[NSAA Roster]
The Nursing Sciences: Adults and Older Adults [NSAA] Study Section reviews applications that address clinical nursing practice related to the care of young, middle-aged, and older adults. In addition, the Study Section reviews applications related to care giving and illness in adults and older adults as well as health promotion and disease prevention in older adults. Nursing research in these segments of the population includes both scientific inquiry into nursing science, as well as psychosocial and behavioral processes directly relevant to nursing care and research relating to nursing interventions in patient care. Biological, psychological, social and cultural perspectives are frequently employed in the design and conduct of nursing research, as are multidisciplinary perspectives. The interventions are designed to enhance or promote recovery, and/or maintain health. Research addressing cost issues or systems issues may focus on the cost of nursing care or the environment in which nursing care is delivered and be related to patient outcomes.
Specific areas include, but are not limited to:
· Management of young, middle-aged and older adults with acute and chronic illnesses including issues such as decision-making, self-care behaviors, prevention of disability, quality of life, adherence, nurse-client communications, caregiver issues and symptom management. Symptoms might include pain, sleep, grieving, hopelessness, altered self-esteem, social isolation, anger, anxiety, stress, fatigue, confusion and nausea and vomiting.
· Care giving, health promotion and disease prevention in older adults. Examples might include stress adaptation, coping training, social support, lifespan issues such as family care giving, aging, bereavement, and end of life. This study section will also review applications related to health promotion and disease prevention in older adults.
· Other nursing practice issues dealing with young, middle-aged and older adults including acute and chronic illness, end-of-life, biobehavioral phenomenon, health disparities, transcultural issues, methodological approaches, community health, care systems, environmental and workplace issues, sports medicine and exercise.
· Studies related to the practice environment in which nursing care is delivered to young, middle-aged, and older adults including patient outcomes of home care, long-term care, hospital care, community health care, factors underlying the quality of nursing care, and cost-effectiveness and informatics issues of nursing care as they relate to these patient populations and outcomes.
NSAA has the following shared interests within the HOP IRG:
· With Nursing Science: Adults and Aging [NSAA] and Nursing Science: Children and Families [NSCF]: Those applications pertaining to infants, children, adolescents or families, women’s health or health disparities may be reviewed by NSCF. Those pertaining to adults and older adults may be reviewed by NSAA. Applications originating from other sources and that fall within the domain of subject areas covered by the HOP IRG may be referred to the most appropriate study section within the HOP IRG.
NSAA has the following shared interests outside the HOP IRG:
· Other IRGs: Applications not directly related to nursing science and that do not fall within the domain of subject areas covered by the HOP IRG could be referred to the most appropriate IRG.
· Study Sections in NIAAA, NIDA, and NIMH may review applications in treatment and health services research. For more information, see the Institutes' respective web sites.
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