Kurlowicz Lenore H, Puentes William J, Evans Lois K, Spool Monda M, Ratcliffe Sarah J
University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing, 418 Curie Boulevard, Philadelphia, PA 19104-6096, USA.
Nurs Outlook. 2007 Nov-Dec;55(6):303-10. doi: 10.1016/j.outlook.2007.04.002.
By 2030, the numbers of older adults with mental illness will strain our health care system. Sufficient advanced practice nurses (APNs) with specialized knowledge to provide care will be critical. All 339 graduate nursing programs in the US were surveyed regarding the extent and nature of geropsychiatric nursing (GPN) content in their curricula. Of 206 schools responding, 15 reported having a GPN subspecialty. Regarding the 60 schools with a psychiatric/mental health nursing (PMHN) graduate program, only one third (n = 23) included some GPN content, while more than half (n = 116) of all schools reported integration of GPN content in a non-psychiatric nurse practitioner program. Thus, currently, the greatest numbers of APNs receiving education on mental health needs of older adults are prepared in non-psychiatric nurse practitioner programs. This article discusses the implications for nursing education and practice.
到2030年，患有精神疾病的老年人数量将使我们的医疗保健系统不堪重负。拥有专业知识以提供护理的足够数量的高级实践护士（APN）将至关重要。对美国所有339个研究生护理项目进行了调查，了解其课程中老年精神病护理（GPN）内容的范围和性质。在回复的206所学校中，有15所报告设有GPN亚专业。在设有精神病/心理健康护理（PMHN）研究生项目的60所学校中，只有三分之一（n = 23）包含一些GPN内容，而所有学校中超过一半（n = 116）报告在非精神科执业护士项目中整合了GPN内容。因此，目前，在非精神科执业护士项目中接受老年人心理健康需求教育的APN数量最多。本文讨论了对护理教育和实践的影响。
