapy in the SNF. Issues addressed were job satisfaction, increased work load for staff nurses and directors, as well as staff development. It was concluded from the results of the study that while 81 percent of the nursing administrators enjoyed TPN therapy, only 50 percent were interested in such a program.</p>","PeriodicalId":80102,"journal":{"name":"Nursing homes and senior citizen care","volume":"36 5","pages":"24-6"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1987-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"21183658","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"AIDS and the nursing home.","authors":"K May","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":80102,"journal":{"name":"Nursing homes and senior citizen care","volume":"36 5","pages":"8-11"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1987-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"21155472","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"When a kiss is a required activity.","authors":"M Janecek","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":80102,"journal":{"name":"Nursing homes and senior citizen care","volume":"36 4","pages":"40"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1987-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"21153079","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Community relations and your activity program.","authors":"M J Riemann","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":80102,"journal":{"name":"Nursing homes and senior citizen care","volume":"36 4","pages":"21-3"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1987-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"21155368","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Falls: can they be prevented? Are restraints the only solution?","authors":"G Mohler","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":80102,"journal":{"name":"Nursing homes and senior citizen care","volume":"36 4","pages":"24-6"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1987-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"21155372","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Nursing staff attitudes toward the work environment in a skilled nursing facility.","authors":"S L Sandel, D R Johnson","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This study examines the attitudes of nursing staff toward their work environment in one long-term-care facility. It was conducted in response to differences noted in job performance between two staff subgroups assigned to different work stations, a phenomenon not uncommon in institutions that are divided into wings, floors, or other subgroups. Through analysis of questionnaire responses and patient-care data, the authors identified an intragroup conflict between two subgroups of nursing aides that appeared to be a cause of low morale among one group of aides. The authors suggest several management strategies that could effectively improve morale and job performance. Most human-service and health professions have been primarily client- or patient-centered, particularly the nursing profession in which the majority of literature and research focuses on improving patient care. Less attention has been given to the stresses experienced by care-givers in health settings, and their potential effects on job performance. Issues such as burnout, stress-related illnesses, morale building, and new management approaches in long-term care only recently have been addressed. In a series of studies about the burnout syndrome in child care and mental health workers, it was noted that several institutional and personal variables affected people's attitudes toward their work, the institution, and patients. For example, when work relationships were good, staff members reported more positive feelings about their jobs. Other institutional variables relevant to long-term care included work schedules, work-sharing, degree of power or influence in decision-making, and feedback about job performance.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)</p>","PeriodicalId":80102,"journal":{"name":"Nursing homes and senior citizen care","volume":"36 4","pages":"16-20"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1987-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"21155367","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Excellent care-givers (nursing assistants) of the elderly: what satisfies them about their work.","authors":"M G Bye, J Iannone","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":80102,"journal":{"name":"Nursing homes and senior citizen care","volume":"36 4","pages":"36-9"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1987-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"21153078","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Adverse drug reactions and interactions in a nursing home.","authors":"J W Cooper","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Adverse drug reactions (ADRs) and interactions were the third most common drug-related problem (DRP) found in a two-year study of DRPs in a 72-bed nursing home. Neurotropic drugs followed by antihypertensives, potassium supplements, potassium-sparing diuretics, diuretics, digoxin and nonsteroidal antiinflammatory drugs antacid interactions, and antiinfective rashes accounted for 88 percent (143 of 161) of the adverse reactions and interactions. A number of adverse reactions and interactions. A number of adverse drug reactions and interactions were preventable, in that careful attention to the patient's complete history, problem list, and relative-to-absolute contraindications to drugs should have resulted in drug changes/discontinuances in at least 61 percent (98 of 161) cases. An adverse reaction rate of 9.3 percent (161 of 1,728) drug regimen reviews was found. Adverse drug reaction is defined as any undesirable effect of drug therapy. Drug-drug interaction is a combination of drugs that may result in a beneficial or detrimental effect. For purposes of this study, only drug interactions of a detrimental nature were considered. The prior Legal Briefs column (May/June '85) in this series dealt with drug contra-indications, or the presence of some condition or historical fact in the patient that indicates that a drug should probably-to-absolutely not be used in the patient. This current column deals with the development of undesirable consequences when the prescriber, pharmacist, and those administering the drug may not have been aware of the historical events or predisposing conditions and adverse events occurred.</p>","PeriodicalId":80102,"journal":{"name":"Nursing homes and senior citizen care","volume":"36 4","pages":"7-11"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1987-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"21153082","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}