Beth Vaughan-Wrobel

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This paper briefly chronicles the background, impact in the field of nursing, contributions and professional associations of Beth Vaughan-Wrobel, a leading member in the field of nursing education and advocacy. The paper discusses how she has emerged as a pioneering thinker in the field of geriatric nursing. The paper highlights how she is well aware that the nursing profession is likely to have to meet the demands of geriatric patients at an even greater number in the future. Vaughan-Wrobel's suggestions for better trained, at-home caregivers would be a way to alleviate some of the profession's burdens, as well as ease the situation of the family members of the patient.

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"In all the fields where she has excelled, Vaughan-Wrobel continues to have an impact upon the ways geriatric patients are perceived and cared for, and the ways that students are prepared to meet the ever-changing future of nursing. She has not only made critical thinking skills an important part of nursing education. She has also called upon society to see the aging process itself as an education, and demanded reforms in the ways that the caretakers who help ease the transition of adults into the next spheres of their lives will be prepared to meet the challenges that face them in the future."

Sample of Sources Used:

• "Beth Vaughan-Wrobel." (2006) UAMS Official Website. Retrieved 15 Mar 2006 athttp://nursing.uams.edu/directory/results.asp?FirstName=Beth&LastName=Vaughan-Wrobel
• Young, Joyce, Johnson, Bennita W. Vaughans, & Phyllis Prather-Hicks. (2006) Fundamentals of Nursing. New York: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
• Vaughan-Wrobel, B. C., O'Sullivan, P., and Smith, L. (1997) "Evaluating critical skills thinking of baccalaureate nursing students." Journal of Nursing Education. 36(10), 485-488.
• Vaughan-Wrobel, B. "If I had only known..." (2004) Elderfocus Journal. 1(3)
• Vaughan-Wrobel, B. (2005)"Creating a Community of Professional Trained HomeCaregivers: Report of Findings." Report given to the Schmeding Center Conference.

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