Beyond the Bedside: The Changing Role of Today's Nurses

Earlier this morning, Charles Tiffin, provost of Capella University, wrote an Op-Ed piece for the HuffingtonPost detailing how the role of nurses has changed and will continue to change in the 21st century. Dr. Tiffin discussed the evolution of specialized skill sets in the nursing workforce as well as highlighting the growing role of advanced practice nurses in both clinical practice and leadership roles.

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Hospital Efforts To Keep Elderly Strong

Yesterday, Lindsey Tanner, reporting for the Huffington Post, described new initiatives being implemented by hospitals to encourage elderly patients to be more active and improve their quality of life. Ms. Tanner detailed how hospitals are utilizing nurses and volunteers to facilitate simple walking exercises that result in patients being just as healthy when discharged as they were on arrival.

Does this initiative sound familiar to you? It should!

Previous INQRI grantee Dr. Barbara Resnick focused her INQRI supported research efforts on Function Focused Care in assisted living communities that resulted in improved well-being for geriatric participants, in addition to improving the culture of safety for staff at the facilities that implemented the program.

Click here to read the HuffPost article.

Click here to read more about Dr. Resnick's work, including a video of a recent lecture she presented at the University of Pennsylvania's Institute of Aging.