Dwayne Dobschuetz, APRN, Geriatric Nurse Practitioner at Northwestern Medicine and University of Wisconsin–Madison School of Nursing alumnus, remembers the day his career changed. He had worked in Northwestern Memorial Hospital’s emergency department for nearly 20 …
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A MOVIN Story About Hospital Care and Older Adult Independence
In complex situations, new policies can have unpredictable effects. For example, some hospital safety measures can make older adults more likely to fall. “Falls are increasingly being used to judge quality of care in our …
End-of-Life Decisions: What You Say and When You Say It Matter
Decisions about medical treatments towards the end of life are often difficult. Patients may be in pain as they and their family members struggle to understand options and come to agreement. Poor decisions may unintentionally …
Evidence-Based Practice Corner: What We Talk About When We Talk About Surgery
In the United States, older adults have more than one-third of all operations. Each year, some 500,000 elders consider major surgery, such as coronary bypasses or organ transplants. As people are leading not only longer …
Evidence-Based Practice Corner: Interprofessional Approaches to Postoperative Delirium
For older adults undergoing surgery, delirium is a common and serious complication. Older adults have a 15 to 50 percent chance of experiencing delirium following a major operation. And it’s older adults “who, as a …
Movement Equals Independence
For older adults admitted to the hospital, whether they’re able to walk and remain independent when they’re discharged may all depend on the nurse they get, according to a new study in the International Journal …