title: Faith community nurses & brown bag events help older adults manage meds.
abstract: Brown Bag Medication Review (BBMR) events, traditionally offered by pharmacists, improve medication management for older adults. This study incorporated faith community nurses (FCNs) in BBMR events, hypothesizing that support by the FCN during and following the event would reduce medication related problems and improve medication self-care practices of older adults. Results describe and support the role of FCNs in brown bag events.
authors.affiliation: John Hopkins University School of Nursing, USA.
authors.forename: Casey R
authors.initials: CR
authors.lastname: Shillam
authors.forename: Valorie J
authors.initials: VJ
authors.lastname: Orton
authors.forename: Debbie
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Waring
authors.forename: Sandy
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Madsen
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D002835:Christianity; D003152:Community Health Nursing / Q000592:standards*; D004509:Education, Nursing, Continuing; D005851:Geriatric Nursing / Q000592:standards*; D006297:Health Services Accessibility / Q000592:standards*; D006801:Humans; D055118:Medication Adherence