TY - JOUR T1 - Elderly women used interdisciplinary approaches to face obstacles and make a successful transition through recovery after hip fracture JF - Evidence Based Nursing JO - Evid Based Nurs SP - 96 LP - 96 DO - 10.1136/ebn.3.3.96 VL - 3 IS - 3 A2 - , Y1 - 2000/07/01 UR - http://ebn.bmj.com/content/3/3/96.1.abstract N2 - Robinson SB.Transitions in the lives of elderly women who have sustained hip fractures.J Adv Nurs1999 Dec;30:1341–8OpenUrlCrossRefPubMedWeb of Science QUESTION: What are elderly women's experiences of the factors that promote function and enable a successful transition through the recovery process after a hip fracture? Grounded theory.Midwestern USA.15 English speaking women >70 years of age (age range 72–82 y, 100% white) who were recovering from hip fracture, had been discharged from a subacute unit in the previous 9 months, had returned home to live alone, and were cognitively intact. All women had children who visited at least weekly.Focus groups (3 groups of 7, 5, and 3 women, respectively) were held in a small, comfortable room within a 250 bed hospital. Predetermined, open ended questions were used to encourage participants to talk openly about the transitional conditions through recovery from hip fracture. During … ER -