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Contemporary demands on nurses in aged care environments and strategies that can be implemented to provide the best outcomes for both care recipients and care providers.
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Introduction
– Overview of demands on nurses
-Scope of the paper
List of contemporary demands on nurses in aged care environments
-Low rate of pay
-Perceptions that aged care nursing is less glamorous than other areas of nursing such as oncology, ED, and ICU
-Nurses to endure a lot of documentation before they get accreditation to work as aged care nurses.
-Complexity of care requirements for older people, hence the need for specialization just like in other fields of nursing.
-Lack of confidence and competence among some nurses.
Strategies that can be implemented to provide the best outcomes for both care recipients and care providers
-Strategies for best outcomes for care recipients
-Evidence-based care: it can work in fall prevention (Clayton, 2007, p. 37), focus on measurable outcomes. For example, use of hip protectors to reduce incidences of hip fractures (Clayton, 2007, p. 37)
-Introduction of an in-patient programs specifically for aged care
-Introduction of programs that address future care needs –thereby increasing satisfaction to both aged people and the nurses
-strategies for best outcomes for care providers
-Giving nurses opportunities to train additional caregivers who use the skills acquired to provide care to aged people
-Aged care nurses are made to understand that gerontology is a demanding specialty and that residential care is a rewarding career choice.
-Educating and supporting nurses with professional opportunities to boost their competencies and confidence. Example, postgraduate clinical science courses, recognition of work experience as well as previous study.
-study programs that take into consideration programs of busy nurses
-subsidies from relevant government agencies
Conclusion
-Summary of issues discussed in the paper
-Concluding remarks on the most salient points