title: Evaluation of an innovative late-life depression training program.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  This paper describes evaluation findings associated with an innovative, CD-based, self-directed training program that was designed to improve general practice nurses' abilities to identify and care for older adults with depression.
  
  
  METHODS
  A voluntary sample of nurses completed an evaluation that focused on participants' perceptions of changes in their knowledge and skills and usefulness of the program.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Quantitative items received high ratings, and narrative responses to open-ended questions were largely positive.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Many opportunities exist for psychiatric nurses to facilitate, support, and extend training principles to promote late-life depression recognition and treatment.
authors.affiliation: College of Nursing, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, USA.
authors.forename: Marianne
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Smith
authors.forename: Mary Ellen
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Stolder
authors.forename: Megan Fang
authors.initials: MF
authors.lastname: Liu
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003863:Depression / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000451:nursing*; D005851:Geriatric Nursing / Q000379:methods* / Q000592:standards; D006801:Humans; D007318:Inservice Training / Q000379:methods* / Q000592:standards; D015397:Program Evaluation; D011568:Psychiatric Nursing / Q000379:methods* / Q000592:standards
keywords: Depression; behavioral activation; older adults; problem-solving methods; training nursing roles