Nursing Care for Hospitalized Older Adults With and Without Cognitive Impairment

Tamara G R Macieira1, Yingwei Yao, Madison B Smith

  • 1Tamara G. R. Macieira, PhD, BSN, is Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Florida College of Nursing, Gainesville. Yingwei Yao, PhD, is Research Associate Professor, Department of Biobehavioral Nursing Science, University of Florida College of Nursing, Gainesville. Madison B. Smith, PhD, BSN, RN, is Diabetes Nurse Clinician, Department of Pediatrics, University of Florida College of Medicine, Division of Endocrinology, Gainesville. Jiang Bian, PhD, MS, is Associate Professor, Department of Health Outcomes and Biomedical Informatics, University of Florida College of Medicine, Gainesville. Diana J. Wilkie, PhD, RN, FAAN, is Professor and Prairieview Trust-Earl and Margo Powers Endowed Professor, Department of Biobehavioral Nursing Science, University of Florida College of Nursing, and Director, Academic Center of Excellence in Palliative Care Research and Education, Gainesville, Florida. Gail M. Keenan, PhD, RN, FAAN, is Professor and Annabel Davis Jenks Endowed Chair for Teaching and Research in Clinical Nursing Excellence, Department of Family, Community and Health Systems Science, University of Florida College of Nursing, Gainesville.

Nursing Research
|January 24, 2020
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