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| Clinical decision making of nurses regarding elder abuse | | Author(s) | Diana J Meeks-Sjostrom |
| Journal title | Journal of Elder Abuse and Neglect, vol 25, no 2, March/May 2013 |
| Publisher | Taylor and Francis, March/May 2013 |
| Pages | pp 149-161 |
| Source | http://www.tandfonline.com |
| Keywords | Elder abuse ; Diagnosis ; Nurses ; Training [welfare work] ; Social surveys ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | When an older person needs medical assistance, the alert clinician can identify cases of elder abuse and may then make referrals to a protective agency. In this American study, a descriptive correlational design was used to examine the clinical decision making of nurses regarding elder abuse. The relationship of the nurses' applied knowledge of elder abuse, years of experience as a Registered Nurse (RN), clinical level of practice status, the use of intuition, and clinical decision outcomes for patient in cases of suspected elder abuse were examined. The convenience sample of 84 RNs comprised 68 females and 16 males. Results indicate an overall model of two predictors that significantly predicted outcomes. The t-test revealed no difference between RNs who received elder abuse education and those who did not. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-130531202 A |
| Classmark | QNT: LK7: QTE: QW: 3F: 7T |
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