title: Perception of knowledge what administrators and assistants know.
abstract: 1. Nurse administrators are responsible for the delivery of health care in long-term care settings, and it is nursing assistants who provide the majority of care meeting the basic needs of elderly in these settings. 2. A difference in knowledge perception exists between nurse assistants and nurse administrators on information needed by nurse assistants in the home care and nursing home settings. 3. Nurse assistants would benefit from expanded nurse assistant training programs that would include not only the physical, but also the psychological and legal needs of the elderly. 4. Improving the knowledge base and the competencies of nurse assistants would improve quality of care in long-term care settings.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Janz
mesh_terms: D004522:Educational Status; D006801:Humans; D009728:Nursing Assistants; D015402:Nursing Education Research