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January 10, 2008 Welcome
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1. Report Finds that U.S. Nursing Schools’ Enrollment Growth Slows in 2007 2. Hartford Foundation Funds Four New Centers of Geriatric Nursing Excellence 3. Recap: 2007 HGNI Leadership Conference and GSA 4. Funding Opportunities: Scholarships & Fellowships—Apply Now! 5. Opportunities, Resources & Tools 6. Announcements 7. Link of the Month: Bandwidthonline.org for Hartford Foundation Grantees All of us at the HGNI wish you a very happy new year! 1. Report Finds that U.S. Nursing Schools’ Enrollment Growth Slows in 2007 Despite a recent uptick in enrollment in nursing programs, the American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN) is concerned that more than 30,000 qualified applicants have been turned away from nursing programs this year, largely because of a growing shortage of nursing faculty, AHA News Now reports. Preliminary data from the 27th annual AACN survey, which was based on data provided by 427 nursing schools, finds that enrollment in entry-level baccalaureate nursing programs increased by 4.98 percent between 2006 and 2007. However, this increase fell short of the 16.6 percent boost seen in 2003. The number of graduates from entry-level baccalaureate programs, meanwhile, increased by 7.4 percent from 2006 to 2007, compared with 18.4 percent one year earlier. While noting that “interest in nursing careers remains strong,” the AACN adds that 30,709 qualified applicants were turned away from entry-level baccalaureate nursing programs in 2007 because of shortages in faculty, classroom space, clinical sites, and other resources. The organization expects that figure to further rise when final admissions data become available in March 2008. To learn more, go to: www.rwjf.org/programareas/features/digest.jsp?c=EMC-ND137&pid=1142&id=6834. 2. Hartford Foundation Funds Four New Centers of Geriatric Nursing Excellence
The Hartford Foundation funded four new Centers of Geriatric Nursing Excellence to prepare over 500 nursing faculty members with expertise in geriatrics. These HCGNEs will develop innovative programs to recruit and retain new geriatric nursing faculty, and to retrain existing faculty in geriatric nursing. During the next five years, the four new Centers will prepare 178 new doctoral and master’s trained geriatric nursing educators to teach nursing students. At least 340 existing nursing faculty will receive geriatrics training to help them better educate their students in the care of older adults. Three of the centers will create regional consortia to expand their geographic reach and train nurses serving elderly populations most in need. The four new institutions establishing HCGNEs are: Arizona State University, Pennsylvania State University, University of Minnesota, and University of Utah. For more information, please visit: www.geriatricnursing.org. 3. Recap: 2007 HGNI Leadership Conference and GSA
The Hartford Geriatric Nursing Initiative held its Seventh Annual Leadership Conference November 14-16 in San Francisco. This invitational conference is a key component of the Building Academic Geriatric Nursing Capacity program, the only leadership program dedicated to building leadership capacity within geriatric nursing. This year's conference focused on communication and networking, both key skills for researchers and clinicians to further their individual efforts and expand the reach of their work to the nursing community and public. Highlights of the conferences include: 4.
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. Time is running out! Applications are due January 15, 2008. Practice Change Fellows Program: Enhancing Leadership in Geriatric Care 2008 Call For Applications The Practice Change Fellows program is now accepting applications for the 2008 award cycle. This program is designed to develop health care leaders who can effectively promote high quality care to older adults. Eligible applicants must hold a leadership role in a health organization or institution and have service line or programmatic responsibility for care to older adults. They must be senior enough in their organization to have decision-making authority and be able to effectuate change. Nurses, physicians, and social workers are eligible to apply. Applications and more details are available at: www.practicechangefellows.org. The application deadline for the 2008 award cycle is April 2, 2008. Up to ten Practice Change Fellows are selected through a national competition for each award cycle. Fellows receive $90,000 over the two-year program and work with accomplished national mentors to design, implement, and evaluate a new project. The program is funded by the Atlantic Philanthropies and the John A. Hartford Foundation, and administered by the Division of Health Care Policy and Research at the University of Colorado at Denver and Health Sciences Center in partnership with the National Council on Aging. For more information please visit: www.practicechangefellows.org. Hartford Institute Geriatric Nursing Research Scholars Program The 2008 Hartford Institute Geriatric Nursing Research Scholars Program will take place July 14-18, 2008, at NYU College of Nursing in New York City. The program will be taught by 1998 Hartford Institute Summer Fellows, Drs. Liz Capezuti (NYU), Deborah Chyun (Yale University), and Meredeth Rowe (University of Florida). The program is underwritten by a generous grant from the John A. Hartford Foundation and is administered by the BAGNC program of the American Academy of Nursing (AAN). The cost of the seminar for participants is $1,000. Housing is provided at a hotel within walking distance. Twelve scholars will chosen by competitive application process (requires completion of a doctoral degree prior to July 2008). Applications are due April 9, 2008. See the Hartford Institute Website at: www.hartfordign.org or contact Dr. Liz Capezuti at: ec65@nyu.edu for an application/program description. 5.
Opportunities, Resources & Tools
AACN Faculty Training: Enhancing Gerontology Content in Baccalaureate Courses AACN is accepting online applications for the upcoming Faculty Development Institutes offered through the 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 imbedded 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. This program is generously funded by The John A. Hartford Foundation. The first two Geriatric Nursing Education Consortium (GNEC) Institutes were both oversubscribed and very well-reviewed by participants. The next institute is scheduled for October 14-16, 2008, in St. Louis, MO. Please note the change in dates. For more information or to apply, go to: www.aacn.nche.edu/gnec.htm. Geriatric ELNEC Course: Register Now The Hospice Institute, in conjunction with the American Association of Colleges of Nursing, is hosting an End-of-Life Nursing Education Consortium (ELNEC) on March 13-14, 2008, in Mayfield Heights, OH. Registration is now being accepted at: www.hospicewr.org. During the two day course, participants will review the nine-module ELNEC/geriatric syllabus. Each module is accompanied by objectives, outline, Power Point slides, talking points for each slide, references, case studies, and supplemental teaching materials. The course, geared for staff nurses, advanced practice nurses, undergraduate and graduate nursing faculty, CE providers, staff development educators, and nursing administrators, is designed to give participants a syllabus that will support future educational endeavors. The registration fee is $500 before February 29, 2008; after February 29, it is $550. For complete registration information visit the Web site at: www.hospicewr.org. Further information about the ELNEC Project can be found at www.aacn.nche.edu/ELNEC. Share Your Science In an effort to showcase advances in nursing science and influence the national health care agenda, the Council for the Advancement of Nursing Science is hosting its 2008 National State of the Science Congress on Nursing Research on October 2-4, 2008, in Washington, DC. The Council mission is to promote “better health through nursing science” and act as a national networking and advocacy entity for nursing scientists and supporters of nursing science. Nurse researchers from around the country will join with clinical experts, funders of nursing research, healthcare policy makers, and academic leaders in dialogue on the impact of emerging scientific discoveries and the state of nursing science. The abstract submission Web site is now open to accept abstracts, which are due January 15th, 2008. Please submit to: cans.abstractcentral.com. Try This! Assessment Series from The Hartford Institute Alcohol Use Screening and Assessment for Older Adults Older adults who abuse alcohol, particularly in conjunction with prescription medications, are at a much greater risk for immediate and long-term harm. The Short Michigan Alcoholism Screening Test–Geriatric Version (SMAST-G) was developed as the first short-form alcoholism screening instrument for older adults. To access this assessment tool visit: www.hartfordign.org/publications/trythis/issue17.pdf. For additional issues in the Hartford Institute Try This! series, visit: www.hartfordign.org/resources/education/tryThis.html. How to Try This Now Available The 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, is now available online. Now 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 American Journal of Nursing. 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. 6.
Announcements
Geriatric Education Nursing Project: Showcasing Graduates of Creating Careers in Advanced Practice Nursing The AACN gerontology education Web site is showcasing Creating Careers in Advanced Practice Nursing graduates’ accomplishments. During the next several months, AACN will feature the stories of these emerging leaders who are 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 at: www.aacn.nche.edu/Education/Hartford/ShowcasingScholars.html. The Encyclopedia of Elder Care: The Comprehensive Resource on Geriatric and Social Care, Second Edition This new edition on the broad but practical notions of how to care for older patients features nearly 300 articles written by experts in the field using current research in geriatrics reflecting evidence-based practice. Multidisciplinary by nature, all aspects of clinical care of the elderly are addressed. Coverage includes acute and chronic disease, home care including family-based care provisions, nursing home care, rehabilitation, health promotion, disease prevention, education, case management, social services, assisted living, advance directives, palliative care, and much more. Each article concludes with specialty Web site listings to help direct the reader to further resources. The volume is edited by Elizabeth Capezuti, PhD, RN, FAAN, Eugenia L. Siegler, MD, FACP, and Mathy Mezey, EdD, RN, FAAN, and is published by Springer Publishing Company. For more information, visit: www.springerpub.com/prod.aspx?prod_id=0259X. 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. Department of Veterans Affairs Announces Funding for New Pilot Programs The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) recently announced it will provide nearly $4.7 million for “caregiver assistance pilot programs” to expand and improve health care education and provide needed training and resources for caregivers who assist disabled and aging veterans in their homes. The pilot programs will support eight caregiver projects across the country that will provide services to caregivers such as transportation, respite care, case management and service coordination, assistance with personal care (bathing and grooming), social and emotional support, and home safety evaluations, as well as education and technology resources for caregivers. To read more about these pilot programs, visit: www.va.gov/opa/pressrel. Resources and Webcast Explore Nursing Home Reform Twenty Years After Passage of Landmark Law To mark the 20th anniversary of the passage of the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1987 (known as OBRA 87), the Kaiser Family Foundation released new resources and cosponsored a Washington, DC, briefing to examine the effects of this landmark legislation to improve the quality of nursing home care. Among the resources released were new opinion poll results on the public’s views about the quality of long-term care services in the United States; the short film, Nursing Home Reform: Then and Now; and the new report, Nursing Home Care Quality: Twenty Years After the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1987. These materials, and others, are available at www.kff.org/obra87reforms.cfm. AARP Foundation Receives $10 Million RWJF Grant for New Center to Address Nursing Workforce Crisis The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) granted the AARP Foundation $10 million to create a center dedicated to addressing the nursing shortage. The newly launched Center to Champion Nursing in America will aim to increase the visibility of the nursing shortage and to identify actionable strategies for improving patient care. Noting that the health care system could face a 1.1 million nurse shortage by 2020, the center will work to close that gap by pushing for increased federal and state funding to bolster the nation’s nurse training programs. In particular, the center will seek resources to help nursing schools address the faculty shortages that currently hamper educational capacity. To read more, visit: www.rwjf.org/programareas/features/digest.jsp?c=EMC-ND137&pid=1142&id=6851. New Toolkit from the Alliance for Health Reform The Alliance for Health Reform’s latest toolkit explains how health information technology (IT) is changing health care and how analysts disagree about the value of some technologies. The kit, which is supported by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, offers an introduction to issues such as protecting patient privacy and the cost of new technologies. This resource also offers story ideas for reporters, selected experts with contact information, Websites of interest, and a glossary. To download the toolkit, click here. For a version suitable for viewing on a Blackberry or other handheld device, click here. 7.
Link of the Month: Bandwidthonline.org for Hartford Foundation Grantees The John A. Hartford Foundation has launched 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. 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, 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 Hartford grantee and have not received a password, please contact Chris Gherst at cgherst@aboutscp.com.) Write
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