title: Home visits after hospitalization: enhancing baccalaureate nursing students' gerontologic clinical experience.
abstract: This article describes posthospitalization visits by 83 nursing students to 57 older patients and their caregivers discharged from two large academic medical centers and one community hospital. Patient and caregiver interviews in the home focused on the areas of geriatric assessments of cognitive and functional status, patient and caregiver satisfaction with recent hospitalization, ongoing health management, patient teaching, and discharge planning.
authors.affiliation: New York University, Division of Nursing, USA.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Latimer
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Mezey
mesh_terms: D000046:Academic Medical Centers; D000203:Activities of Daily Living; D000359:Aftercare / Q000458:organization & administration*; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D017028:Caregivers / Q000523:psychology; D002983:Clinical Competence / Q000592:standards*; D003152:Community Health Nursing / Q000193:education* / Q000458:organization & administration*; D004508:Education, Nursing, Baccalaureate / Q000458:organization & administration*; D005190:Family / Q000523:psychology; D005260:Female; D015577:Geriatric Assessment; D005851:Geriatric Nursing / Q000193:education* / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006699:Home Care Services / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006764:Hospitals, Community; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009518:New York; D009730:Nursing Assessment; D015402:Nursing Education Research; D010351:Patient Discharge; D010353:Patient Education as Topic; D017060:Patient Satisfaction; D015397:Program Evaluation; D013338:Students, Nursing / Q000523:psychology*