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Volume 26 Issue 2 - 2007

Advances in Contemporary Aged Care: Retirement to End of Life

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Foreword

157 ANMC National Guidelines on Boundaries of Professional Practice for Nurses and Midwives
Denise Sharp

Innovations in the Care of Older People

161 Editorial: Issues in Older Person Nursing
Isabel Higgins

164 Towards Innovation
The development of a person-centred model of care for older people in acute careCarmel Peek, Isabel Higgins, Sally Milson-Hawke, Margaret McMillan, Deborah Harper

177 Trends and Challenges in the Management of Tracheostomy in Older People
The need for a multidisciplinary team approachVicki Parker, Gai Shylan, Wendy Archer, Paula McMullen, Kelvin Smith, Michelle Giles, Jane Morrison, Nikki Austin

184 Advance Care Planning (ACP)
The nurse as ‘broker’ in residential aged care facilitiesSarah Yeun-Sim Jeong, Isabel Higgins, Margaret McMillan

Gender, Health and Family Perspectives

196 Editorial: Person Centered Care
A philosophy of care and management of carersHelen Bellchambers, Carol Penning

198 Urinary Stress Incontinence and Overactive Bladder Symptoms in Older Women
Pauline Chiarelli

208 The Immediate Needs of Relatives During the Hospitalisation of Acutely Ill Older Relatives
Isabel Higgins, Terry Joyce, Vicki Parker, Mary Fitzgerald, Margaret McMillan

Professional Nursing Issues

221 Editorial: The Changing Skill Mix and Scope of Practice of Health Care Workers in New South Wales
Implications of education and training reforms for registered nurse practice, performance, and educationJane Conway

225 The Negative Attitudes of Nurses Towards Older Patients in the Acute Hospital Setting
A qualitative descriptive studyIsabel Higgins, Pamela van der Riet, Lynne Slater, Carmel Peek

238 Delirium Dichotomy
A review of recent literatureSue Brown, Mary Fitzgerald


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Deadline: 30th October 2007



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