It is imperative that nursing take a leadership role in providing effective health care across the lifespan and in various health care settings. Which intervention will have the greatest impact on achieving positive outcomes concerning that issue?
a. An acute care facility providing continuing education credits for geriatric nursing in-services
b. A baccalaureate degree nursing program including a geriatric care course into the curriculum
c. A professional nursing organization provides advanced practice status as a geriatric specialist
d. A long-term care facility's nursing director is a certified geriatric nurse practitioner
ANS: B
It is essential that educational programs prepare students for competent care of older adults in a variety of health care settings, including acute, long-term, home, and community-based care. Nurses in all settings need to increase awareness of the roles and responsibilities of nursing practice across the continuum and work collaboratively to improve care outcomes, particularly during times of transition. The remaining options do not have the same impact on nursing leadership as does the correct option.
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