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<script type="text/javascript" src="https://web-static.archive.org/_static/js/bundle-playback.js?v=7YQSqjSh" charset="utf-8"></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="https://web-static.archive.org/_static/js/wombat.js?v=txqj7nKC" charset="utf-8"></script> <script>window.RufflePlayer=window.RufflePlayer||{};window.RufflePlayer.config={"autoplay":"on","unmuteOverlay":"hidden"};</script> <script type="text/javascript" src="https://web-static.archive.org/_static/js/ruffle/ruffle.js"></script> <script type="text/javascript"> __wm.init("https://web.archive.org/web"); __wm.wombat("https://www.healio.com/sws/feed/journal/jgn","20171104112628","https://web.archive.org/","web","https://web-static.archive.org/_static/", "1509794788"); </script> <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="https://web-static.archive.org/_static/css/banner-styles.css?v=p7PEIJWi" /> <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="https://web-static.archive.org/_static/css/iconochive.css?v=3PDvdIFv" />  <rss version="2.0"><channel xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"><title>Journal of Gerontological Nursing</title><link>https://www.healio.com/</link><description/><managingeditor>itsupport@wyanokegroup.com (TBD)</managingeditor><lastbuilddate>Sat, 04 Nov 2017 11:26:30 Z</lastbuilddate><image><url>https://m4.healio.com/~/media/images/healiofeedlogo.png</url><title>Journal of Gerontological Nursing</title><link>https://www.healio.com/</link></image><link href="https://www.healio.com" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"/><item><guid ispermalink="true">https://www.healio.com/nursing/journals/jgn/c0ffc3db-5da5-402c-93b3-d80aec09f234/i-help-them-navigate-the-organization-recognizing-the-contributions-of-non-clinical-professionals-to-person-centered-approaches-in-assisted-living</guid><link>https://www.healio.com/nursing/journals/jgn/c0ffc3db-5da5-402c-93b3-d80aec09f234/i-help-them-navigate-the-organization-recognizing-the-contributions-of-non-clinical-professionals-to-person-centered-approaches-in-assisted-living</link><title>“I Help Them Navigate the Organization”: Recognizing the Contributions of Non-Clinical Professionals to Person-Centered Approaches in Assisted Living</title><description>Person-centered care (PCC) is the gold standard for health care delivery in the United States and abroad, which is further reinforced by the Affordable Care Act and Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) (White House Conference on Aging, 2015). PCC means to “focus on the resident as the locus of control and support the resident in making their own choices and having control over their daily lives” (CMS, 2016, p. 8) and it is achievable through “a dynamic relationship among individuals, others who are important to them and all relevant providers” (American Geriatrics Society [AGS]</description><pubdate>Mon, 30 Oct 2017 04:00:00 Z</pubdate><dc:creator>Priyanka Shrestha, MGS</dc:creator></item><item><guid ispermalink="true">https://www.healio.com/nursing/journals/jgn/ac95a68e-f803-4273-8b35-6a057a09a078/effects-of-exercise-interventions-on-depressive-symptoms-among-community-dwelling-older-adults-in-the-united-states-a-systematic-review</guid><link>https://www.healio.com/nursing/journals/jgn/ac95a68e-f803-4273-8b35-6a057a09a078/effects-of-exercise-interventions-on-depressive-symptoms-among-community-dwelling-older-adults-in-the-united-states-a-systematic-review</link><title>Effects of Exercise Interventions on Depressive Symptoms Among Community-Dwelling Older Adults in the United States: A Systematic Review</title><description>Mental health is a major public health concern. Depression is the most prevalent mental health problem among older adults. It is estimated that 15.7% of adults 50 or older have experienced depression at some time in their life and 7.7% reported that they currently experience depression (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention [CDC], 2015). Some individuals may have depressive symptoms due to environmental and personal circumstances without meeting the criteria of clinical depression (Ayuso-Mateos, Nuevo, Verdes, Naidoo, & Chatterji, 2010). However, depressive symptoms often precede</description><pubdate>Mon, 30 Oct 2017 04:00:00 Z</pubdate><dc:creator>Jin Young Seo, PhD, WHNP-BC, RN</dc:creator></item><item><guid ispermalink="true">https://www.healio.com/nursing/journals/jgn/3350555d-9bbf-4bf1-a69c-08f3e6605ec1/packed-red-blood-cell-transfusion-in-older-adults-a-systematic-review</guid><link>https://www.healio.com/nursing/journals/jgn/3350555d-9bbf-4bf1-a69c-08f3e6605ec1/packed-red-blood-cell-transfusion-in-older-adults-a-systematic-review</link><title>Packed Red Blood Cell Transfusion in Older Adults: A Systematic Review</title><description>Older adults can be defined as those 65 and older (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2013). In 2015, older adults accounted for 8.5% of the global population, and these numbers continue to grow (He, Goodkind, & Kowal, 2016). A common occurrence in older adults, anemia affects 10% of those living in the community and >50% of those residing in long-term care (Thein et al., 2009). Anemia has been shown to be associated with poor health outcomes, functional decline, reduced quality of life (Maraldi et al., 2006; Thein et al., 2009; Yang et al., 2011), and concurrent illnesses and</description><pubdate>Mon, 30 Oct 2017 04:00:00 Z</pubdate><dc:creator>Allison R. Jones, PhD, RN, CCNS</dc:creator></item><item><guid ispermalink="true">https://www.healio.com/nursing/journals/jgn/1544caed-08ec-4a1b-b52d-61cd1ff9751f/comparison-of-african-american-and-caucasian-caregiver-self-efficacy</guid><link>https://www.healio.com/nursing/journals/jgn/1544caed-08ec-4a1b-b52d-61cd1ff9751f/comparison-of-african-american-and-caucasian-caregiver-self-efficacy</link><title>Comparison of African American and Caucasian Caregiver Self-Efficacy</title><description>Nursing has always targeted empowering the individual, thus the concept of self-efficacy is important to the nursing field of study. Self-efficacy is the belief in one's ability to succeed in specific situations or accomplish a task or reach a goal (Bandura, 1977, 1997). The capacity of self-efficacy has not been given much attention to date.<br/>Self-efficacy is a modifiable characteristic, which can be enhanced with appropriate teaching (Gallagher et al., 2011). Self-efficacy and the degree to which caregivers feel capable of obtaining respite care and responding to upsetting behaviors in action</description><pubdate>Mon, 30 Oct 2017 04:00:00 Z</pubdate><dc:creator>Leisa Easom, PhD, RN</dc:creator></item><item><guid ispermalink="true">https://www.healio.com/nursing/journals/jgn/2017-10-43-11/ee79e9e6-f0ac-49e5-9da1-ffe51adcaf03/news</guid><link>https://www.healio.com/nursing/journals/jgn/2017-10-43-11/ee79e9e6-f0ac-49e5-9da1-ffe51adcaf03/news</link><title>News</title><description>A new method may help determine whether an individual has Alzheimer's disease (AD) or frontotemporal dementia—two different types of dementia that often have similar symptoms—according to a preliminary study in Neurology.<br/>Researchers examined 79 individuals with probable AD, 61 with probable frontotemporal dementia, and 32 who did not have any signs of dementia. Using transcranial magnetic stimulation, researchers were able to measure the brain's ability to conduct electrical signals among various circuits in the brain. They found that individuals with AD mainly had problems with one type of</description><pubdate>Wed, 25 Oct 2017 04:00:00 Z</pubdate><dc:creator>TBD</dc:creator></item><item><guid ispermalink="true">https://www.healio.com/nursing/journals/jgn/2017-10-43-11/c2ba4013-7fcd-4993-b8b5-441bfe706fb8/product-news</guid><link>https://www.healio.com/nursing/journals/jgn/2017-10-43-11/c2ba4013-7fcd-4993-b8b5-441bfe706fb8/product-news</link><title>Product News</title><description>Heptares Therapeutics announced that the first healthy participant has been dosed with the first-in-class, selective muscarinic M4 receptor agonist HTL0016878 in a Phase 1 clinical study.<br/>Heptares Therapeutics and Allergan are developing HTL0016878, an orally available, small molecule drug candidate with potential to treat certain neurobehavioral symptoms of Alzheimer's disease. The compound stimulates M4 receptor activity in the brain with high selectivity and offers the possibility for an improved safety profile over previous muscarinic receptor agonists, which have been associated with</description><pubdate>Wed, 25 Oct 2017 04:00:00 Z</pubdate><dc:creator>TBD</dc:creator></item><item><guid ispermalink="true">https://www.healio.com/nursing/journals/jgn/2017-10-43-11/a71f700c-6772-469a-be35-fe8be74f5abf/toward-an-equitable-society-for-every-generation</guid><link>https://www.healio.com/nursing/journals/jgn/2017-10-43-11/a71f700c-6772-469a-be35-fe8be74f5abf/toward-an-equitable-society-for-every-generation</link><title>Toward an Equitable Society for Every Generation</title><description>Helping older adults who are marginalized is beneficial not only to these individuals but also society. Three reasons are presented for why society should embrace this idea.<br/>First, helping older adults who are marginalized to be healthy reduces social injustice. Health inequities exist in older adults, and those who are marginalized are more likely to have poorer health (Fernandez-Martinez et al., 2012; Zelle & Arms, 2015). Specifically, older adults with disabilities are likely to delay seeing a health care provider due to economic difficulties compared to older adults without</description><pubdate>Wed, 25 Oct 2017 04:00:00 Z</pubdate><dc:creator>Boeun Kim, RN, MSN</dc:creator></item><item><guid ispermalink="true">https://www.healio.com/nursing/journals/jgn/2017-10-43-11/451428de-d958-4ac3-b17d-78590dd0cdff/nurses-experience-with-and-perception-of-barriers-to-promoting-mobility-in-hospitalized-older-adults-a-descriptive-study</guid><link>https://www.healio.com/nursing/journals/jgn/2017-10-43-11/451428de-d958-4ac3-b17d-78590dd0cdff/nurses-experience-with-and-perception-of-barriers-to-promoting-mobility-in-hospitalized-older-adults-a-descriptive-study</link><title>Nurses' Experience With and Perception of Barriers to Promoting Mobility in Hospitalized Older Adults: A Descriptive Study</title><description>Insufficient mobility is a significant contributor to hospital-acquired functional decline in older adults (Admi, Shadmi, Baruch, & Zisberg, 2015; Brown, Redden, Flood, & Allman, 2009; Cadogan & D'Ambruoso, 2012). Hospital-acquired functional decline is alarming because escalating rates of hospitalization can be expected in the near future as the number of older adults in the United States is predicted to increase to more than 70 million by 2030 (Administration on Aging, 2012). A lack of sufficient mobility may result in muscle atrophy and muscle weakness, which can have cascading</description><pubdate>Wed, 25 Oct 2017 04:00:00 Z</pubdate><dc:creator>Gordana Dermody, PhD, RN, CNL</dc:creator></item><item><guid ispermalink="true">https://www.healio.com/nursing/journals/jgn/2017-10-43-11/84e03483-8c51-4c87-8148-e3e445bd949f/effects-of-uncertainty-on-perceived-and-physiological-stress-in-caregivers-of-stroke-survivors-a-6-week-longitudinal-study</guid><link>https://www.healio.com/nursing/journals/jgn/2017-10-43-11/84e03483-8c51-4c87-8148-e3e445bd949f/effects-of-uncertainty-on-perceived-and-physiological-stress-in-caregivers-of-stroke-survivors-a-6-week-longitudinal-study</link><title>Effects of Uncertainty on Perceived and Physiological Stress in Caregivers of Stroke Survivors: A 6-Week Longitudinal Study</title><description>Stroke is a common phenomenon worldwide and functional recovery is often dependent on caregivers (Rigby, Gubitz, & Phillips, 2009; Visser-Meily et al., 2009). Therefore, impaired health and well-being in stroke survivors' caregivers are also important public health concerns. In the United States, approximately 795,000 new or repeated strokes occur each year, and a large proportion occur in adults 65 and older (Mozaffarian et al., 2015). Older adult stroke survivors have greater disability and poorer outcomes (Russo, Felzani, & Marini, 2011). In contrast to the trajectory of caregiving</description><pubdate>Wed, 25 Oct 2017 04:00:00 Z</pubdate><dc:creator>Eeeseung Byun, PhD, RN</dc:creator></item><item><guid ispermalink="true">https://www.healio.com/nursing/journals/jgn/2017-10-43-11/49699924-3ec3-4df9-8d2b-b5756b1ca864/nursing-work-in-long-term-care-an-integrative-review</guid><link>https://www.healio.com/nursing/journals/jgn/2017-10-43-11/49699924-3ec3-4df9-8d2b-b5756b1ca864/nursing-work-in-long-term-care-an-integrative-review</link><title>Nursing Work in Long-Term Care: An Integrative Review</title><description>The reality of how nurses perform their day-to-day tasks in their work roles and functions has been captured in the nursing literature. Crossan and Shacklock (2013) emphasized that understanding nurses' work has critical implications to improving health care outcomes. However, what nurses do and how they spend their time at work is affected by organizational complexities (Duffield, Gardner, & Catling-Paull, 2008). A review of observational studies about the tasks encompassing nursing work identified eight nursing activities, which were described as organization-centered and not</description><pubdate>Wed, 25 Oct 2017 04:00:00 Z</pubdate><dc:creator>Jed Montayre, PhD, RN</dc:creator></item><item><guid ispermalink="true">https://www.healio.com/nursing/journals/jgn/2017-10-43-11/db30ab1a-5433-4a50-b937-e5a9a4e20c05/what-do-family-members-really-want-when-older-adults-transition-to-a-nursing-home</guid><link>https://www.healio.com/nursing/journals/jgn/2017-10-43-11/db30ab1a-5433-4a50-b937-e5a9a4e20c05/what-do-family-members-really-want-when-older-adults-transition-to-a-nursing-home</link><title>What Do Family Members Really Want When Older Adults Transition to a Nursing Home?</title><description>What do family members really want or need when older adults transition to a nursing home? Although research over the past few decades has examined this transition, exploration has mainly included the reasons for placement, emotions experienced by older adults and their family members, as well as the process of adjustment to nursing homes. Supports needed/wanted by family members during this transition are not adequately examined.<br/>Broadly speaking, the transition into a nursing home, as well as up to the first year of placement in a nursing home, is stressful and fraught with emotions for</description><pubdate>Wed, 25 Oct 2017 04:00:00 Z</pubdate><dc:creator>Annette M. Lane, PhD, RN</dc:creator></item><item><guid ispermalink="true">https://www.healio.com/nursing/journals/jgn/2017-10-43-11/28590a0d-6f46-46cb-8f5c-69fad613f11d/hitting-reset-finding-common-ground-and-strengthening-care-delivery-for-older-adults</guid><link>https://www.healio.com/nursing/journals/jgn/2017-10-43-11/28590a0d-6f46-46cb-8f5c-69fad613f11d/hitting-reset-finding-common-ground-and-strengthening-care-delivery-for-older-adults</link><title>Hitting Reset, Finding Common Ground, and Strengthening Care Delivery for Older Adults</title><description>When I addressed members of the American Geriatrics Society (AGS) at our 2017 Annual Scientific Meeting this past May, I focused on the need to “navigate change in uncertain times.” With the new Congress and Trump Administration having been in office for less than 6 months, it seemed a fitting sentiment as the title for the meeting's public policy update (Hollmann, Malone, Rudolf, & Unroe, 2017).<br/>Only a few months have passed since #AGS17, and the need to keep navigating change is perhaps the only thing that has not changed since then. The sentiment bears repeating—and it</description><pubdate>Wed, 25 Oct 2017 04:00:00 Z</pubdate><dc:creator>Debra Saliba, MD, MPH, AGSF</dc:creator></item><item><guid ispermalink="true">https://www.healio.com/nursing/journals/jgn/2017-10-43-11/91ccb64d-0803-48d1-a73c-924d7110fc6b/fall-prevention-for-older-adults</guid><link>https://www.healio.com/nursing/journals/jgn/2017-10-43-11/91ccb64d-0803-48d1-a73c-924d7110fc6b/fall-prevention-for-older-adults</link><title>Evidence-Based Practice Guideline: Fall Prevention for Older Adults</title><description>Falls continue to be a leading cause of injury and death in individuals 65 and older. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC; 2017), millions of individuals fall each year, with one in five falls resulting in serious injury, including death. The chances of an older adult falling again doubles with the first fall. The cost of falls continues to rise with expenditures currently exceeding $31 billion in 2015 for non-fatal falls (Burns, Stevens, & Lee, 2016). The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (2008) has identified fall prevention as a key element in</description><pubdate>Wed, 25 Oct 2017 04:00:00 Z</pubdate><dc:creator>Cheryl Kruschke, EdD, MS, RN, CNE</dc:creator></item><item><guid ispermalink="true">https://www.healio.com/nursing/journals/jgn/fc283b70-13d2-49cd-b833-a28cc56eaf20/nurses-communication-of-safety-events-to-nursing-home-residents-and-families</guid><link>https://www.healio.com/nursing/journals/jgn/fc283b70-13d2-49cd-b833-a28cc56eaf20/nurses-communication-of-safety-events-to-nursing-home-residents-and-families</link><title>Nurses' Communication of Safety Events to Nursing Home Residents and Families</title><description>Patient safety events (PSEs), such as errors, adverse events, and unanticipated outcomes, are identified as a leading cause of death in the United States (James, 2013). Approximately 70% of the root causes of PSEs are related to failures in communication (Zhani, 2015). Thus, a considerable amount of research has focused on improving communication processes about PSEs (Gallagher, Garbutt, et al., 2006; Gallagher, Waterman, et al., 2006). Although this research has led to some improvements in the clinical setting, existing research on PSE communication has yet to result in an overall</description><pubdate>Mon, 09 Oct 2017 04:00:00 Z</pubdate><dc:creator>Laura M. Wagner, PhD, RN, GNP, FAAN</dc:creator></item><item><guid ispermalink="true">https://www.healio.com/nursing/journals/jgn/b4837089-b27e-4900-a33f-50cce1e4cc78/a-tailor-made-exercise-program-for-improving-balance-and-mobility-in-older-adults-with-type-2-diabetes</guid><link>https://www.healio.com/nursing/journals/jgn/b4837089-b27e-4900-a33f-50cce1e4cc78/a-tailor-made-exercise-program-for-improving-balance-and-mobility-in-older-adults-with-type-2-diabetes</link><title>A Tailor-Made Exercise Program for Improving Balance and Mobility in Older Adults With Type 2 Diabetes</title><description>Postural control helps strengthen the body against gravity and maintain balance during daily events. Postural control is highly related to the level of independence of individuals and is dependent on how information—received from the visual, vestibular, and proprioceptive systems—is regulated to give appropriate responses on maintaining balance between oneself and one's surroundings (Massion, 1994). Unfortunately, due to aging, individuals may experience neurodegenerative changes that decrease their ability to control posture (Pyykko, Jantti, & Aalto, 1990). Furthermore, recent research</description><pubdate>Mon, 09 Oct 2017 04:00:00 Z</pubdate><dc:creator>Thomas Ka-Wai Ng, MPhil</dc:creator></item><item><guid ispermalink="true">https://www.healio.com/nursing/journals/jgn/fa9ea816-d778-4e21-904c-6e2f335c1d91/understanding-end-of-life-decision-making-terminology-among-african-american-older-adults</guid><link>https://www.healio.com/nursing/journals/jgn/fa9ea816-d778-4e21-904c-6e2f335c1d91/understanding-end-of-life-decision-making-terminology-among-african-american-older-adults</link><title>Understanding End-of-Life Decision-Making Terminology Among African American Older Adults</title><description>Regardless of prognosis, African American individuals do not prepare for life's end, and are more likely than Caucasian individuals to request life-sustaining treatment measures (Allen, Hilgeman, & Allen, 2011; Carr, 2012; Daaleman, Emmett, Dobbs, & Williams, 2008; Kelley et al., 2011; Nicholas, Langa, Iwashyna, & Weir, 2011; Wicher & Meeker, 2012; Winter, Dennis, & Parker, 2007). African American individuals use the highest amount of intensive care and lowest amount of hospice care at the end of life, compared to other races (Hanchate, Kronman, Young-Xu, Ash, &</description><pubdate>Mon, 09 Oct 2017 04:00:00 Z</pubdate><dc:creator>Karen O. Moss, PhD, RN, CNL</dc:creator></item><item><guid ispermalink="true">https://www.healio.com/nursing/journals/jgn/bfbf26b1-057e-4eff-9db3-98f20dc48d63/preferences-for-everyday-living-understanding-the-impact-of-cognitive-status-on-preference-importance-ratings-in-nursing-homes</guid><link>https://www.healio.com/nursing/journals/jgn/bfbf26b1-057e-4eff-9db3-98f20dc48d63/preferences-for-everyday-living-understanding-the-impact-of-cognitive-status-on-preference-importance-ratings-in-nursing-homes</link><title>Preferences for Everyday Living: Understanding the Impact of Cognitive Status on Preference Importance Ratings in Nursing Homes</title><description>Person-centered care (PCC) is a care paradigm that urges long-term care (LTC) environments to provide more individualized and home-like support for residents (Cadieux, Garcia, & Patrick, 2013). Tailoring care toward each patient has been linked to beneficial health and subjective well-being (Doyle & Rubinstein, 2014). One of the key tenets to advancing PCC practices is assessment of individuals' values and preferences (Van Haitsma et al., 2014). Discussing everyday care preferences can provide valuable information to inform PCC delivery (Doyle & Rubinstein, 2014; Whitlatch, 2013).<br/></description><pubdate>Mon, 09 Oct 2017 04:00:00 Z</pubdate><dc:creator>Christopher J. Carey, MS</dc:creator></item><item><guid ispermalink="true">https://www.healio.com/nursing/journals/jgn/2017-9-43-10/8e818fdb-849b-4f73-830c-3e9b1deb1e6f/discovery-of-implementation-factors-that-lead-to-technology-adoption-in-long-term-care</guid><link>https://www.healio.com/nursing/journals/jgn/2017-9-43-10/8e818fdb-849b-4f73-830c-3e9b1deb1e6f/discovery-of-implementation-factors-that-lead-to-technology-adoption-in-long-term-care</link><title>Discovery of Implementation Factors That Lead to Technology Adoption in Long-Term Care</title><description>The implementation of health care technology is flourishing in the United States. In recent years, long-term care (LTC) facilities have begun to adopt technology (Horn, 2016). These emerging innovations focus on services such as electronic health records (EHRs), interfaces between facilities, wireless data communication promoting point-of-care systems, and telemedicine. Many factors, at all levels of health care delivery, affect a successful technology implementation, including quickly and poorly implemented health care information technology systems (Ash et al., 2007; Han et al., 2005;</description><pubdate>Tue, 26 Sep 2017 04:00:00 Z</pubdate><dc:creator>Rhonda R. Schoville, PhD, RN</dc:creator></item><item><guid ispermalink="true">https://www.healio.com/nursing/journals/jgn/2017-9-43-10/8319d95a-3aad-4fb8-b7cc-ee1c870a9bdb/nurses-perceptions-and-management-of-urinary-incontinence-in-hospitalized-older-adults-an-integrative-review</guid><link>https://www.healio.com/nursing/journals/jgn/2017-9-43-10/8319d95a-3aad-4fb8-b7cc-ee1c870a9bdb/nurses-perceptions-and-management-of-urinary-incontinence-in-hospitalized-older-adults-an-integrative-review</link><title>Nurses' Perceptions and Management of Urinary Incontinence in Hospitalized Older Adults: An Integrative Review</title><description>Over the past century, the average human lifespan has doubled, leading to estimates that older adults will represent 21.1% of the world's population by 2050 (Admi, Shadmi, Baruch, & Zisberg, 2015). Older adults are defined as individuals older than 65 and are the largest population using acute care services in Canada, totaling 40% of hospital stays in 2010 (Canadian Institute for Health Information, 2011). Older adults often have multiple chronic diseases and present with clinical conditions that do not fit into specific disease categories, commonly referred to as geriatric syndromes,</description><pubdate>Tue, 26 Sep 2017 04:00:00 Z</pubdate><dc:creator>Marnie Colborne, BSN</dc:creator></item><item><guid ispermalink="true">https://www.healio.com/nursing/journals/jgn/2017-9-43-10/94837532-b6f2-41b9-b785-4dd3df47c8bb/the-2016-doris-schwartz-gerontological-nursing-research-award-marilyn-rantz-phd-rn-faana-pioneer-and-living-legend-in-aging</guid><link>https://www.healio.com/nursing/journals/jgn/2017-9-43-10/94837532-b6f2-41b9-b785-4dd3df47c8bb/the-2016-doris-schwartz-gerontological-nursing-research-award-marilyn-rantz-phd-rn-faana-pioneer-and-living-legend-in-aging</link><title>The 2016 Doris Schwartz Gerontological Nursing Research Award: Marilyn Rantz, PhD, RN, FAAN—A Pioneer and Living Legend in Aging</title><description>Marilyn Rantz, PhD, RN, FAAN, is a living legend in aging and geriatric care. Her passion for improving older adults' lives has resulted in excellent programs of research with internationally acclaimed results, visionary policy setting initiatives, the creation of innovative tools for clinical practice, and growth of the next generation of researchers. The results of her aged care initiatives have changed practice and improved the lives of people of all ages. The impact of her work will be realized for decades to come.<br/>Dr. Rantz is a Curators' Professor Emerita of Nursing who has been</description><pubdate>Tue, 26 Sep 2017 04:00:00 Z</pubdate><dc:creator>Gregory L. Alexander, PhD, RN, FAAN</dc:creator></item></channel></rss>