title: Aging population.
abstract: Our aging population is rapidly growing and accounts for 46% of critical care patients and 60% of medical-surgical patients in the hospital. These acutely ill patients are challenging to frontline nurses because they frequently have multiple chronic conditions. This article provides a tool kit of resources and clinical skills to develop safe, quality, and accountable care plans for positive patient outcomes; it presents several resources to assist in individualized care, the complexity of care, and the issues of transitions of care. This article empowers frontline nurses to develop gerontological skills and meet the unique needs of our aging population.
authors: School of Nursing, Austin Peay State University, PO Box 4658, Clarksville, TN 37044, USA. Electronic address: ellisond@apsu.edu.
authors: Deborah
authors: D
authors: Ellison
authors: School of Nursing, Austin Peay State University, PO Box 4658, Clarksville, TN 37044, USA.
authors: Danielle
authors: D
authors: White
authors: School of Nursing, Austin Peay State University, PO Box 4658, Clarksville, TN 37044, USA.
authors: Francisca Cisneros
authors: FC
authors: Farrar
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002983:Clinical Competence; D055318:Evidence-Based Nursing / Q000592:standards*; D005260:Female; D005851:Geriatric Nursing / Q000592:standards*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D024802:Nurse's Role; D009741:Nursing Staff, Hospital / Q000592:standards*; D010347:Patient Care Planning / Q000592:standards*; D018802:Patient-Centered Care / Q000592:standards*; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D014481:United States
keywords: ACES; Complexity of care; End of life; Individualized aging; Older adult; Pain management; Physiologic changes with aging; Transitions