Nursing Home Textbook: Practice & Leadership in Nursing Homes—Building on Academic-Practice Partnerships
A new textbook for nursing home staff and nursing educators and students has been released. Practice & Leadership in Nursing Homes: Building on Academic-Practice Partnerships was inspired by the Teaching Nursing Home initiative and provides an evidence-based roadmap for high quality, age-friendly care in nursing homes.
Leaders of the Teaching Nursing Home initiative developed the textbook, which serves as a resource to support partnerships between nursing homes and schools of nursing. The textbook provides a foundation for clinical practice in the unique setting of nursing homes—illustrating how high-quality nursing care can result in positive resident and student outcomes.
Chapters cover topics such as:
- the 4Ms of age-friendly care
- comprehensive care planning
- the role of information technology and more
JoAnne Reifsnyder, PhD, MSN, MBA, RN, FAAN, Ann Kolanowski, PhD, RN, FAAN, and Jacqueline Dunbar-Jacob, PhD, RN, FAAN, are co-editors. Other experts in the field, including JAHF's Terry Fulmer, PhD, RN, FAAN, and Amy Berman, RN, LHD (hon), FAAN, authored specific chapters.
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