The nurse studying the history of gerontologic nursing learns which information about the specialty? (Select all that apply.)
a. The number of older Americans is dimi-nishing.
b. The geriatric nursing conference group was established in 1962.
c. The gerontologic clinical nurse specialist certification was offered in 1989.
d. There were no writings about the care of older persons until World War II.
e. The first Standards of Practice for Geria-tric Nursing was written in 1969.
B, C, E
The geriatric nursing conference group was established in 1962, the gerontologic clinical nurse specialist certification was first offered in 1989, and the first Standards of Practice for Geriatric Nursing was written in 1969 . The population of older Americans is the fastest-growing subset of the population. Writings about care of the aged can be found from as early as 1900.
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