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 Volume
7, Issue 3
December 21, 2009 Welcome
to New Directions, a publication of the
New Directions is published six times per year—January/February, March/April, May/June, September/October, November, and December. In
This Issue
1. Nursing Highlights at GSA 2. BAGNC Scholarships and Fellowships Available 3. Opportunities, Resources & Tools 4. HCGNE News 5. NICHE News 6. Announcements 7. Link of the Month: Geriatric Pain Web Site Everyone at the HGNI wishes you and yours a very happy, healthy holiday season and a wonderful New Year! 1. Nursing Highlights at GSA
2009 GSA Nursing Care of Older Adults Interest Group MeetingThe nursing interest group meeting was a great success, with over 260 people attending, many of whom were new members. The meeting opened with a cheerful networking reception, sponsored by the John A. Hartford Foundation, NYU College of Nursing, and the Doris Schwartz Gerontological Nursing Research Award Endowment, honoring 2009 award recipient Mathy Mezey, EdD, RN, FAAN, director of the Hartford Institute. The award is given in honor of Doris Schwartz, a pioneer in gerontological nursing research. Dr. Mezey’s presentation, “50 Years: Older Adults and Geriatric Nursing,” highlighted the past 50 years of health care for older adults, the beginning of the geriatric nursing profession, and the path of her 50-year career in advancing excellence in the care of older adults. For more information about the interest group and the meeting, please contact Malvina Kluger at: mk17@nyu.edu. BAGNC Leadership Conference The Building Academic Geriatric Nursing Capacity (BAGNC) program recently held its 9th Annual Leadership Conference in Atlanta and launched the program’s 10th anniversary celebration. Among the notable events was the Mary Starke Harper Distinguished Lectureship, sponsored by Johnson & Johnson, which focused on Mary Starke Harper’s role in promoting interdisciplinary collaboration. The video of the Mary Starke Harper event will be soon available at www.geriatricnursing.org/leadership/msh-lectureship.asp. Among other highlights was a presentation by Mary Wakefield, PhD, RN, administrator of the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), titled “The Leadership Needed to Address the Healthcare Challenges of 2009.” Many presentations from the Leadership Conference will soon be available at www.geriatricnursing.org/leadership/2009. 2. BAGNC Scholarships and Fellowships Available
BAGNC Scholarships and Fellowships Available The American Academy of Nursing’s BAGNC Program is seeking nurses who are committed to advancing the field of geriatric nursing through doctoral studies and research. Two-year scholarships ($50,000 per year) and fellowships ($60,000 per year) are available for the 2010-2012 cohort. For more information and to apply, please see: www.geriatricnursing.org/applications. Deadline is January 13, 2010. 3. Opportunities, Resources & Tools
Apply Now! 2010 Geriatric Nursing Leadership Academy The Honor Society of Nursing, Sigma Theta Tau International (STTI), is accepting applications for its Geriatric Nursing Leadership Academy until January 18, 2010. Academy participants enhance their leadership skills, acquire the knowledge necessary to make a profound impact the quality of care and health outcomes for older adults, and become part of a national network of geriatric nursing leaders. This 18-month mentored leadership program was initiated by STTI and developed with a grant from The John A. Hartford Foundation in partnership with the Hartford Centers of Geriatric Nursing Excellence. To learn more, visit: www.nursingsociety.org/LeadershipInstitute/GeriatricAcademy Evidence Database to Support Aging Research The New York Academy of Medicine’s Social Work Leadership Institute has released a new evidence database to support aging research. This is an easy-to-use, online database to help scholars, policy analysts, and advocates stay on top of the latest research and innovations in all aspects of aging care, including health care, social services, and workforce issues. A professional staff of contributors regularly updates The Evidence Database by filtering, reviewing, and cataloging articles published in professional journals both in the U.S. and abroad. An advisory committee of experts in gerontology, social work research, and database methods provides consultation and assistance in the selection of topics for inclusion. To view the database, visit: socialworkleadership.org/nsw/cap/search.php. Announcing the 2010 Summer Institute on Aging Research NIA is now accepting applications for participation in the 2010 Summer Institute on Aging Research. This seven-day workshop for investigators new to the aging field focuses on current issues, research methodologies, and funding opportunities. The Summer Institute on Aging Research is one of the premier short-term training opportunities for new investigators. The 2010 Summer Institute will be held July 10–16 in Queenstown, MD. Support is available for travel and living expenses. Applications are due Friday, March 5, 2010. Minority investigators are strongly encouraged to apply. Applicants must be U.S. citizens, non-citizen nationals, or permanent residents. For additional information and an application form, contact Andrea Griffin-Mann at: griffinmanna@nia.nih.gov. Application deadline: March 5, 2010. End-of-Life Nursing Education Consortium (ELNEC) Course Available A geriatric train-the-trainer course will be held on March 9-10, 2010, in Philadelphia. The course is part of a national initiative to improve palliative care. The curriculum was developed with nationally recognized palliative care experts and is divided into nine modules, including Principles of Palliative Care, Pain Assessment and Management, Cultural and Spiritual Considerations, and Preparation for and Care at the Time of Death. The registration fee is $190. To learn more about this opportunity and register, contact Cindy Celi at: Cynthia.Celi@uphs.upenn.edu. BandwidthOnline.org: Online All the Time Looking for help writing an abstract, creating a dynamic presentation, developing a powerful "elevator speech," or finding an image to use in a brochure? BandwidthOnline.org, the comprehensive communications resource from the Hartford Foundation, offers lots of tools and resources to give a jump start to all your communications activities. The upcoming winter break is a perfect opportunity to check out all that BandwidthOnline.org offers. Visit today! Try This:® Specialty Practice Series Informal Caregivers of Older Adults at Home: Let’s PREPARE! The Try This:®Specialty Practice Series has been developed to highlight the specific concerns of specialty practice nurses in dealing with the care of older adults. In creating these issues, The Hartford Institute has partnered with specialty nursing organizations and individuals with expertise in their specialized field of practice. The second issue of this series, titled “Informal Caregivers of Older Adults at Home: Let’s PREPARE!,” highlights the PREPARE approach, which provides home care nurses with a tool to facilitate a successful transition of the patient to home care. Read more. Healthy People 2020 Wants to Hear from You The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services invites you to comment on the draft set of objectives for Healthy People 2020, a national statement of health goals for the coming decade. Healthy People has provided a set of 10-year health promotion and disease prevention objectives aimed at improving the health of all Americans for thirty years. Visit www.healthypeople.gov/hp2020/comments to Your comments will help ensure issues important to you are included in Healthy People. Establishing objectives and providing benchmarks to track progress motivates, guides, and focuses action. Comments will be accepted through December 31, 2009. FDA Offers Hearing Aid Info Online The FDA launched a new Web site containing basic information about hearing aids and hearing loss, various types and styles of hearing aids, benefits and safety issues, hearing aid use with and cell phones, how to obtain hearing aids, other products and devices to improve hearing, a checklist of steps to remember and consider before purchasing a product, and other resources. The site also addresses the importance of knowing the difference between an actual hearing aid, which is regulated by FDA to ensure safety and effectiveness for use in hearing impaired individuals, and a personal sound amplification device that does not qualify as a medical device. To learn more, visit: www.fda.gov. Practice Change Newsletter Available The Practice Change Bulletin is published three times a year and is posted on the Practice Change Fellowship Program Web site: www.practicechangefellows.org. Check it out to learn more about the program and the work of the fellows. ANA to Open Premier Nursing Performance Database to Top Researchers The American Nurses Association (ANA) has established a review board to evaluate proposals from leading health care researchers and scientists seeking access to the nation’s richest database of nursing performance measures, ANA’s National Database of Nursing Quality Indicators® (NDNQI®). The NDNQI Research Council has created a system for submitting research proposals online and for reviewing and scoring the proposals to determine if they meet the criteria for access to the data housed by NDNQI, a program of ANA’s National Center for Nursing Quality® (NCNQ®). The NDNQI program collects data on a quarterly basis from individual nursing units at 1,500 participating hospitals and evaluates the connection between the quality of nursing care and patient outcomes on measures such as patient falls, infections, and hospital-acquired pressure ulcers. ANA is encouraging scientists and researchers to submit research proposals to the council for review through a submission process on the NCNQ® Web site. New Publication Features Women in Science Careers at the National Institutes of Health “Women in Science at the National Institutes of Health 2007-2008” is a new publication showcasing the achievements of some of the accomplished women at the NIH. It is intended to inspire a diversity of girls, boys, women, and men to enter or continue in science careers. Sponsored and prepared by the NIH Office of Research on Women’s Health (ORWH) with assistance from the members of the NIH Coordinating Committee on Research on Women’s Health, the book celebrates the careers and accomplishments of 289 talented female scientists and administrators who are part of the NIH community. Each NIH Institute, Center, and Office recommended up to 15 doctoral-level women for feature in the publication. The book looks at a wide range of women’s roles, positions, and contributions throughout the NIH, including but not limited to clinician, basic scientist, program director, policy analyst, computer scientist, epidemiologist, geneticist, and statistician, as well as director and deputy director of NIH Institutes and Centers. Each individual’s profile consists of biographical information and research interests, descriptions of experiences that shaped her career, how she manages work/life balance, and her thoughts on the importance of mentoring—both being mentored and mentoring others. NIH State-of-the-Science Conference: Preventing Alzheimer’s Disease and Cognitive Decline The National Institute on Aging and Office of Medical Applications of Research of the National Institutes of Health will convene a State-of-the-Science Conference, April 26-28, 2010, to assess the available scientific evidence related to a variety of critical aspects of Alzheimer’s and cognitive decline. For more information and to register for this free conference, visit: consensus.nih.gov/2010/alz.htm. 4. HCGNE News
Awards & Achievements Ron Walent, RN, PhD, (2005-2007 Scholar) received the Judith V. Braun Award for Research Excellence Saturday at the Annual Meeting of the National Gerontological Nursing Association for his paper, “Autobiography, Environment and ‘Doing Well’ in Older Nursing Home Residents.” Dr. Walent is an NIA-funded postdoctoral fellow in the Division of Geriatrics and the UCSF Centers of Excellence in Geriatrics and Gerontologic Nursing. Two other BAGNC fellows were finalists for the award: Melodee Harris, PhD, APN, GNP-BC (2007-2009 Scholar), and Nancy Chu, PhD, RN, G-CNS, BC (2006-2008 Fellow). Ashley Leak (2009–2011 Scholar) was first author on a poster (Drug Store Accessibility and Usability Project for Older Adults: Interdisciplinary Certificate in Aging, Fall 2008), which received the 2009 Interdisciplinary Center for Aging Research: Uniting Scientists (ICARUS) Award from University of North Carolina's Institute on Aging. Elizabeth Galik (2003–2005 Scholar) received a three-year, $350,000 Nurse Faculty Scholar Award from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. The program is designed to honor junior faculty who show promise as leaders in academic nursing. The grant will help Galik research a social, ecological model to test individuals’ functionality and their relationships with assisted living facility staff. Kathy Culpepper Richards, PhD, RN, FAAN, professor of Health Promotion in Gerontology at the University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing, has been appointed as the Ralston House Endowed Term Professor in Gerontological Nursing effective July 1, 2009. The Ralston House Endowed Term Chair was founded in 1995 by a gift from The Ralston House to support Gerontological Nursing. Pamela Z. Cacchione, PhD, APRN, GNP, BC, associate professor of Geropsychiatric Nursing in the Clinician Educator Tract began at the University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing on July 1, 2009. Dr. Cacchione will share her time between Fagin Hall and the L.I.F.E. Program. Therese Richmond, PhD, FAAN, CRNP, associate professor of Nursing at the University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing, has been appointed as the Andrea B. Laporte Endowed Term Associate Professor, effective July 1, 2009. Sarah Hope Kagan, PhD, RN, FAAN, Professor of Gerontological Nursing-Clinician Educator at the University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing, has been appointed as the Lucy Walker Honorary Term Professor effective July 1, 2009. Dr. Kagan has also written a book, Cancer in the Lives of Older Americans: Blessings and Battles, to help clinicians, social scientists, families, and individuals understand cancer among the “oldest old.” Mary Ersek, PhD, RN, FAAN, has been as elected a member of The Hospice and Palliative Nurses Association (HPNA) Board of Directors. Her three-year term will commence in January 2010. Ginette Pepper, PhD, RN, FAAN, was awarded the Poster of Distinction award at the American Academy of Nursing for the poster describing the innovative distance PhD program and impressive outcomes. This program is the foundation for the geriatric-focused PhD education offered at the University of Utah Hartford Center of Geriatric Nursing Excellence. Nine PhD students are currently completing their third semester of coursework, and applications are now being accepted for a second cohort to begin in fall 2010. University of Utah College of Nursing PhD student Kathy Wright, MSN, GCNS-BC, PMHCNS-BC, completed her Geriatric Nursing Leadership Academy Fellowship with a poster presentation at the Sigma Theta Tau International Conference in Indianapolis. PhD Student Dawn Wold, APRN, MSN, FNP-C, was selected as a fellow to the Grantmakers in Aging Conference held in Denver in October 2009. Two out-of-state students have received scholarships to complete a geriatric specialty emphasis in the DNP program at the University of Utah College of Nursing. K. Russell Swainston (Idaho) and Sandra Berryman (Arkansas) are both completing their education via the Executive Format DNP program. Five other students have received scholarships to complete a 15-hour gerontology graduate certificate. The University of Utah Hartford Center of Geriatric Nursing Excellence had a strong presence at GSA in Atlanta. Faculty and students presented 10 posters, papers, or symposiums; nine PhD students from the Bristlecone Pine cohort were in attendance, as well as five faculty members. Patricia Berry, PhD, APRN, GNP-BC, ACHPN, associate director of Education and Practice of the University of Utah Hartford Center of Geriatric Nursing Excellence, was inducted as Fellow of the American Academy of Nursing during the Academy’s 36th Annual Meeting & Conference in November 2009. Siobhan McMahon, assistant professor at College of St. Scholastica (Duluth) and PhD student at Arizona State University, received the MN HCGNE Star Award for outstanding work conducted as a Faculty Learning About Geriatrics (FLAG) Program Fellow. Her project involved integrating geriatric competencies into a clinical management course for advanced practice nurses. Joanne Disch, PhD, RN, FAAN, is the new president-elect of the American Academy of Nursing (AAN). She also received a Founders’ Award from Sigma Theta Tau International (STTI)—the Mary Tolle Wright Award for Excellence in Leadership—at the STTI 40th Biennial Convention in Indianapolis in November. Bonnie Westra, PhD, RN, FAAN, was inducted into the American Academy of Nursing in November. Christine Mueller, PhD, RN, FAAN, was selected as the 2009-2010 Chair of the Expert Panel on Aging for the American Academy of Nursing (AAN). Margaret Moss, PhD, JD, RN, FAAN, was selected as one of the two co-chairs. Ruth Lindquist, PhD, RN, FAAN, became co-chair of the AAN Expert Panel on Acute Care. The 2009 Summit of Sages at the University of Minnesota School of Nursing built on the work of two prior Summits (2004, 2007) and highlighted “Innovation, Inspiration and Transformation” in health care delivery. Read about the featured leaders and what they shared here. 5.
NICHE News
2010 Annual NICHE Conference Collaborate! Interdisciplinary Paths to Improved Geriatric Care April 21-23, 2010 Baltimore, MD Call for Presentation and Poster Abstracts Presentations should focus on the inter-professional or interdisciplinary approach to one of the following content areas: For more information, visit the conference Web site: www.nicheprogram.org/conference. 6.
Announcements
Mary Naylor Receives Episteme Award Mary Naylor, RN, PhD, FAAN, Marian S. Ware Professor in Gerontology and Director of the NewCourtland Center for Transitions and Health at the University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing (a Hartford Center of Geriatric Nursing Excellence), received the prestigious Episteme Award at the annual meeting of the Honor Society of Nursing, Sigma Theta Tau International. Sponsored by the Baxter International Foundation, the Episteme Award is given annually to a nurse who has made a significant and clinically relevant contribution to nursing. The award recognizes Dr. Naylor’s Transitional Care Model (TCM), which assigns a Transitional Care Nurse to chronically ill, high-risk older adults before hospital discharge to coordinate care and help prevent hospital readmissions. Read more on Health AGEnda, the John A. Hartford Foundation’s blog. GeroShare Online The Minnesota Hartford Center of Geriatric Nursing Excellence (MN HCGNE) is pleased to host a professional networking site—Gero Share—that facilitates exchanging ideas and resources related to geriatric nursing education. Current forum topics include: integrating geriatric nursing into a hospital clinical experience; strategies for using evidence-based geriatric assessment and management tools in teaching; and strategies to increase students’ desire to pursue a career in geriatric nursing. A personal Web page and a variety of networking tools are available on the site. To receive an invitation to join Gero Share, please contact Shelli Quackenboss (quack003@umn.edu) with the institutional email address you will use for your login. Share Your Caregiving Stories Robert Kane, MD, director of the Center on Aging at the University of Minnesota School of Public Health, is writing a book to help family caregivers deal more effectively with frail older adults. In addition to discussing the challenges involved with caregiving, he would like to include positive stories from family caregivers, as well as professional caregivers, about the rewards, joys and successes of caregiving. If you have a story you’d like to share, please contact Dr. Kane at: kanex001@umn.edu. 7. Link of the Month: Geriatric Pain Web Site
The Geriatric Pain Web site, www.GeriatricPain.org, was created in response to the need for better pain assessment and management in long-term care environments by the Pain Workgroup of Sigma Theta Tau International’s Center for Nursing Excellence in Long-Term Care. The Pain Workgroup is composed of nurse leaders with expertise in pain and/or long-term care, representing five John A. Hartford Centers of Geriatric Nursing Excellence. The goal of the site is to address the gap in best practice tools, resources, and products to help nursing home staff achieve the expectations of the process frameworks being developed by the Campaign to Advance Excellence and to provide quality pain care in nursing homes. The Geriatric Pain Web site is a one-stop site that shares best-practice tools and resources supporting recommendations for good pain assessment and management in older adults. The resources on the Geriatric Pain Web site support nurses and administrators in long-term care to 1) enhance pain outcomes for residents and patients; 2) access products that will enhance organizational standards for pain outcomes; 3) save time identifying and evaluating quality tools; and 4) access resources easily in a user-friendly environment. The Web site will continually develop and add new resources that may be adapted to fit the needs of individual organizations and populations. Visit the site: www.GeriatricPain.org. Write
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