title: Gerontological nursing content in general medical/surgical textbooks: where is it?
abstract: To provide quality care to the rapidly growing aging population, nursing education will need to be transformed. Although several approaches will be used to meet this challenge, fundamental to most nursing programs is the use of a general medical/surgical nursing textbook. This article examines the quantity and quality of gerontological nursing content found in five general medical/surgical nursing textbooks published between 2009 and 2011. The analysis shows that gerontological nursing content is poorly covered and of low quality. The findings point to the need to work with publishers to improve the quality and depth of content related to care of older adults in nursing textbooks.
authors.affiliation: National League for Nursing, USA. dr.cline@nln.org
authors.forename: Daniel D
authors.initials: DD
authors.lastname: Cline
authors.forename: Jeannette
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Manchester
authors.forename: M Elaine
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Tagliareni
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D005851:Geriatric Nursing / Q000193:education*; D006801:Humans; D020380:Needs Assessment; D011643:Publishing; D013782:Textbooks as Topic; D014481:United States