The Hartford-supported Building Academic Geriatric Nursing Capacity (BAGNC) Scholar Awards Program recently selected a new cohort of pre-doctoral Scholars and post-doctoral Fellows. Beginning this year, BAGNC post-doctoral Fellows will be known as the Claire M. Fagin Fellows, in honor of this outstanding nurse leader, original director of the BAGNC, and Dean and Professor Emerita of the University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing. Scholars each receive up to $100,000 over two years to subsidize their studies. Fellows are awarded up to $120,000 over two years to support research in the field of geriatric nursing. The winners were chosen through a rigorous national competition.
The BAGNC is part of the Hartford Geriatric Nursing Initiative (HGNI), a multi-faceted investment aimed at enhancing the care of older adults through innovations in nursing practice, education, research, leadership and policy. In 2005, the Atlantic Philanthropies joined with Hartford to provide generous support to the BAGNC program and increase funding for post-doctoral fellowships. A third partner, The Mayday Fund, contributes additional monies for those Scholars and Fellows whose research focuses on the study of pain in the elderly.
The 2006 Scholars and Fagin Fellows join 106 BAGNC colleagues selected since the program began in 2000. To date, the Hartford Foundation has invested more than $15 million in scholarships for nurses through this program.
2006 Pre-Doctoral Scholars:
- Thomas Blodgett, RN, BSN, University of Iowa
- Judy Campbell, MSN, ARNP, University of Georgia
- Kathryn Sexson, MS, RN, FNP, ARNP-BC, Oregon Health & Science University
- Rebecca Trotta, MSN, RN, University of Pennsylvania
- Mary Kay McKown, RN, MS, FNP, University of California, San Francisco
- Carol Enderlin, MNSc, RN, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
- Lyda Arevalo, MSN, RN, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio
- Abraham Brody, RN, University of California, San Francisco
- Lisette Bunting-Perry, MScN, University of Pennsylvania
- Elizabeth Caley, RN, BSN, BA, Oregon Health & Science University
- William Buron, MSN, RNC, APN, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
- Carol Delville, MSN, RN, CNS-AH, CCRN, University of Texas at Austin
- Marcena Gabrielson, RN, MSN, University of Iowa
- Janet Van Cleave, MSN, AOCN, ACNP-CS, Yale University
- Mary Black, MS, RN, University of Minnesota
- Charlene Ono, APRN-Rx, University of Hawaii, Manoa
- Carol Kemp, BSN, RN, BC, Oregon Health & Science University
- Katherine Hostvedt, RN, MSN, University of Pennsylvania
2006 Post-Doctoral Fellows:
- Deborah D'Avolio, PhD, ACNP, ANP, University of Pennsylvania
- Wan Chen, PhD, RN, University of California, San Francisco
- Hilaire Thompson, PhD, APRN, BC, CNRN, University of Washington
- Lan Yao, PhD, University of Pennsylvania
- Nancy Chu, PhD, APRN, BC, University of Oklahoma
- Suzanne Prevost, RN, PhD, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
- Ann Mayo, RN, DNSc, University of California, San Francisco
To learn more about the BAGNC, please see: www.geriatricnursing.org
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Tools, Resources, & Opportunites
Two New AACN Publications Available
Caring for An Aging America: A Guide for Nursing Faculty, the latest publication from AACN, is now available in a PDF:http://www.aacn.nche.edu/Education/Hartford/pdf/monograph.pdf
The latest issue of the Journal of Professional Nursing focuses exclusively on gerontology, with articles written by site directors of AACN's Enhancing Curriculum project. For a free copy of this special issue, email: lguetter@aacn.nche.edu with your name and address.
Action Briefs Available from Hartford
Three nursing-related “action briefs” are available online, part of the John A. Hartford Foundation’s report, Celebrating 75 Years, published last year. These four-pagers cover issues related to curriculum, leadership, and institution-building. They provide compelling examples and concrete strategies for making needed change.
We will feature each of these briefs in the next three issues of New Directions. The first, Centers of Geriatric Nursing Excellence: Recruiting Faculty and Students to Enhance the Care of Older Adults, provides learnings from the five Hartford Centers for Geriatric Nursing Excellence. It suggests ways schools of nursing can build a critical mass of gero-faculty, prepare future academic leaders, and help translate research into clinical practice.
A full listing of all the Foundation’s 20 action briefs can be found at:
http://www.jhartfound.org/2004_annual_report.htm
Apply Now for AACN/Hartford Institute Annual Awards for Baccalaureate Education
Deadline: May 19, 2006
The deadline for the in Geriatric Nursing is May 19, 2006. Please visit AACN's website for your application: http://www.aacn.nche.edu/Education/Hartford/BaccAward.htm.
Apply Now for the California Endowment-AACN Nurse Faculty Scholarship
Deadline: June 16, 2006
This new program was designed to increase the number of minority faculty teaching in California nursing schools and support nursing students pursuing graduate degrees who are committed to teaching after graduation. Applications are due June 16, 2006. For more information about this opportunity, visit:www.aacn.nche.edu
2006 MetLife Foundation Family Caregiver Awards Program
Call For Applications
Deadline: May 15, 2006
The National Alliance for Caregiving and MetLife Foundation are pleased to announce a new national awards program focused on family caregiving. The goal of this program is to improve the quality of life of family caregivers by recognizing and supporting the efforts of not-for-profit community groups that work with them.
The awards are offered in several categories and will recognize the work of 501(C) 3 organizations that support family caregivers as a significant part of their mission. To learn more, visit: www.asaging.org/caregiver or contact Mary Brugger Murphy at the National Alliance for Caregiving at 301-718-8444 or mary@caregiving.org.
Hartford Institute Develops New Geriatric Nursing Hospital Competency Tool
A recently published article in the Journal for Nurses in Staff Development makes recommendations as to how staff developers can use this new geriatric competency instrument with staff nurses. To link to the competency tool, visit: www.hartfordign.org/resources/education/competencies.pdf
The article “Geriatric Competencies for RNs in Hospital” can be found in the 22nd issue of the 2006 Journal for Nurses in Staff Development. For more information about the article, email:Hartford.ign@nyu.edu
American Journal of Nursing: New Look at the Old Series: The Bathing of Older Adults with Dementia
Older adults with dementia who need assistance with bathing often find the activity to be both physically and emotionally demanding, as do their caregivers. This article makes the case for the elimination of forced bathing and presents inexpensive, practical, and evidence-based alternatives. For this and other articles and webcasts in the series, go to: www.NursingCenter.com/AJNolderadults.
Try This! Assesment Series:Decision-Making and Dementia
With dementia, people often have a limited ability to make decisions. When working with dementia patients, it is always better to try to ascertain the patient’s authentic wishes and preferences rather than to immediately default to a family member or other surrogate decision- maker. This issue of the Hartford Institute series, "Try This!" presents guiding steps in determining if a patient has sufficient decisional capacity to make informed decisions. To access the issue, visit: http://www.hartfordign.org/publications/trythis/DecisionMakingandDementia.pdf
For a comprehensive listing of Try This! Assessment Series and Try This! Dementia Series issues, go to: http://www.hartfordign.org/resources/education/tryThis.html
Laura received her English degree from the College of Saint Benedict in St. Joseph, Minnesota in 2004. After college, she spent a challenging year volunteering with Habitat for Humanity through the AmeriCorpsVISTA (Volunteers in Service to America) program. Though she was born and raised in Minnesota, Laura recently relocated to Washington, D.C. She has been working with AACN for almost three months now and is eager to start her new position as Gerontology Project Assistant.
This initiative builds on a previous Hartford Foundation-AACN effort to stimulate the creation of geriatric-focused curricula for baccalaureate and graduate nursing programs and will focus on faculty development as a necessary precursor to successfully implement and sustain enhancements in nursing education programs. The Institutes will cultivate faculty who have knowledge in geriatrics; are able to recognize and integrate geriatric content into undergraduate curriculum; and foster positive attitudes about aging. Using a “train-the-trainer” approach, nursing faculty will be prepared to lead their colleagues in “gerontologizing” senior-level curricula as well as teaching and mentoring students in the care of older adults.
Application forms will be available on AACN’s website at www.aacn.nche.edu in summer 2006. Deadlines will be approximately six months before each Institute session. Exact dates to be announced.
The endowment establishing the chair was named after Martha W. Murphy, a member of UAMS’ Foundation Fund Board and Advisory Board of the Donald W. Reynolds Institute on Aging. The chair will support efforts to address the needs of an aging society and to influence policy so that the most appropriate system of care is made available to all Arkansans.
Proceeds from the luncheon will fund several eight-week geriatric nursing externships offered during the summer between students’ junior and senior years. Students will work with nursing leaders, researchers, and educators to learn about options in geriatric nursing. The students will work in the Donald W. Reynolds Institute on Aging Senior Health Center, the UAMS College of Nursing, selected nursing homes, and outpatient facilities. After the externship ends, the students are offered continuing opportunities to attend seminars and clinics related to geriatric issues.
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