How Nursing Home Certified Nursing Assistants Understand Pain in Residents: the importance of knowing

SON Room 423

Elizabeth Halifax BA, RN, PhD(c)

UCSF Department of Physiological Nursing

How Nursing Home Certified Nursing Assistants Understand Pain in Residents:  the importance of knowing

 

Refreshments will be served

RSVP appreciated - email: [email protected] 

 

Learner Objectives

At the completion of this presentation, learners will be able to:

-Recognize how CNAs understand nursing home residents' pain 

-Understand what knowing a resident means to CNAs, and how it helps them to recognize residents' pain 

 

The Trailblazing Topics in Gerontology, in part, provides opportunities for Nursing doctoral and masters students to present and receive feedback on their teaching.  Learners will be asked to provide evaluative feedback to student presenters as a way for him or her to learn and grow as a leader in Gerontology and Geriatrics.