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M A Pascucci

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PubMed1997

Ingredients of an old and healthy life. A centenarian perspective.

This phenomenological study elicited centenarians' meanings of longevity and their perceptions of any common biological or psychosocial factors that they attributed to health and functioning. Twelve centenarians, ages 100 to 109, were interviewed. Common themes in their lived experiences included the meaning of long life, views of health, relationships with others, affirmation of worth, reasons for longevity, and God. Centenarians are long-term "survivors" with important lessons to share about high functioning, productive lives.

Adaptation, Psychological↗
PubMed1997

Health care needs in a nontraditional university setting.

This paper describes early planning stages of a nurse-managed clinic to offer primary health care services in a nontraditional university setting. A community needs assessment was conducted with quantitative and qualitative findings reported. This unique setting triggered a number of considerations in planning for services. Recommendations for health services and resources for the university community are discussed.

Ambulatory Care Facilities↗
PubMed1993

Baccalaureate curriculum. Gerontological nursing objectives.

1. Gerontological preparation for nursing practice is no longer a curricular luxury; it is a necessity. Baccalaureate nursing education must include broad content and guided practice in gerontological nursing. 2. Incorporating gerontology into a baccalaureate nursing curriculum often is a challenge. Reasons include gerontology not being a "traditional" specialty area; health care professionals in the United States, including nurses, not viewing older adults differently from younger adults; students not being expected to apply knowledge or concepts specifically related to gerontology; and efforts to incorporate gerontological content into a curriculum being resisted due to ageism--a "natural" avoidance of aging from which nursing faculty are not exempt. 3. Because of the limited numbers of nurses with an advanced education in gerontology, the recruitment of experienced, knowledgeable faculty is difficult. Most gerontology faculty are still largely self-taught and enter nursing education via the fields of medical/surgical, psychiatric, or community nursing. It is largely these faculty who must plan and "pioneer" gerontology in the curriculum.

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PubMed1992

Measuring incentives to health promotion in older adults. Understanding neglected health promotion in older adults.

Health promotion increases longevity and allows older persons to maintain an independent and satisfying life. Determining reasons why an older person participates in health promotion activities through incentives may allow further insight into ways to promote health. As deeper understanding of motivation is gained by health professionals, successful influences to health behavior may be clarified. A nurse's role in health promotion could be to assist in planning a health promotion program, especially after incentives have been identified for a particular person. The Incentive-Health Promotion Scale revealed that the major incentives to health promotion in study sample were "feel good" and "fitness and health".

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Nursing service data for research in patient care.

Nursing service records from the nontechnical medical care program, an Oklahoma statewide Medicaid long-term community care program, provided a unique data base to gather information for research purposes and program improvement. This article describes the process of developing a data collection (coding) form to extract a minimum data set and a method of training lay coders to use the form. Inherent problems associated with this process from the beginning to the end are also shared.

Abstracting and Indexing↗