[The development and impacts of professional nursing in senior care and senior business management: the perspective of a U.S.-based nurse entrepreneur].
The three main parts of this article include (1) the process of transition from a clinical nurse to a nurse entrepreneur, (2) senior care business management and social responsibility and (3) the development of senior care business in the future as well as the chances for nursing development. The article analyzes the development of gerontology nursing careers in the United States and Taiwan and the role professional nurses can play in ageing societies. A prospective plan for collaboration between gerontology nurses and long-term care health professionals in the United States and Taiwan concludes the article.
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Citizens for Quality Care in Michigan, USA. Theresa@CitizensForQualityCare.com
D016520:Entrepreneurship; D005851:Geriatric Nursing / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006707:Homes for the Aged / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care / Q000458:organization & administration*