SESSION
Wednesday, July 13, 2005: 10:00 AM-11:30 AM
Evidence-Based Nursing Care for the Elderly
 Caring Beyond Cure: Integrating the Philosophy and Practice of Palliative Care Into a Medicare-Certified Home Health Agency in Rural Hawaii
Barbara N. Kuehner, BSN, MA, RN, CHPN, Robin L. Seto, MD, CMD, FAACP
 Documentation of the Needs of Older Patients and Their Families and Strategies to Improve Care During Hospitalisation
Louise Hickman, BN, RN, MPH, Esther Chang, BappSc(AN), M, ED, Admin, PhD, Patricia Davidson, RN, BA, MEd, PhD, Karen Handcock, BSc(Psych), PhD
 In Search of Competency: A Comparison of Northern California Nursing Home Evaluations
Edith Jenkins-Weinrub, EdD, Marcia Canton, PhD
 The Development of an Instrument to Measure the Adaptation of Elders Moving Into an Assisted Living Facility
Jeanne Siegel, MSN, ARNP, BC, Maureen Fitzpatrick, MSN, ARNP, Lucie Dlugasch, ARNP-BC, MSN, Tina J. Shapiro, MSN, ARNP, Catherina Chang, RN, MSN, Sandra Brown, ARNP, MSN, NP-C, Rosemary Hall, PhD, RN

Third International Evidence-Based Nursing Preconference
Promoting Evidence-Based Nursing: Innovation for Nursing Practice
Sigma Theta Tau International
13 July 2005
Hawaii’s Big Island