J Gerontol Nurs. 2020 Aug 1;46(8):37-45. doi: 10.3928/00989134-20200527-03. Epub 2020 Jun 3.
The current article highlights an interprofessional, older adult oral health community program, created through an Accelerating Interprofessional Community-Based Education and Practice grant from the National Center for Interprofessional Practice and Education, designed to address the gap between older adult health education and care delivery. This project developed an advanced practice, nurse-led partnership among The Hartford Institute for Geriatric Nursing and the Oral Health Nursing Education and Practice Program (both located at New York University Rory Meyers College of Nursing), New York University College of Dentistry, and Regional Aid for Interim Needs (RAIN), a community service organization for older adults in the Bronx. Teams of nursing (n = 26), nurse practitioner (n = 16), and dental (n = 64) students provided oral health education and oral hygiene instruction using Tooth Wisdom educational materials to older adults, home health aides (HHAs), and volunteers in nine RAIN senior centers. Students demonstrated increases in their self-reported interprofessional competencies based on the Interprofessional Collaborative Competency Attainment Survey. Results also revealed that older adults (n = 500), HHAs (n = 142), and volunteers (n = 21) at the RAIN senior centers who attended the Tooth Wisdom presentation demonstrated an increase in oral health knowledge. [Journal of Gerontological Nursing, 46(8), 37-45.].
当前文章重点介绍了一个跨专业的老年人口腔健康社区项目，该项目是通过国家跨专业实践和教育中心的加速社区教育和实践补助金创建的，旨在解决老年健康教育和护理服务之间的差距。该项目在哈特福德老年护理研究所和口腔健康护理教育和实践计划（均位于纽约大学罗里迈耶斯护理学院）、纽约大学牙科学院以及区域临时需求援助（RAIN）之间建立了一个由高级实践护士领导的伙伴关系，RAIN 是一个为布朗克斯区老年人提供服务的社区服务组织。护理（n=26）、执业护士（n=16）和牙科（n=64）学生团队使用 Tooth Wisdom 教育材料为九家 RAIN 老年人中心的老年人、家庭健康助手 (HHA) 和志愿者提供口腔健康教育和口腔卫生指导。学生们根据跨专业协作能力获得调查自我报告的跨专业能力有所提高。结果还表明，参加 Tooth Wisdom 演示的 RAIN 老年人中心的 500 名老年人、142 名家政助理和 21 名志愿者的口腔健康知识有所增加。[老年护理杂志，46(8)，37-45。]。
