New
Directions: The e-Newsletter of the Hartford Geriatric Nursing Initiative
Volume
4, Issue 2
November 1, 2006
Welcome
to New Directions, a publication of the Hartford Geriatric
Nursing Initiative (HGNI). This e-newsletter is designed to
inform interested academic and practice leaders, faculty members,
students, practitioners, and others about the work of the HGNI and
provide the latest news and information relevant to geriatric nursing.
Gerontological Society of America (GSA) Conference
November 16-20, 2006
Dallas, TX
The November issue of New Directions will feature further details about HGNI activities at the conference, but we wanted to be sure to highlight these exciting events:
Building Academic Geriatric Nursing Capacity Program:
Launch Your Career in Geriatric Nursing with Scholarship and Fellowship Support
Breakfast
Friday, November 17th
7:30 AM-8:30 AM
Majestic 8
Cognitive Vitality and Aging: A Nursing Care of Older Adults Interest Group Symposium
Saturday, November 18th
3:30 PM-5:00 PM
Majestic 4/5
Extending the Reach of Academic Geriatric Nursing: Approaches of the HCGNEs
Symposium
Sunday, November 19th
8:30 AM-10:00 AM
Majestic 3
A full listing of HGNI presentations at GSA will be available at the HGNI booth.
Once you've added images to your site, email cgherst@aboutscp.com to share your success! Future issues of New Directions will include updates on your efforts.
With the redesigned web site comes a new and improved application system for applying for the 2007 BAGNC scholarships and Claire M. Fagin Fellowships. Please go to www.geriatricnursing.org/applications for application criteria. Spread the word! Applications are due January 9, 2007.
End-of-Life Nursing Education Consortium (ELNEC) Geriatrics Training
The End-of-Life Nursing Education Consortium (ELNEC), a project of the City of Hope National Medical Center, in partnership with the American Association of Colleges of Nursing, is offering its first ever ELNEC-Geriatrics training program. This train-the-trainer course will provide staff with information and resources to provide excellent end-of-life/palliative care nursing education and prepare staff to provide the highest quality end-of-life care to their residents. A variety of teaching methods will be used, including review of case studies, roundtable discussions, role plays and viewing of videos.
The educational goals of this two-day course include:
Defining essential content for the highest quality end-of-life geriatric nursing care;
Exploring creative teaching/learning strategies for use in end-of-life care education;
Describing strategies for overcoming barriers to integration of end-of-life care education within long-term care settings and skilled nursing facilities; and
Providing tools for geriatric nursing educators to facilitate end-of-life care nursing education.
The first course, funded by the California HealthCare Foundation (for California nurses only), will be held February 1-2, 2007, with 100 geriatric nurses and other members of the interdisciplinary healthcare team from across the state of California participating. For more information and an application, due December 1, 2006, go to: www.aacn.nche.edu/ELNEC/pdf/07GeriatricApp.pdf.
Nurses from states other than California are invited to participate in the second course, scheduled for September 12-14, 2007, in Pasadena, CA. For more information about this project, go to: www.aacn.nche.edu/ELNEC.
ELNEC is a national education initiative to improve end-of-life care in the United States. The project provides undergraduate and graduate nursing faculty, CE providers, staff development educators, pediatric and oncology-specialty nurses, and other nurses with training in end-of-life care so they can teach this essential information to nursing students and practicing nurses.
Try This!
With flu season approaching, it is critical to remember the importance of influenza vaccination for older adults. A flu vaccine can prevent between 70 percent and 90 percent of flu illnesses, according to the CDC. The Try This assessment series includes recommended immunization practices for older adult patients. To view Immunizations for the Older Adult go to: www.hartfordign.org/publications/trythis/issue_21.pdf.
AACN to Offer Gerontology Faculty Development Institutes
The American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN) is pleased to announce the dates and locations of the first three Faculty Development Institutes offered through the Geriatric Nursing Education Consortium (GNEC). Part of the HGNI, the GNEC is an innovative national initiative to enhance geriatric content in senior-level courses. Administered by AACN, this expertly designed program’s intent is to arm a cadre of nursing educators with the skills, knowledge, and resources to ensure that the best geriatric practices are embedded within the framework of the senior-level curricula and subsequently in the clinical care provided by our newly educated nursing workforce. Using a “train-the-trainer” approach, an estimated 600 nurse faculty attending the GNEC institutes are expected to serve as leaders and mentors by sharing their new expertise with colleagues at their home institutions. This program is generously funded by The John A.
Hartford Foundation through a $2.6 million grant titled "Enhancing Gerontology Content in Senior-level Baccalaureate Courses." The first three Institutes are scheduled for June 27-29, 2007, in Portland, OR; October 3-5, 2007, in Atlanta, GA; and February 27-29, 2008, in San Antonio, TX. For more information on this program, visit www.aacn.nche.edu/Education/Hartford/gnec.htm.
Webcast: The Older Adult, Dementia, and Assisted Bathing The Older Adult, Dementia, and Assisted Bathing looks at the often negative experience of bathing for older adults with dementia. The video outlines cutting-edge research and presents best practices in bathing from researchers and practitioners, as well as guidance from the perspective of a state regulatory agency on what actually constitutes compliance with relevant standards of care.
This program and all others in the New Look at the Old series will remain available, on demand, through 2007. If you have any questions about the broadcast (or the associated print series), please contact Katherine Kany, project manager, at 703.729.6050 or katherinekany@adelphia.net.
We are committed to creating a monthly publication that serves your needs and interests. New Directions, therefore, welcomes your feedback and encourages you to supply ideas, stories, resources, news, and other content for subsequent issues. To make a contribution, please contact Pamela Dudzik at: pdudzik@aannet.org, Debbie Latimer at dlatimer@aacn.nche.edu, or Elaine Gould at elaine.gould@nyu.edu.
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