Volume 26 Issue 2 - 2007

Advances in Contemporary Aged Care: Retirement to End of Life

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Foreword

157-160 ANMC National Guidelines on Boundaries of Professional Practice for Nurses and Midwives
Denise Sharp

Innovations in the Care of Older People

161-163 Editorial: Issues in Older Person Nursing
Isabel Higgins
164-176 Towards Innovation: The development of a person-centred model of care for older people in acute care
Carmel Peek, Isabel Higgins, Sally Milson-Hawke, Margaret McMillan, Deborah Harper
177-183 Trends and Challenges in the Management of Tracheostomy in Older People: The need for a multidisciplinary team approach
Vicki Parker, Gai Shylan, Wendy Archer, Paula McMullen, Kelvin Smith, Michelle Giles, Jane Morrison, Nikki Austin
184-195 Advance Care Planning (ACP): The nurse as ‘broker’ in residential aged care facilities
Sarah Yeun-Sim Jeong, Isabel Higgins, Margaret McMillan

Gender, Health and Family Perspectives

196-197 Editorial: Person Centered Care: A philosophy of care and management of carers
Helen Bellchambers, Carol Penning
198-207 Urinary Stress Incontinence and Overactive Bladder Symptoms in Older Women
Pauline Chiarelli
208-220 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

221-224 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 education
Jane Conway
225-237 The Negative Attitudes of Nurses Towards Older Patients in the Acute Hospital Setting: A qualitative descriptive study
Isabel Higgins, Pamela van der Riet, Lynne Slater, Carmel Peek
238-247 Delirium Dichotomy: A review of recent literature
Sue Brown, Mary Fitzgerald


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