title: The impact of continuing education on patient outcomes in the elderly hip fracture population.
abstract: As the health care system is oriented to provide service with finite dollars, nursing educators are being asked to demonstrate how continuing education for staff improves patient outcomes. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the impact of an orthopedic-geriatric continuing education program for nurses on the elderly patient who had sustained a hip fracture. A significant difference was found between the control and experimental unit patients with respect to time to first ambulation and length of stay on the orthopedic unit.
authors.forename: K P
authors.initials: KP
authors.lastname: Gill
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Ursic
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D002983:Clinical Competence; D005851:Geriatric Nursing / Q000193:education*; D006620:Hip Fractures / Q000451:nursing* / Q000534:rehabilitation; D006801:Humans; D007318:Inservice Training; D007902:Length of Stay; D009741:Nursing Staff, Hospital / Q000193:education*; D009985:Orthopedics / Q000193:education*; D017063:Outcome Assessment, Health Care