Nursing assessment of older rural drivers.
Fifty rural nurses and 75 rural elders participated in a study to (a) explore the perceptions of nurses regarding their role in assessing the driving abilities of rural elders and (b) to describe the nurse's influence on rural elders' decision to stop driving. Findings suggest that, although driving safety of rural elders is of concern to nurses, they do not discuss these concerns with their clients, and rural elders do not discuss driving with nurses.
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Orvis School of Nursing, University of Nevada, Reno 89557, USA.
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001334:Automobile Driving; D003152:Community Health Nursing; D003657:Decision Making; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009505:Nevada; D009726:Nurses; D009730:Nursing Assessment; D011897:Random Allocation; D012423:Rural Health