Nursing practice often brings the nurse into an intimate relationship with suffering individuals
and vulnerable communities. To fully and effectively conduct our practice and pursue our …

Nursing home social work services are integral to resident interdisciplinary care planning
and treatments to meet residents' psychosocial needs. Data from the Online Survey …

We describe the racial segregation in US nursing homes and its relationship to racial
disparities in the quality of care. Nursing homes remain relatively segregated, roughly …

The adoption of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and the recent Institute of
Medicine report, The Future of Nursing: Leading Change, Advancing Health, have brought …

social time. 3 Although it's important not to stereotype individual nurses, recognizing
generational differences can improve nursing work environments and nurse retention. The …

Community care for frail elderly people rests heavily on the work of low-status,
paraprofessional home care workers. Home care workers describe their work as highly …

Abstract This study sought Certified Nursing Assistants'(CNAs) perspectives on the activities
that compose quality care. CNAs provide the majority of hands on care in nursing homes …

A critical shortage of nurses has focused attention on the current demographics of practicing
nurses. Data from the most recent analysis of the nursing workforce reveals that only 4.9 …

CONCLUSION In the coming decades, millions of older adults and people with disabilities
will increasingly rely on direct care workers for assistance, and women of color will be critical …

Purpose: This study introduces the first National Nursing Assistant Survey (NNAS), a major
advance in the data available about certified nursing assistants (CNAs) and a rich resource …