Collaboration to promote best practices in care of older adults.
A successful grassroots collaboration of faculty members from one Midwestern school of nursing to promote best practices in gerontological nursing is described. Recommendations are made for developing similar collaborations in other settings.
Hertz
Judith E
JE
School of Nursing, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, IL, USA.
Koren
Mary Elaine
ME
Rossetti
Jeanette
J
Munroe
Donna J
DJ
Berent
Georgine
G
Plonczynski
Donna J
DJ
D000368:Aged; D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D019985:Benchmarking / Q000458:organization & administration*; D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D003479:Curriculum; D004508:Education, Nursing, Baccalaureate / Q000458:organization & administration; D019317:Evidence-Based Medicine; D005181:Faculty, Nursing / Q000458:organization & administration*; D005851:Geriatric Nursing / Q000193:education / Q000458:organization & administration; D017408:Guidelines as Topic; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D007400:Interprofessional Relations; D015146:Midwestern United States; D016294:Models, Nursing; D008960:Models, Psychological; D020380:Needs Assessment; D015402:Nursing Education Research; D015403:Nursing Evaluation Research; D016730:Program Development; D015397:Program Evaluation; D013338:Students, Nursing / Q000523:psychology