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3, Issue 6
Februrary 28, 2006 If you have received this newsletter without graphics but would like to receive it with graphics, please write to John Beilenson at jbeilenson@aboutscp.com for instructions on how to view an HTML email, or go to www.hgni.org. Welcome
to New Directions, a publication of the If you have items you would like mentioned in New Directions, please contact Pamela Dudzik at pdudzik@aannet.org, Debbie Latimer at dlatimer@aacn.nche.edu or Elaine Gould at elaine.gould@nyu.edu. We look forward to hearing from you! In
this Issue
1.New Direction 2. Geriatric Education Nursing Project: Showcasing Curriculum Grant Innovations 3.Tools, Resources & Opportunites 4. Announcements 5. Link of the Month: The Women's Health Initiative The HGNI bids a fond farewell (though somewhat sad) to Deirdre Thornlow, MN, RN, who has provided tremendous leadership to the Initiative during the last several years. Effective March 10, 2006, Deirdre will resign her position as Gerontology Program Director at AACN in order to accelerate completion of her doctorate at the University of Virginia. We will all miss Deirdre, but wish her well in her studies. We also know that with her dissertation completed, she will find new ways to continue her passionate commitment to improving the nursing care of older adults. Debbie Latimer will continue in her role as Gerontology Program Manager for the Creating Careers grant, and Lesley Arietti will continue as Gerontology Program Manager for the new faculty development grant, Enhancing Gerontology in Senior-Level Undergraduate Courses. AACN is searching for a new Gerontology Program Director. Please address all inquiries to Jennifer Ahearn at jahearn@aacn.nche.edu. 2.
Geriatric Education Nursing Project: Showcasing Curriculum Grant Innovations
Each month, the AACN gerontology education web site showcases the curricular innovations of a Hartford-awarded school's geriatric nursing program. Most recently noted is the State University of New York at Stony Brook. By securing John A. Hartford Foundation funding, Kathy Shurpin, Site Director at SUNY at Stony Brook, effectively launched her school's gerontological curricular transformation. Her innovative tele-web conferencing reached and educated faculty who otherwise would not have been able to access the material. The problem-based, geriatric learning modules continue to expose large numbers of geographically diverse students to gerontology nursing content. The school's Hartford involvement has been an impetus to pursue additional gerontology nursing education funding opportunities. 3.
Tools, Resources & Opportunities
Postdoctoral Fellowship in Geriatric Mental Health Services Research The National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) has created a two-year, postdoctoral research training for mental health professionals/scientists, including nurses, who are committed to becoming independently supported mental health services researchers. The program provides fellowship training in health services research for older adults with mental disorders and is a three-site consortium of the University of Washington, Cornell University, and Dartmouth Medical School. For more information, contact Aricca Van Citters at psychiatric.research.center@dartmouth.edu, Jennifer Walsh at jaw2015@med.cornell.edu, or Diane Powers at powersd@u.washington.edu Hartford Institute Geriatric Nursing Research Scholars Program: July 17-21, 2006 Submit abstracts for October 2006 National Congress on the State of the Science Nursing Research Conference General guidelines for submission of abstracts: Only completed studies will be accepted and should include: Two New GNEP Publications Available Monograph. The Geronotology grant staff synthesized material gathered from the project site directors to produce Caring for an Aging America: A Guide for Nursing Faculty. This monograph is intended to disseminate the findings of the geriatric curriculum development project to faculty in schools of nursing across the country. Structured as a “how-to,” the monograph outlines tried and tested strategies employed by grant-funded schools regarding the following topics: developing faculty expertise; “gerontologizing” curricula; enhancing curricula with technology; cultivating community partnerships; and promoting student interest in gerontology. Special JPN Issue.The next issue of the official journal of the American Association of Colleges of Nursing, the Journal of Professional Nursing, will focus exclusively on gero-nursing. Curriculum grant site directors share Both publications will be available from AACN in March 2006. For details, visit www.aacn.nche.edu. “Try This” Series: Assessing Nutrition in Older Adults 4.
Announcements
Call for Abstracts, Y’all! Please note: abstract Deadline is Wednesday, March 15th, 2006. 2006 GSA Conference For more information contact: Web-site Updates Last Chance! Summer Institute on Aging Research: July 8-14, 2006 Applications Due March 3, 2006 The Summer Institute on Aging Research offers new researchers intensive exposure to issues and challenges in research on aging. The pre-conference workshop, Clinical Research: Trials and Interventions, is especially for nurses. Information and the application, due March 3, 2006, can be found on the BAGNC website www.geriatricnursing.org or http://www.nia.nih.gov/GrantsAndTraining/FundingOpportunities/SummerInstitute.htm Congratulations to Janice Foust, 2003-2005 Fellow. Janice has accepted a nurse researcher position at the Visiting Nurse Service of New York in their Center for Home Care Policy and Research starting in June. She notes that the BAGNC Hartford post-doc was a pivotal professional experience that created many opportunities, as well as the responsibility to use it wisely. This research position will provide her withmany ways to capitalize on and extend her program of research and improve the care of older adults. The Women’s Health Initiative made recent headlines when they announced findings of studies realted to Vitamin D and calcium and a low-fat diet. The results of this research are just one of the many ways that The Women's Health Initiative (WHI) provides practical information to women and their physicians about strategies for preventing heart disease, breast and colorectal cancer, and osteoporosis in postmenopausal women. These chronic diseases are the major causes of death, disability, and frailty in older women of all races and socioeconomic backgrounds. In an effort to connect women from across the country with their common preventative healthcare goals, members of the WHI from California to Florida have been busy stitching their way to good health and well-being as part of the WHI Quilts history-making project. The quilt blocks are designed and handcrafted by WHI participants, whose inspiring personal statements can be read on the WHI web-site. Collectively, these quilts tell real-life stories in powerful voices. Each quilt communicates the WHI message of generosity, diversity and commitment to leaving a legacy of knowledge about women's health for future generations. To view a gallery of quilts and read personal statements from the artist’s themselves, visit www.whi.org/quilts. Write
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