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5, Issue 2
October 31, 2007 Welcome
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1. HGNI Leadership Conference in San Francisco 2. Mark your Calendar: Nursing Highlights at GSA Conference 3. Funding Opportunities: Scholarships & Fellowships—Apply Now! 4. Opportunities, Resources & Tools 5. Announcements 6. Link of the Month: Bandwidthonline.org for Hartford Foundation Grantees 1. HGNI Leadership Conference in San Francisco The 7th Annual HGNI Leadership Conference will be held November 14-16, at the Hyatt at Fisherman’s Wharf in San Francisco, CA. For more information, including the conference program and a link to information on this year's recipient of the Mary Starke Harper Distinguished Lectureship, Shirley Chater, PhD, RN, FAAN, please see: www.geriatricnursing.org/leadership/leadership-conference.asp. 2. MARK YOUR CALENDAR! Nursing Highlights at GSA Conference
Gerontological Society of America (GSA) Conference November 16-20, 2007 Hilton San Francisco and Towers San Francisco, CA 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: Nursing Care of Older Adults Interest Group Meeting Saturday, November 17 6-7:30 PM Continental 6 Nursing Care of Older Adults Interest Group Symposium Lessons in Global Aging: Research, Health, Creativity & Social Engagement Miriam Friedman Kelty, PhD, Chair, NIH Inter-Institute Bioethics Interest Group May Wykle, PhD, RN, FAAN, FGSA, Case Western Reserve University, Dean and Florence Cellar Professor of Gerontological Nursing, Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing Saturday, November 17 3:30-5:00 PM Yosemite A A full listing of HGNI presentations at GSA will be available at the HGNI booth, #212-214. To register for the conference, visit the GSA 2007 Conference Website at: www.agingconference.com/ 3.
Funding Opportunities: Scholarships & Fellowships—Apply Now!
Become a Geriatric Nursing Leader The application system is now open for the 2008 Building Academic Geriatric Nursing Capacity Scholarships (up to $100,000) and Claire M. Fagin Fellowships (up to $120,000), as well as Nurse MBA Scholarships (up to $50,000). Please go to: www.geriatricnursing.org/applications for application criteria. Spread the word! Applications are due January 15, 2008. If you would like more information about the scholarships and fellowships and are attending GSA in San Francisco, please join us for “Career Development Opportunities in Geriatric Nursing.” This breakfast meeting will be held Saturday, November 17th from 7:00 AM-8:00 AM in Union Square 14. 4.
Opportunities, Resources & Tools
Apply for Faculty Development Institutes Online! The American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN) is accepting online applications for the upcoming Faculty Development Institutes offered through the Foundation-funded Geriatric Nursing Education Consortium (GNEC). GNEC is an innovative national initiative to enhance geriatric content in senior-level baccalaureate courses. Administered by AACN, this program provides nursing educators with the skills, knowledge, and resources needed to ensure that the best geriatric practices are embedded in baccalaureate curricula and subsequently in the clinical care provided by newly educated nurses. Using a train-the-trainer approach, nurse faculty attending the GNEC institutes are expected to serve as leaders and mentors by sharing their new expertise with colleagues. The next two institutes are scheduled for February 27-29, 2008 in San Antonio, TX and October 14-16, 2008 in St. Louis, MO. Please note the change in dates for the October 2008 institute, which was originally scheduled for October 8-10, 2008. The application deadline for the San Antonio institute has been extended to Monday, November 5, 2007. For more information visit the GNEC Web site: www.aacn.nche.edu/Education/Hartford/GNEC.htm. Try This! Assessment Series from The Hartford Institute Eating and Feeding Issues in Older Adults with Dementia This two-part resource from the Hartford Institute addresses the assessment of and interventions for hospital patients with dementia. These patients are at high risk for eating and feeding difficulties and inadequate food and fluid intake. Depending on the severity of their cognitive impairment they may forget to eat, forget they have eaten, fail to recognize food, or eat things that are not food. They may have difficulty with specific eating-related tasks such as unwrapping food, or with initiating the eating process. Part 1 of this resource focuses on assessment; part 2 covers best practice interventions. To access these resources go to: www.hartfordign.org/publications/trythis/issue11_1.pdf and www.hartfordign.org/publications/trythis/issue11_2.pdf. Clinical Content on GeroNurseOnline.org Moving to New Website: ConsultGeriRN.org Effective October 1, 2007, evidence-based clinical content on the care of older adults, developed by the Hartford Institute for Geriatric Nursing at NYU, can be found on a new website, ConsultGeriRN.org. ConsultGeriRN.org is your resource for information on the care of older adults. You will find: New features coming soon. Please bookmark this site! Hartford Institute Prepares New Edition of Evidence-Based Geriatric Nursing Protocols for Best Practice The Hartford Institute engaged some of the top clinician-scientists in the country to evaluate the best evidence of care for the most prevalent clinical problems and syndromes faced by older adults. The findings will be published in the third edition of evidence-based geriatric nursing protocols for best practice. Each of the 29 chapters includes educational objectives, assessment of the problem, nursing intervention or care strategies, extensive references, and resources. Most chapters also have case studies. Although the primary audience is acute care nurses, it should be utilized by educators for geriatric nursing courses and advance practice nurses, as well as other disciplines. The protocols will be available in November 2007 from Springer Publishing Company. How to Try This October 2007 launches a new Hartford-funded initiative called How to Try This—a collaborative project of the Hartford Institute for Geriatric Nursing at NYU’s College of Nursing and the American Journal of Nursing. Beginning this month, and through December 2008, two topics from the Hartford Institute’s Try This series will be detailed and shown in cost-free, Web-based resources including demonstration videos and companion articles in the AJN. These resources are designed to build knowledge and assessment skills among those caring for older adults. To read or view the articles and videos featured this month, go to: www.NursingCenter.com/AJNolderadults and click the “How to Try This” link. Alzheimer’s Care Today Hiring Editor Alzheimer’s Care Today, formerly known as Alzheimer’s Care Quarterly, is hiring an editor. The journal, relaunched in July 2007 with a new look and editorial focus, is written for a multi-disciplinary audience and features practical, evidence-based information for all professional caregivers of patients with dementia. The journal is looking for a leader in the field of dementia who will bring fresh, innovative ideas to the role and who will provide leadership and direction to the editorial board, reviewers and authors. The editor will select and develop journal content, including original articles, departments, columns, and editorials. She or he will also manage the manuscript acquisition and peer review process, and appoint and direct the activities of the editorial board, peer-review panel, department editors, and columnists. For more information about the job responsibilities and requirements, contact: Kathleen M. Phelan Publisher Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, Inc. 530 Walnut St., 8th Floor Philadelphia, PA 19106 kathleen.phelan@wolterskluwer.com 5.
Announcements Mayday Fund Supports Nursing Home Collaborative Pain Initiatives The American Academy of Nursing was awarded $153,954 over two years from the Mayday Fund (www.maydayfund.org) to support the Nursing Home Collaborative Pain Initiatives. The four initiatives are: Further information is available at: www.geriatricnursing.org/hcgne/nhc-mayday.asp. Evercare—BAGNC Partnership Evercare is donating $100,000 to the John A. Hartford Foundation Centers of Geriatric Nursing Excellence (CGNE) through its Evercare ScholarsTM Program for the second straight year, underscoring its commitment to the future leaders in geriatric nursing care. The funding will provide scholarships to graduate nursing students at five schools of nursing (Oregon Health & Science University, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, University of California San Francisco, University of Iowa, University of Pennsylvania) in addition to grants for geriatric-focused educational programs at two new Centers at the University of Minnesota and Arizona State University. For more information, please see: www.geriatricnursing.org/Evercare-Hartford%20Scholarship%20Release_FINAL.pdf. Geriatric Education Nursing Project: Showcasing Graduates of Creating Careers in Advanced Practice Nursing The AACN gerontology education Web site has just begun showcasing Creating Careers in Advanced Practice Nursing graduate accomplishments. During the next several months, AACN will proudly author these individual narratives. In these stories, each of the remarkable graduates emerges as a talented leader who is driven by passion for gerontology nursing. AACN boasts a long history of commitment to gerontological nursing educational initiatives and hopes to inspire others by chronicling Creating Careers graduates’ professional accomplishments. Access them here: www.aacn.nche.edu/Education/Hartford/ShowcasingScholars.html. New Journal: Research in Gerontological Nursing SLACK Incorporated is launching Research in Gerontological Nursing, a quarterly, peer-reviewed research journal debuting in January 2008. Research in Gerontological Nursing will be an essential platform for the current, widespread development of gerontological nursing, serving as a forum for idea exchange as well as a foundation for the future of gerontology. Kathleen Buckwalter, PhD, RN, FAAN, director of the Hartford Center of Geriatric Nursing Excellence at University of Iowa College of Nursing, is the journal’s editor. For more information about this new resource, visit: GeroNurseResearch.com. New HCGNE Project Director at OHSU Oregon Health & Sciences University welcomes Penny Roberts as the new project director of the Hartford Center for Geriatric Nursing Excellence. Most recently, Penny was the associate director for grants management in the Office of Research Development at the OHSU School of Nursing (SON). She has been a valued colleague in the SON since 1997 and brings expertise in project management. For more information about what’s happening in the HCGNE visit their Web site at: www.ohsu.edu/hartfordcgne. BAGNC Scholar & Fellow News Lisa Kelley, a 2003-2005 John A. Hartford Foundation Scholar, and Kathy Clark were just notified of funding by Wellmark Foundation for a 2007 Capacity Building Grant titled “Building Sudanese Community Capacity for Diabetes Identification, Prevention, and Care.” The purpose of this project is to collect comprehensive data on the prevalence of diabetes, prevalence of traditional health risks for diabetes and health beliefs/practices regarding diabetes prevention and care in a growing Sudanese immigrant/refugee community. This data will be used to develop a community capacity building diabetes protocol (to include a community-based diabetes education program) for future testing in other Iowa Sudanese communities. Sherry Pomeroy (2005-2007 Fellow) was selected as a Community Health Foundation Health Leadership Fellow through May 2009 (18 months). She will be participating in a variety of leadership assessments, workshops, projects, etc. to build networks and collaboration with other health professionals (from agencies, hospitals, universities, etc.) in western and central New York who are committed to improving care of frail older adults. The foundation also issues RFPs; see www.chfwcny.org. Dr. Pomeroy also received funding from Beechwood Health Care Inc. to pilot test “Welcome Home + Restorative Care.” This will build on the work she did within the last year to test Dr. Barbara Resnick's restorative care intervention as part of her recently completed AHRQ grant. New AACN Staff AACN welcomes Taryn Brymn, gerontology administrative assistant, who joined the staff in September. Taryn, a Brooklyn native, recently graduated from the University at Buffalo with a BA in communication. As a member of AACN's Gerontology Nursing Education Project team, she will assist with all gerontology initiatives. Taryn looks forward to promoting education that supports improved healthcare for the nation’s rapidly aging population. Welcome! 6.
Link of the Month: www.Bandwidthonline.org for Hartford Foundation Grantees The John A. Hartford Foundation has launched www.Bandwidthonline.org, an exciting new, online communications resource exclusively for Hartford Foundation grantees. This password-protected site is rich with resources to help grantees in many aspects of their communications work—from developing scientific posters and brochures to conducting media interviews to creating dynamic PowerPoint presentations and more. www.Bandwidthonline.org is a simple, convenient, and just-in-time resource that provides one-stop shopping for current data on the state of our aging society today, quality photographs that lend themselves to the messages of health and aging, stories that are relevant to geriatrics and aging research, and communications tools and tips that are easy to use. Our hope is to enhance grantees’ full range of communications activities. To make its offerings even more robust, www.Bandwidthonline.org encourages grantees to share resources that they find or create. So if you have a helpful graph, a beautiful poster, a great photo, or a strong press release, please send it along. And send your ideas about the site, as well. We look forward to hearing from you! www.Bandwidthonline.org...Just in Time! (If you are a Hartfort grantee and have not received a password, please contact Chris Gherst at cgherst@aboutscp.com.) Write
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