AACN administers two complementary HGNI programs. The first prepares a cadre of nursing faculty with the necessary knowledge, skills, and resources to strengthen geriatric content in senior-level baccalaureate program courses. Nurse educators completing this program will be expected to share their new expertise with their faculty colleagues and students. This initiative builds on a previous Hartford Foundation-AACN effort to stimulate the creation of geratric-focused curricula for baccalaureate adn graduate nursing programs.

The second AACN initiative, the Creating Careers program, awards scholarship monies to schools of nursing to expand opportunities for students to establish a career in geriatric advanced practice nursing.

Executive Director:
Geraldine Bednash, PhD, RN, FAAN

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