Graduate education in geropsychiatric nursing: Findings from a national survey

Public health nursing education in Turkey: a national survey

“…The questionnaire was based on previous studies and literature (Carter et al 2006; Education Committee of the Association of Community Health Nurse Educators 2010; Esin et al 2008;Feenstra 2000;Kurlowicz et al 2007;Levin et al 2008) as well as on the researcher's practical experience. The questionnaire was based on previous studies and literature (Carter et al 2006; Education Committee of the Association of Community Health Nurse Educators 2010; Esin et al 2008;Feenstra 2000;Kurlowicz et al 2007;Levin et al 2008) as well as on the researcher's practical experience.…”

“…The data were collected through self-administered questionnaire designed to identify the existing status of undergraduate and postgraduate PHN education between February 2011 and June 2011. The questionnaire was based on previous studies and literature (Carter et al 2006; Education Committee of the Association of Community Health Nurse Educators 2010; Esin et al 2008;Feenstra 2000;Kurlowicz et al 2007;Levin et al 2008) as well as on the researcher's practical experience. The questionnaire comprised four parts with a total of 21 items.…”

Embracing the challenges in graduate geropsychiatric nursing education: Findings from a national survey

“…In 2004, researchers from the University of Pennsylvania conducted a survey on graduate geropsychiatric nursing education (Kurlowicz, Puentes, Evans, Spool, & Ratcliff, 2007). Results showed that one third of psychiatric mental health nursing graduate programs ( n =60) reported some GPN content.…”

“…A survey in 2014 (Stephens et al, 2015) compared with the similar survey 10 years earlier (Kurlowicz et al, 2007) found that despite substantial efforts to improve GPN education, fewer than 70% of nursing schools offer GPN content. Moreover, only 40% of APRN primary care programs include GPN content in their curricula, and fewer than 9% of nursing schools provide specific GPN programs, tracks or minors (Stephens et al, 2015).…”

“…Moreover, only 40% of APRN primary care programs include GPN content in their curricula, and fewer than 9% of nursing schools provide specific GPN programs, tracks or minors (Stephens et al, 2015). The 2014 survey, and results from the two previous national surveys have captured 28 years of trends in GPN (Hoeffer, 1994; Kurlowicz et al, 2007; Stephens et al, 2015).…”