Geriatric Nursing Leadership Annotated Bibliography
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This annotated bibliography examines scholarly sources addressing the geriatric healthcare workforce shortage in the United States. It synthesizes research on interprofessional team approaches, community-based solutions, and demographic projections to inform nursing leadership strategies for meeting the growing elderly population's care needs.
What this annotated bibliography covers
- Flaherty & Bartels (2019) - addresses workforce shortage mitigation through interprofessional teams and community involvement in elderly care
- Lee & Sumaya (2013) - analyzes geriatrician capacity crisis in nursing homes with case study of New Hampshire's declining geriatrician workforce
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Geriatric Nursing Leadership Annotated Bibliography
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Geriatric Nursing Leadership Annotated Bibliography
- Flaherty, E., & Bartels, S. J. (2019). Addressing the community‐based geriatric healthcare workforce shortage by leveraging the potential of interprofessional teams. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 67(S2), S400-S408.
The article acknowledges that increased demand for geriatric services in the United States is inevitable. The inevitability is a derivative of increased life expectancy among Americans. Therefore, there is a high probability limitation in meeting the growing need for healthcare services to the elderly soon. The article focuses on exploring the different ways in which the community may assist to mitigate the shortages of nurses in geriatric care. Consequently, the publication provides extensive information concerning the roles of nurses and caregivers in elderly care institutions. The position advocated by the article is that there is a need to shift the perception of nursing and caregiving while strategizing on how to supply adequate care to the growing elderly population. Further, the article argues that it is possible for caregiving to become a role for both medical and non-medical persons. The proposition brings makes elderly care as something that qualifies as healthcare and social care service. Therefore, the article is critical in understanding the pros and cons of community members assuming roles designated for medical personnel. Some of the barriers included in the paper are poor educational background, lack of training, agreements and structures of payment, and leadership resistance.