A workshop for nursing home staff: Recognizing and responding to their own and residents’ emotions

Gerontology and Geriatrics Education

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 39-51

  Ruckdeschel, Katy ^a   Haitsma, Kimberly Van ^b  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Harry Stern Family Center for Innovations in Alzheimer s Care   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CURRICULUM; DEMENTIA; EDUCATION; EMOTION; EMPATHY; EVALUATION; GERIATRIC NURSING; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; HUMANISM; IN SERVICE TRAINING; INTELLIGENCE; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; NURSING; NURSING ASSISTANT; NURSING EDUCATION; NURSING HOME; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT CARE; PHILOSOPHY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STANDARD;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AGED; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CURRICULUM; DEMENTIA; EDUCATION, NURSING, CONTINUING; EMOTIONS; EMPATHY; GERIATRIC NURSING; HUMANISM; HUMANS; INSERVICE TRAINING; INTELLIGENCE; NURSE-PATIENT RELATIONS; NURSES' AIDES; NURSING EDUCATION RESEARCH; NURSING HOMES; PATIENT-CENTERED CARE; PHILOSOPHY, NURSING; PROGRAM EVALUATION;

EID: 18444390252     PISSN: 02701960     EISSN: 15453847     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J021v24n03_04     Document Type: Article

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