Harding University-Carr College of Nursing, Searcy, AR 72149, USA.
J Nurs Educ. 2013 Jun;52(6):317-21. doi: 10.3928/01484834-20130509-03. Epub 2013 May 9.
Forecasted changes in the demographics of the United States suggest there will be an unprecedented need for health care professionals with specific training in geropsychiatric care. An aging society, the dearth of geropsychiatric health care professionals, the shortage of educators, and the lack of interprofessional geropsychiatric education require new strategies for nursing education to address these issues. The vision of the Institute of Medicine serves as a foundation for transforming geropsychiatric nursing and interprofessional education to prepare the next generation of nurses and the geropsychiatric workforce to improve the mental health care of older adults. This article aims to describe the importance and implications of implementing the recently released Geropsychiatric Nursing Competency Enhancements and the Core Competencies for Interprofessional Collaborative Practice to improve the mental health care of older Americans. A secondary aim is to discuss how to overcome barriers in implementing interprofessional education in geropsychiatric nursing care.
美国人口结构的预测变化表明，对于在老年精神病学护理方面接受过专门培训的医疗保健专业人员的需求将空前巨大。老龄化社会、老年精神病学保健专业人员的短缺、教育者的缺乏以及缺乏跨专业老年精神病学教育，这些都要求护理教育采取新策略来解决这些问题。美国国家科学院医学研究所的愿景为转变老年精神病学护理和跨专业教育提供了基础，旨在培养下一代护士和老年精神病学工作者，以改善老年人的心理健康护理。本文旨在描述实施最近发布的《老年精神病护理能力提升》和《跨专业协作实践核心能力》的重要性和意义，以改善美国老年人的心理健康护理。次要目标是讨论如何克服在老年精神病学护理中实施跨专业教育的障碍。
