Ruth Palan Lopez

Summary

Affiliation: MGH Institute of Health Professions
Country: USA

Publications

  1. ncbi Time travel: the lived experience of providing feeding assistance to a family member with dementia
    Ruth Palan Lopez
    Massachusetts General Health Institute of Health Professions, School of Nursing, Boston, Massachusetts 02129 4557, USA
    Res Gerontol Nurs 4:127-34. 2011
  2. ncbi Psychometric evaluation of the surrogate decision making self-efficacy scale
    Ruth Palan Lopez
    School of Nursing, The Center for Interprofessional Studies and Innovation, MGH Institute of Health Professions, Boston, Massachusetts 02129 4557, USA
    Res Gerontol Nurs 6:71-6. 2013
  3. ncbi Decision-making for acutely ill nursing home residents: nurses in the middle
    Ruth Palan Lopez
    John A Hartford Foundation Claire M Fagin Fellow, University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing, PA, USA
    J Adv Nurs 65:1001-9. 2009
  4. ncbi The influence of nursing home culture on the use of feeding tubes
    Ruth Palan Lopez
    MGH Institute of Health Professions School of Nursing, Boston, MA 02129 4557, USA
    Arch Intern Med 170:83-8. 2010
  5. ncbi Nurses' perspectives on feeding decisions for nursing home residents with advanced dementia
    Ruth Palan Lopez
    MGH Institute of Health Professions School of Nursing, Boston, MA 02129 4557, USA
    J Clin Nurs 19:632-8. 2010
  6. ncbi Uncertainty and decision making for residents with dementia
    Ruth Palan Lopez
    MGH Institute of Health Professions School of Nursing, Boston, MA 02129 4557, USA
    Clin Nurs Res 20:228-40. 2011
  7. ncbi Sources of stress for family members of nursing home residents with advanced dementia
    Jane L Givens
    Hebrew SeniorLife Institute for Aging Research, Boston, MA 02131, USA
    Alzheimer Dis Assoc Disord 26:254-9. 2012

Detail Information

Publications7

  1. ncbi Time travel: the lived experience of providing feeding assistance to a family member with dementia
    Ruth Palan Lopez
    Massachusetts General Health Institute of Health Professions, School of Nursing, Boston, Massachusetts 02129 4557, USA
    Res Gerontol Nurs 4:127-34. 2011
    ..Findings can guide nurses to dialogue with family members and to ensure that the full spectrum of mealtime is preserved...
  2. ncbi Psychometric evaluation of the surrogate decision making self-efficacy scale
    Ruth Palan Lopez
    School of Nursing, The Center for Interprofessional Studies and Innovation, MGH Institute of Health Professions, Boston, Massachusetts 02129 4557, USA
    Res Gerontol Nurs 6:71-6. 2013
    ..The SDM-SES may be useful as an assessment instrument, as well as an outcome measure for interventions aimed at increasing the capacity of SDMs. Future validations are suggested to optimize its utility...
  3. ncbi Decision-making for acutely ill nursing home residents: nurses in the middle
    Ruth Palan Lopez
    John A Hartford Foundation Claire M Fagin Fellow, University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing, PA, USA
    J Adv Nurs 65:1001-9. 2009
    ..This paper is a report of a study to generate a model of nursing behaviours and social processes inherent in decision-making for acutely ill nursing home residents...
  4. ncbi The influence of nursing home culture on the use of feeding tubes
    Ruth Palan Lopez
    MGH Institute of Health Professions School of Nursing, Boston, MA 02129 4557, USA
    Arch Intern Med 170:83-8. 2010
    ..Studies suggest that organizational features of NHs are associated with this practice, but underlying reasons for these associations are poorly understood...
  5. ncbi Nurses' perspectives on feeding decisions for nursing home residents with advanced dementia
    Ruth Palan Lopez
    MGH Institute of Health Professions School of Nursing, Boston, MA 02129 4557, USA
    J Clin Nurs 19:632-8. 2010
    ..To develop a broad understanding of nursing beliefs, knowledge and roles in feeding decisions for nursing home residents with advanced dementia...
  6. ncbi Uncertainty and decision making for residents with dementia
    Ruth Palan Lopez
    MGH Institute of Health Professions School of Nursing, Boston, MA 02129 4557, USA
    Clin Nurs Res 20:228-40. 2011
    ..These findings suggest that close family relatives who serve as SDMs for NH residents with dementia may benefit from increasing social support and enhancing SDMs’ self-efficacy for decision making...
  7. ncbi Sources of stress for family members of nursing home residents with advanced dementia
    Jane L Givens
    Hebrew SeniorLife Institute for Aging Research, Boston, MA 02131, USA
    Alzheimer Dis Assoc Disord 26:254-9. 2012
    ..Our results support the provision of emotional support to families upon resident admission, education regarding prognosis to guide decision making, improved resident care, and greater communication with health care professionals...