Development and Validation of the Geriatric In‐Hospital Nursing Care Questionnaire

Abstract

The GerINCQ is a reliable and valid tool and is sensitive to change over time. It is clinically relevant because it provides a quantitative measure of hospital nurses' geriatric practices, attitudes, and perceptions. Moreover, the GerINCQ is suitable for monitoring progress after implementation of geriatric improvement programs.

Emotional competence: A core competence in gerontological nursing in Iran

“…Studies show that emotion‐related skills such as having positive attitudes towards the older (Bing‐Jonsson et al., ; Persoon et al., ), the ability to communicate effectively together with respect and compassion with the older (Witt et al., ), patience to listen to the older people, understanding and providing care to the older persons’ emotional needs, empathy towards older people (Asiamah & Azinga, ; Witt et al., ), and emotional management and support (Pokorná et al., ) are considered as a part of gerontological nursing competencies in other countries.…”

“…The importance of gerontological nursing competencies has been explored in various studies, conducted across different settings (Bing‐Jonsson, Bjork, Hofoss, Kirkevold, & Foss, ; Britten, Traynor, Osmond, & Chenoweth, ; Dijkman, Reehuis, & Roodbol, ; Persoon, Bakker, van der Wal‐Huisman, & Olde Rikkert, ), in particular around nurses’ roles and activities in diverse environments of gerontological care (Bedin, Droz‐Mendelzweig, & Chappuis, ; Coyle, Burns, & Traynor, ; Esterson, Bazile, Mezey, Cortes, & Huba, ).…”

“…Few studies highlight emotion‐related skills as a part of gerontological nursing competencies (Asiamah & Azinga, ; Bing‐Jonsson et al., ; Persoon et al., ; Pokorná et al., ; Witt et al., ). Essentially emotional competency comprises social skills to recognise, interpret and respond constructively to one's own and others’ emotions (Pokorná et al., ).…”

Age-Friendly Health Care: A Systematic Review

“…In this case, 13 articles focused only on a hospital department, namely, (i) Emergency Department, seven articles [27][28][29][30][31][32][33]; (ii) Surgery Department, two articles [34,35]; (iii) Acute Care Service, two articles [36,37]; (iv) Outpatient Department, one article [38]; and (v) Internal Medicine Department, one article [39]. The remaining ten articles analyze the entire hospital [5,[40][41][42][43][44][45][46][47][48].…”

The components of nursing competence in caring for older people in Iranian hospitals: A qualitative study

“…[8] Studies have also been conducted to identify the competencies of gerontological nursing in different settings. [9101112] However, there is limited research on gerontological nursing competence in hospitals. [13] Therefore, there is no comprehensive and integrated description of gerontological nursing competence requirements in hospitals.…”