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Volume
5, Issue 7
March 18, 2008
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.
In
This Issue
1. 2008 Awards for Excellence in Gerontological Nursing Education: Apply Now!
2. Funding Opportunities: Scholarships & Fellowships
3. Opportunities, Resources & Tools
4. HCGNE News
5. Announcements
6. Link of the Month: How to Try This
1. Recognize Your Outstanding Work! Apply Now for an Award for Excellence in Gerontological Nursing Education
The American Association of Colleges of Nursing, in collaboration with The John A. Hartford Foundation Institute for Geriatric Nursing, is now accepting applications for the annual Awards for Excellence in Gerontological Nursing Education. Schools and programs of nursing that offer baccalaureate or graduate degrees and demonstrate a strong commitment to geriatric nursing are encouraged to apply. Applicant programs may be large or small, new or well-established. One entry per award category per school.
The following are the four NEW award categories:
Baccalaureate-Level Curricular Innovation
Advanced-Practice-Level Curricular Innovation
Geriatric Nursing Faculty Champion
Outstanding School of Nursing Communications
The 2008 Awards announcement and application, due May 1, 2008, can be located at: www.aacn.nche.edu/Education/Hartford/pdf/AwardApp.pdf
2. Funding Opportunities: Scholarships & Fellowships
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 healthcare 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 effect 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. 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 on 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 Web site at: www.hartfordign.org, or contact Dr. Liz Capezuti at: ec65@nyu.edu for an application/program description.
NRSA Postdoctoral Fellowship in Mental Health Services Research for Older Adults
The National Research Service Award (NRSA) offers a postdoctoral fellowship in mental health services research for older adults. This NIMH-funded (T-32) two-year postdoctoral Research Training Program provides fellowship training in health services research for older adults with mental disorders. The program is designed for psychiatrists, medical physicians, psychologists, and social/behavioral scientists who are committed to becoming independently supported mental health services researchers. For more information, go to: www.cornellpsychiatry.org/research/geriatric_psychiatry.html or contact Paul Toth, MA, Weill Medical College of Cornell University at 914.997.5914 or pjt2003@med.cornell.edu.
NEW! Health and Aging Policy Fellows Program
Supported by The Atlantic Philanthropies and administered by Columbia University, the Health and Aging Policy Fellows Program seeks to provide professionals in health and aging with the experience and skills necessary to make a positive contribution to the development and implementation of health policies that affect older Americans. The program offers two different tracks for individual placement: a residential track that includes a 9-to-12-month placement in Washington, DC, or at a state agency (as a legislative assistant in Congress, a professional staff member in an executive agency, or in a policy organization); and a nonresidential track that includes a health policy project and brief placement(s) throughout the year at relevant sites. Core program components focused on career development and professional enrichment are provided for fellows in both tracks.
The program is open to physicians, nurses, and social workers at all career stages (early, middle, and late), with a demonstrated commitment to health and aging issues and a desire to be involved in health policy at the federal, state or local level. Other professionals with clinical backgrounds (e.g., pharmacists, dentists, clinical psychologists) working in the field of health and aging are also eligible to apply. Under special circumstances, exceptions may be made for non-clinicians who are in positions that can impact health policy for older Americans at a clinical level.
For further information, please visit the Web site at: www.healthandagingpolicy.org or contact Phuong Huynh, Deputy Director of the program, at: huynhpt@pi.cpmc.columbia.edu or 212.543.6213.
3. Opportunities, Resources & Tools
Call for Nominations: The Doris Schwartz Gerontological Nursing Research Award
The Doris Schwartz Gerontological Nursing Research Award, presented by the Gerontological Society of America’s Health Sciences section, in collaboration with the Hartford Institute for Geriatric Nursing, is given to a member of the GSA in recognition of outstanding and sustained contribution to geriatric nursing research. The person selected will present a special lecture at the nursing special interest group meeting during the Annual Meeting of GSA. This award carries a cash prize of $300.
A nomination form must be accompanied by a one-page statement describing the nominee’s contribution, the nominee’s CV, and a statement of significance of the nominee’s contribution to improving the lives of older persons. Applications are due May 5, 2008.
For a complete list of past awardees, go to: www.geron.org/awards/List_awardees_pastrecipients.htm#13 .
For the nomination form, go to: www.geron.org/awards/sectionawards.html .
New Gero-Focused PhD Program at University of Utah HCGNE
The University of Utah Hartford Center of Geriatric Nursing Excellence is developing a gerontology-focused PhD program that will allow students to ‘educate in place.’ The program of study is offered through the College of Nursing’s distance learning PhD program, patterned after the nationally-acclaimed oncology-focused distance PhD program. The program uses cutting-edge technology to deliver courses in a live format over the internet.
The first cohort of students will begin their program of study in January 2009, with an application deadline of July 17, 2008. The recruitment process has begun, and the University of Utah is asking for your help. If you know nurses or if you have colleagues whom you believe would be strong candidates for this program, please encourage them to explore the Web site at: www.nurs.utah.edu/hartford. You may also send their contact information (including e-mail addresses) to hartford@nurs.utah.edu, and they will be contacted directly with information.
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 Geriatric Nursing Education Consortium (GNEC) Institutes have been consistently oversubscribed and very well-reviewed by participants. 232 schools of nursing have been represented thus far.
The next two institutes are scheduled for October 14–16, 2008 in St. Louis, MO and April 1–3, 2009 in San Diego, CA. Applications for the St. Louis institute are due May 26, 2008.
For more information or to apply, see www.aacn.nche.edu/gnec.htm .
Gerontological Nursing Job Opportunities
The Department of Physiological Nursing at the University of California, San Francisco, has available two tenure track faculty positions in gerontological nursing. Appointments will be at the assistant, associate, or full professor rank, depending upon the finalist’s level of scholarship and experience. For more information, visit: www.norcalherc.org/c/job.cfm?site_id=730&keywords=N%2D259&sort=relevance,date_&t3169=&page=1&jb=1399626 or contact Meg Wallhagen, Director of the HCGNE at UCSF, at meg.wallhagen@nursing.ucsf.edu.
Geriatric Nursing Leadership Academy Now Accepting Applications
The Honor Society of Nursing, Sigma Theta Tau International, is accepting applications to the first national Geriatric Nursing Leadership Academy. The academy will develop the leadership skills of nurses at key health care institutions to improve care of older adults across the United States.
The honor society received a $1.6 million grant from the John A. Hartford Foundation to collaborate with the Hartford Centers of Geriatric Nursing Excellence to implement the academy.
Nurses are eligible to apply if they have a Bachelor of Science or higher degree in nursing, have demonstrated knowledge and competence in geriatric nursing and are working in settings providing care to older adults. The deadline for applications is April 11, 2008.
For an application and more information about the Geriatric Nursing Leadership Academy, please go to: www.nursingsociety.org/LeadershipInstitute/GeriatricAcademy.
Advocacy Webconference: Ten Steps to Becoming a More Effective Advocate
Do you want to make an impact on federal policies that affect you and your work but don't know who to call or what to say? Do you want your elected officials to care about an issue of concern to you but need help crafting a compelling story?
Join the Coalition for Health Services Research on April 9, 2008, 2:00–3:30 PM EST
for an interactive Web conference designed to help you understand the importance of message development, timing, and strategy in influencing policy. The Coalition will showcase one Web-based tool designed to help you effectively relay your message to key legislators on Capitol Hill.
Speakers:
Joe LaMountain, SparkLight Communications, and Rahmel Bertha, Capital Advantage
Registration:
Free for AcademyHealth members and organizational affiliates.
Non-members can register an entire team from their organization for one $50 registration fee per Web conference hook-up.
Register at: www.chsr.org/event_040908.htm by March 30, 2008.
Who should participate?
Health services researchers wanting to expand their political influence and impact the policy process.
Organizations currently working to impact authorizing legislation and appropriations.
Advocates supporting efforts to strengthen the field of health services research.
For additional information on the event and the Coalition for Health Services Research, visit: www.chsr.org.
Geriatric Nursing Research Proposal Resubmission Workshop
The Geriatric Nursing Research Proposal Resubmission Workshop, a cooperative effort of the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences and the University of Iowa, will be held July 14-18, 2008. The goal of the workshop is to assist investigators in responding to their summary statements and revising their research proposals for resubmission. The deadline has been extended to April 14, 2008. Class is limited to 15 participants and will focus solely upon improving proposal revisions by addressing the critiques (pink sheets). Please contact Sandie Lubin at lubinsandraa@uams.edu or Bonnie Kinkead at bonnie-kinkead@uiowa.edu for more information.
4.
HCGNE News
Critical Care Nursing Quarterly Features Penn State Authors
The January–March 2008 Critical Care Nursing Quarterly, which focuses on geriatric care in acute and critical care settings, was largely written and edited by nursing faculty from the Hershey Campus of Penn State School of Nursing. Ten of the 13 articles were written by Penn State faculty and discuss the complex issues faced by older adults and their families in acute tertiary hospital settings.
Southwest Consortium for Geriatric Nursing Education
The Arizona State University College of Nursing & Healthcare Innovation Hartford Center of Geriatric Nursing Excellence will host the Southwest Consortium meeting at the Western Institute of Nursing Research Conference. The purpose of the consortium is to implement a network of nationally and internationally known faculty to mentor faculty learners as well as enhance geriatric coursework, resources, expertise, and curriculum development throughout the region.
Eastern Regional Nursing Society Meeting
The 20th Anniversary Scientific Sessions of the Eastern Regional Nursing Society will take place in Philadelphia from March 27-29, 2008. During a symposium on “Mentoring in Aging Research,” HCGNE Directors Ann Kolanowski (Penn State) and Neville Strumpf (University of Pennsylvania) will present, along with Dr. Mary Beth Happ of the University of Pittsburgh, a BAGNC mentor, and alumni of the BAGNC Program, Margaret Crighton and Jennifer Lingler. A reception is planned following the symposium to highlight the Penn State/Penn HCGNEs and enhance recruitment efforts of scholars to both institutions.
Individual Accomplishments
Third year UCSF doctoral scholar, Bonita Huiskes, RN, MSN, FNP, received a two-year, $61,748 NIH National Research Service Award for her research on Advanced Diastolic Heart Failure: A mixed-Methods Study of Older Women.
The National Advisory/Selection Committee of the American Nurses Association awarded a $25,000, one-year Minority Fellowship to Robert Pope, MSN, RN, fourth year UCSF doctoral student and 2004 Hartford Scholar. Pope is researching explanatory models in substance abuse in older African Americans.
Suzanne Prevost, 2006–2008 Claire M. Fagin Fellow, received the Outstanding Research Abstract at the recent Annual Assembly of the American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine/Hospice and Palliative Nursing Association meeting in Tampa.
Rebecca Parham (GNP student) and Susi (Krista) Sifford, both from the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS), were recently selected as Evercare Scholars by the Leadership Team of the UAMS HCGNE.
Several University of Iowa HCGNE researchers will receive awards at the Midwest Nursing Research Society’s (MNRS) Annual Meeting in Indianapolis, IN, March 28–31, 2008:
Marianne Smith, former Hartford Pre-Doctoral Fellow will receive the Utilzation and Evidenced Based Practice Award from the Gerontological Section of the MNRS.
Janet Specht, HGNE Practice Director, will receive the Hartford Institute for Geriatric Nursing MNRS Award in Geriatric Nursing Research.
Barbara Rakel, former Hartford Pre-Doctoral Fellow will receive the MNRS Harriett Worley New Investigator Award.
Hartford Programs Host Research Interest Group (RIG)
The Hartford Foundation-funded BAGNC and the HCGNE at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) co-hosted a Research Interest Group (RIG) on Aging meeting at the Southern Nursing Research Society Conference in February.
The meeting, attended by 36 researchers, was chaired by Eileen Rossen from the University of North Carolina-Greensboro and Leanne Lefler, a past BAGNC scholar, from UAMS. One of the highlights of the meeting was the presentation of the “Rising Investigator Award” to Dr. Meredith Flood from the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. The award recognizes the contributions of a rising investigator who has conducted research that has the potential to enhance the science and practice of gerontological nursing.
The RIG was also asked to serve as a prototype for other RIGs seeking to advance Web site communication and networking of their members and is sponsoring an issue of Southern Online Journal of Nursing Research, with all manuscripts related to care of an aging population. RIG members are encouraged to submit manuscripts by July 1 to be considered for this special edition. For more information, visit: snrs.org/publications/guidelines.html
5.
Announcements
Hartford Foundation Executive Director Receives AACN Award
The American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN) is pleased to announce that Corinne H. Rieder, EdD, Executive Director of the John A. Hartford Foundation, has been selected as the recipient of the 2008 Nursing Spectrum/Gannett Foundation Lectureship Award. This annual award recognizes an individual, selected by the AACN board, who has made noteworthy contributions to higher education and/or healthcare and who can share practical insights with deans. Dr. Rieder will be honored at the AACN Spring Annual Meeting in Washington, DC, at the end of March.
Hartford Foundation Establishes Geropsychiatric Nursing Collaborative
The Hartford Foundation has established a collaborative project to improve the mental health care of older adults. The project will support the creation and dissemination of standard competencies and curricula in geropsychiatric nursing. About one in five older adults (7.5 million) currently have a diagnosable mental disorder and this number is expected to reach 15 million by 2030; yet most nurses, who represent the largest group of professionals caring for older patients, lack skills and knowledge about mental health needs. This project, designed to help improve the training of nurses in the care of depression, dementia, and other mental health disorders, will be led by geropsychiatric nursing experts from three of the Hartford Foundation Centers of Geriatric Nursing Excellence (at Universities of Arkansas, Iowa, and Pennsylvania) with coordination provided by the American Academy of Nursing. For more information, visit:
www.aannet.org/i4a/pages/headlinedetails.cfm?id=122.
Blueprint Development Conference
Plans are underway to hold a Blueprint Development Conference in early 2009. The purpose of the conference is to develop a plan to ensure nursing’s capacity to deliver care to an expanding older population in 2020 and 2030. The plan will build on the IOM report on the future healthcare workforce for older Americans. It will include practical recommendations to major stakeholder groups within and external to nursing and a proposal for supporting their adoption and implementation. For more information, contact: Pamela Dudzik at: pdudzik@aannet.org.
Hartford Institute Begins REASN Project
On February 7–8, 2008, 13 hospital-based specialty associations met at the Hartford Institute to initiate the Resourcefully Enhancing Aging in Specialty Nursing (REASN) project, funded by The Atlantic Philanthropies. The major goals of the meeting were to:
Develop ideas to shape association's grant proposals to develop advanced geriatric specialty content;
Promote collaboration between the REASN initiative and the NICHE (Nurses Improving Care to Health System Elders) hospital program;
Discuss creating, enhancing, and disseminating new and sustainable advanced geriatric educational products and resources;
Provide collaborative opportunities between specialty associations to create and disseminate geriatric educational products and resources; and
Expand, enhance, and create new outreach capacity of association and Hartford Institute Web sites and Web Fellow Web sites.
The Hartford Institute and associations will work together to distribute the geriatric specialty resources on a national level to nurses and hospitals. To read more about the REASN project and the February 2008 meeting please visit: consultgerirn.org/specialty_practice/REASN.
2008 NICHE Conferences
The 2008 NICHE Conferences—Leadership, Best Clinical Practices, and User—were held February 17–21 in Philadelphia, PA. The conferences, cosponsored by the University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing, brought together more than 500 nurses from the U.S. and Canada to discuss advancing care for hospitalized older adults. To read more about the conferences, please visit: www.nicheprogram.org/about/NICHE_Conferences_2008/.
New Columns in Geriatric Nursing
Beginning with the January/February 2008 issue, Geriatric Nursing includes an “Acute Care of the Elderly” column. The co-editors are Drs. Liz Capezuti, Sarah Hope Kagan, Mary Beth Happ, and Lorraine Mion. The first article, written by Dr. Liz Capezuti, focuses on NICHE and is available by subscription at: www.gnjournal.com/current. In addition, the journal has added an “Assisted Living” column co-written by the Hartford Institute’s Ethel Mitty and Sandi Flores, previous executive director of the American Assisted Living Nurses Association, which discusses clinical and management issues.
Hartford Institute Faculty Publish New Books
Hartford Institute faculty members have published two new books:
Capezuti, E., Siegler, E., & Mezey, MD, eds. 2008. The Encyclopedia of Elder Care (2nd ed.). New York: Springer Publishing Company.
Capezuti, E., Zwicker, D., Mezey, M., & Fulmer, T., eds. 2008. Evidence-Based Geriatric Nursing Protocols for Best Practice (3rd edition). New York: Springer Publishing Company.
How to Try This is a new series funded by the John A. Hartford Foundation through the Hartford Institute for Geriatric Nursing at New York University's College of Nursing in collaboration with the American Journal of Nursing (AJN). This initiative translates the evidence-based geriatric assessment tools in the Try This assessment series (www.hartfordign.org/trythis) into cost-free, web-based resources, including demonstration videos and a corresponding print series featured in the AJN, developed to build geriatric assessment skills.
To read or view the articles and videos developed to date, go to: www.NursingCenter.com/AJNolderadults and click the How to Try This link. CEs are available for both the articles and the videos. Topics include:
How to Try This: Preventing Aspiration in Older Adults with Dysphagia
Janice L. Palmer MS, RN, and Norma A. Metheny PhD, RN, FAAN
How to Try This: The Mini Nutritional Assessment
Rose Ann DiMaria-Ghalili PhD, RN, CNSN, and Peggi A. Guenter PhD, RN, CNSN
How to Try This: Avoiding Restraints in Patients with Dementia
Lois K. Evans, PhD, RN, FAAN, and Valerie T. Cotter, MSN, CRNP, FAANP
How to Try This: Communication Difficulties in Hospitalized Older Adults with Dementia
Carol A. Miller, MSN, RN-BC, AHN-BC
How to Try This: Delirium Superimposed on Dementia
Donna Marie Fick, PhD, APRN, BC, and Lorraine C. Mion, PhD, RN, FAAN
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