Nursing Assessment of Older Rural Drivers
- 1 December 1998
- journal article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Journal of Community Health Nursing
- Vol. 15 (4) , 217-224
- https://doi.org/10.1207/s15327655jchn1504_3
Abstract
Fifty rural nurses and 75 rural elders participated in a study to (a) explore the perceptions of nurses regarding their role in assessing the driving abilities of rural elders and (b) to describe the nurse's influence on rural elders' decision to stop driving. Findings suggest that, although driving safety of rural elders is of concern to nurses, they do not discuss these concerns with their clients, and rural elders do not discuss driving with nurses.Keywords
This publication has 7 references indexed in Scilit:
- Rural Elders and the Decision to Stop DrivingJournal of Community Health Nursing, 1995
- Medical Conditions Associated With Driving Cessation in Community-Dwelling, Ambulatory EldersJournal of Gerontology, 1993
- The Elderly Driver: Deciding When to StopThe Gerontologist, 1993
- Vision, Aging, and Driving: The Problems of Older DriversJournal of Gerontology, 1992
- Residence Differences in the Health Status of Elders*The Journal of Rural Health, 1988
- Understanding the Health Care Needs of Rural FamiliesFamily Relations, 1987
- Qualitative Analysis for Social ScientistsPublished by Cambridge University Press (CUP) ,1987