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Enhancing geriatric nursing scholarship: specialization versus generalization.

M Mezey¹, T Fulmer, S Fairchild

¹Hartford Institute for Geriatric Nursing, New York University, School of Education, Division of Nursing, 50 West 4th Street, 429 Shimkin Hall, New York, NY 10012, USA.

Journal of Gerontological Nursing

|March 23, 2001

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Strengthening geriatric nursing requires specialized preparation. Encouraging nurses outside geriatrics and supporting research-intensive schools are viable strategies to boost geriatric nursing scholarship.

Area of Science:

Geriatric Nursing
Nursing Education
Academic Scholarship

Background:

Geriatric nursing specialization is crucial for an aging population.
There is an underrepresentation of faculty and doctoral students in geriatric nursing.
Existing academic geriatric nursing programs require sustained support.

Purpose of the Study:

To compare strategies for enhancing geriatric nursing preparation.
To assess methods for increasing geriatric nursing scholarship capacity.
To identify effective approaches for strengthening academic geriatric nursing.

Main Methods:

Exploration of comparative merits of specialized vs. integrated geriatric preparation.
Analysis of capacity for geriatric scholarship among non-geriatric nurse scholars.

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Main Results:

A significant need exists to bolster geriatric nursing as a specialty.
Faculty and doctoral candidates in geriatric nursing are scarce.
Academic nursing programs strong in geriatrics need continued investment.

Conclusions:

Encouraging non-geriatric nurses and doctoral candidates to focus on geriatric issues is effective.
Integrating geriatrics into research-intensive nursing schools can expand scholarship.
Attracting nurse scholars from other fields to geriatric issues promises rapid growth.