title: [Graduate and continuing education as a contribution to quality assurance in geriatric nursing--results of an empirical study on the current status and the need for change].
abstract: Efforts to improve the quality of care mainly depend on sufficient capacities of staff qualifications. Professional training is of primary importance to prepare for new tasks and to reduce educational deficits. The results of an empirical study carried out by the Federal Department of Family Affairs and the Kuratorium Deutsche Altershilfe showed that legal prerequisites are insufficient and not consensual among the different states. The offers of educational programs differ extensively, the market is changing topically and the teachers' qualifications can be judged as deficient.
authors.affiliation: Institut für Gerontologie, Universität Dortmund.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kühnert
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Gassmann
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D003479:Curriculum / Q000639:trends; D004509:Education, Nursing, Continuing / Q000639:trends*; D004511:Education, Nursing, Graduate / Q000639:trends*; D005544:Forecasting; D005851:Geriatric Nursing / Q000193:education*; D005858:Germany; D006801:Humans; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care / Q000639:trends*