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	Feature Articles
11	Evolving Models of Geriatric Nursing Care
	Mathy Mezey, Marie Boltz, Jessica Esterson, and Ethel Mitty
	Evolving models of geriatric nursing practice suggest exciting opportunities for nurses seeking to focus their practice on the care of older adults.
16	A Model Long-Term Care Hospice Unit: Care, Community, and Compassion
	Jeanie Kayser-Jones, Joyce Chan, and Alison Kris
	Exemplary palliative care can be provided when an interdisciplinary team is dedicated to creating an environment where the principles of palliative care can be fully implemented.
21	Benefits and Challenges of Research With the Oldest Old for Participants and Nurses
	Marjorie J. Leahy, Debbie Thurber, and James F. Calvert, Jr.
	Research among the oldest old allows us to understand their special views, motivations, and needs, while providing the elderly an opportunity to make a contribution to age-appropriate health care.
29	Facilitating Interdisciplinary Practice Through Mobile Service Provision to the Rural Older Adult
	Karen S. Hayward
	Reaching the older adult in rural communities is an important aspect of helping to support the desire of aging in place. This innovative health outreach effort showcases a collaborative effort in the community setting.
34	The Legal Nurse Consultant
	Sue E. Meiner
	Many new opportunities are becoming available for nurses in the legal profession. One such position—that of Legal Nurse Consultant—offers a challenging and rewarding career for the right person.
37	Wanted—Committed Gerontological Nurse Preceptors
	Sandra P. Hirst and Annette Lane
	The opportunity to promote care of older adults as a worthwhile and endearing domain of nursing practice is not one to be missed.
	Departments
5	From The Editor
	Reflections on a 25th Birthday
	Priscilla Ebersole
7	NewsView
10	Calendar
62	Book Reviews
43	NGNA News
	Robin E. Remsburg and Neva L. Crogan
47	2004 NGNA Convention
	Abstracts
	Nutrition and Well-Being
51	A Quarter Century of Nutrition Progress for Older Adults
	Peggy K. Yen
	Home Health Care
53	All Home Care Is Not Created Equal—One View: Dramatic Growth in Home Health Care Industry Creates Unregulated Workforce; More Government Oversight Is Needed
	Kathy Janz
	NCGNP Section
56	Pharmacology Update
	Ann Schmidt Luggen
56	Research Review
	Barbara Resnick
57	GNP Care Guidelines
	Jennifer Malmstrom
	Drug Consult
60	Drugs and the Elderly: Looking Back and Ahead
	Carol A. Miller
	Acknowledgment
Inside back cover
	Acknowledgment to the Panel of Review
3	Information for Authors
4	Information for Readers