The role of a nurse in geriatric practice

Abstract

This review accentuates the problems of geriatric nursing care - areas of activities, which has not received to date widespread development in Russia. Meanwhile, the experience of countries, having the developed geriatric services, indicates that these activities are standardized and well structured, which allows to judge about the quality of geriatric nursing. The review deals with foreign resources that serve the objectives of obtaining special education of nurses as well as the substantial support in the practice of geriatric nurses.