TY - JOUR
T1 - Nurses’ experiences with an inpatient geriatric consulting service at a Midwestern Veterans’ hospital
T2 - The elder veteran program
AU - Liebzeit, Daniel
AU - Haske-Palomino, Maureen
AU - Gatley, Liza
AU - Boltz, Marie
N1 - Funding Information:
We would like to acknowledge David E. Murray MSN, RN, APN, NE-BC, Associate Director Patient Care Service (Nurse Executive), and Rochelle M. Carlson, MS, RN, GNP-BC, CRRN, Chief of Primary Care, at the William S. Middleton Memorial Veterans Hospital, Madison, WI for their support of EVP development and evaluation. This material is the result of work supported with resources and the use of facilities at the William S. Middleton Memorial Veterans Hospital, Madison, WI. The project described was supported by an OAA Advanced Fellowship in Geriatrics (William S. Middleton Memorial Veterans Hospital, Madison, WI). The content is solely the responsibility of the authors and does not represent the views of the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs or the United States Government.
Funding Information:
This material is the result of work supported with resources and the use of facilities at the William S. Middleton Memorial Veterans Hospital, Madison, WI. The project described was supported by an OAA Advanced Fellowship in Geriatrics (William S. Middleton Memorial Veterans Hospital, Madison, WI). The content is solely the responsibility of the authors and does not represent the views of the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs or the United States Government.
Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2021/3/1
Y1 - 2021/3/1
N2 - This qualitative project used conventional content analysis of interview data to examine nurses’ experience with and perception of the Elder Veteran Program, an inpatient geriatric consulting service, at a midwestern Veterans’ hospital. Nurses were recruited from nursing units utilizing the program and completed individual interviews (N = 10). Participants described the impact of the program within four categories: providing comprehensive care to patients, contributing to individual growth of nurses, promoting team-based care, and as a resource. Participants described several barriers and facilitators to implementation of the program on their unit, including workload and time, shifts and availability of program staff, perceived need, inclusion criteria, perception of program staff, education of nurses, communication, and the inpatient environment. This project provides opportunities for further examination of healthcare providers’ experience with inpatient geriatric programs, how those experiences may relate to effectiveness of programs, and important areas of support for hospital staff.
AB - This qualitative project used conventional content analysis of interview data to examine nurses’ experience with and perception of the Elder Veteran Program, an inpatient geriatric consulting service, at a midwestern Veterans’ hospital. Nurses were recruited from nursing units utilizing the program and completed individual interviews (N = 10). Participants described the impact of the program within four categories: providing comprehensive care to patients, contributing to individual growth of nurses, promoting team-based care, and as a resource. Participants described several barriers and facilitators to implementation of the program on their unit, including workload and time, shifts and availability of program staff, perceived need, inclusion criteria, perception of program staff, education of nurses, communication, and the inpatient environment. This project provides opportunities for further examination of healthcare providers’ experience with inpatient geriatric programs, how those experiences may relate to effectiveness of programs, and important areas of support for hospital staff.
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U2 - 10.1016/j.gerinurse.2021.01.004
DO - 10.1016/j.gerinurse.2021.01.004
M3 - Article
C2 - 33556899
AN - SCOPUS:85100411166
SN - 0197-4572
VL - 42
SP - 317
EP - 324
JO - Geriatric Nursing
JF - Geriatric Nursing
IS - 2
ER -