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7, Issue 5
April 12, 2010 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. John A. Hartford Foundation Helps to Inform Future of Nursing Initiative 2. Opportunities, Resources & Tools 3. Announcements 4. HCGNE News 5. NICHE News 6. Link of the Month: Hartford Foundation’s YouTube Channel 1. John A. Hartford Foundation Helps to Inform Future of Nursing Initiative
Six Hartford Foundation grantees were among the 31 panelists that spoke in a series of three forums as part of the Institute of Medicine’s Future of Nursing Initiative. In addition, Hartford Foundation Senior Program Officer Rachael Watman presented testimony at the last meeting in February. The goal of this initiative, which is funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, is to identify vital roles for nurses in implementing a more effective and efficient health care system. A report on the three forums will be released in October 2010. To learn more, read the Hartford Foundation blog, Health AGEnda, entry at: www.jhartfound.org/blog/?p=1427
2. Opportunities, Resources & Tools
Health and Aging Policy Fellows Program: Apply Now The Health and Aging Policy Fellows Program is accepting applications for 2010 fellowships. This national program provides 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: (1) a residential track that includes a 9-to-12-month placement (as a legislative assistant in Congress, a professional staff member in an executive agency, or in a policy organization) in Washington, DC, or at a state agency, and (2) a non-residential 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 application deadline is April 15, 2009. For further information, please visit: www.healthandagingpolicy.org, or contact Phuong Huynh, deputy director, at huynhpt@pi.cpmc.columbia.edu or 212.543.6213. New Days/New Ways: Advancing Care Excellence for Seniors (ACES) Workshops Register Now! Two workshops, “New Days/New Ways: Advancing Care Excellence for Seniors (ACES),” are being offered this summer–June 11, 2010 in Philadelphia, PA, and June 25, 2010 in Altamonte Springs, FL. As the population ages, nurses are seeking new ways to provide excellent care for an increasing number of older adults. These workshops introduce a new framework for the care of older adults using an array of excellent Hartford Foundation-funded resources developed by the AACN and Hartford Institute. ACES is an initiative of the Fostering Geriatrics in Pre-licensure Nursing Education grant, a partnership between the National League for Nursing and Community College of Philadelphia, funded by The John A. Hartford Foundation, Laerdal Medical Corporation and the Independence Foundation of Philadelphia to foster gerontological nursing education for pre-licensure nursing programs. To register for the Philadelphia workshop on June 11, 2010, go to: www.nln.org/facultydevelopment/Workshops/aces_pa/index.htm. To register for the Florida workshop on June 25, 2010, go to: www.nln.org/facultydevelopment/Workshops/aces_fl/index.htm Nursing Recruitment Videos Available from Penn State With funding from the Johnson & Johnson Foundation, the Hartford Center for Geriatric Nursing Excellence (HCGNE) at Penn State has produced a series of five-minute recruitment videos. The videos are available at no charge and schools are encouraged to utilize them in their own recruitment efforts. Geriatric Nursing Education details the advantages to continuing one’s education in the field of geriatric nursing, Nurse Educator discusses the advantages of becoming a nurse educator in the field of geriatric nursing, and Technology and Health Care Policy looks at the future of geriatric nursing in regard to technology and healthcare policy. Funding Opportunity from Brookdale Foundation This November, the Brookdale Foundation Group will be awarding up to 40 seed grants for the development of dementia respite programs or specialized programs for people with early memory loss. The grants are $7,500 for the first year with an opportunity for a second tier grant of $3,000. Any nonprofit service agency wishing to develop a social model day program for Alzheimer’s families may apply. The deadline for applications is July 1, 2010. For more details on this grant, including contact information and other new private and federal senior-or-aging-related funding opportunities, just click on or cut and paste the following link into your Web browser to get free access to Aging News Alert. www.cdpublications.com/d092. Post-Doctoral Fellow Opportunity Are you interested in research on end-of-life decision making, family caregivers, and quality of life, as well as mixed methods research? If so, contact Marie T. Nolan, PhD, RN, at mnolan@son.jhmi.edu, Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing, about a post-doc fellowship opportunity available with the "Trial of Ascertaining Individual Preferences for Loved Ones' Role in End-of-life Decisions" (TAILORED) study. The purpose of this study is to test an intervention designed to optimize family involvement in decisions at the end of life by ascertaining to what extent patients would like to have their family involved in decision-making. For more information, visit the end-of-life decision-making study team Web site at: www.son.jhmi.edu/research/decision/. GNEC Baccalaureate Geriatric Nursing Education Podcasts Now Available Melissa Aselage, MSN, RN, FNP-BC, (2009 BAGNC Scholar) has developed podcasts for nursing students in collaboration with University of North Carolina Wilmington School of Nursing; the American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN); and the Hartford Institute for Geriatric Nursing, New York University College of Nursing. These podcasts are based on modules developed by the AACN Geriatric Nursing Education Consortium (GNEC) and the Hartford Institute to enhance geriatric content in senior-level undergraduate nursing courses. For more information and to access the podcasts, visit: consultgerirn.org/resources/gnec_podcasts. Try This SP3: Cardiac Risk Assessment of the Older Cardiovascular Patient: The Framingham Global Risk Assessment Tools Lola A. Coke, PhD, ACNS-BC, Rush University College of Nursing and Preventive Cardiovascular Nurse’s Association Try This, a publication of the Hartford Institute for Geriatric Nursing, is a series of assessment tools and best practice approaches to care. Each issue focuses on a topic specific to the older adult population. This issue features The Framingham Global Risk Assessment tools, which are considered the “gold standard” for risk assessment of cardiovascular disease. New Resources from the Geropsychiatric Nursing Collaborative The Geropsychiatric Nursing Collaborative has developed the following resources to draw attention to the special needs of older adults with mental health concerns and psychiatric/substance misuse disorders. These resources will be available on the Portal of Geriatric Online Education (www.POGOe.org) in mid-April under the product ID 20660. You must register to search for the product, but registration is free. Questions? Contact Pamela Dudzik at pdudzik@aannet.org. Postdoctoral Positions at New School of Nursing at UC Davis The Betty Irene Moore School of Nursing at UC Davis was founded on a vision to advance health and ignite leadership through innovative education, transformative research, and bold system change. The school seeks two visionary postdoctoral scholars to work under the guidance of expert faculty mentors, led by Dean Heather M. Young and Associate Dean Deborah Ward, in the following areas of emphasis: health systems—including health policy and systems, leadership, and informatics—and population health—including rural, aging, and minority populations. The school’s inaugural Doctor of Philosophy and Master of Science classes in the Nursing Science and Health-Care Leadership Graduate Group open this fall, providing postdoctoral scholars a unique opportunity to be part of the founding team. Further details about the two-year positions and how to apply by May 1, 2010, are available at www.ucdmc.ucdavis.edu/nursing/ in the jobs section. BandwidthOnline.org: Online All the Time Preparing for job talks, presentations, media interviews, or other communications opportunities can be hard work. Let www.BandwidthOnline.org help! The site offers a variety of tips, tools, templates, and examples to help strengthen all of your communications. Check out the resources for creating dynamic presentations, developing powerful “elevator speeches,” designing effective scientific posters, or finding images to use in a brochure. BandwidthOnline.org, the comprehensive communications resource from the Hartford Foundation, has all this and more. Visit today! Correction The last issue of New Directions incorrectly identified the journal in which “Caring for an Aging Population: Review of Policy Initiatives” by Susan Crocker Houde, PhD, ANP-BC; and Karen Devereaux Melillo, PhD, ANP-BC, FAANP, FGSA, was published. The article appeared in the Journal of Gerontological Nursing in November 2009. National Home and Hospice Care Survey Data Now Available The Division of Health Care Statistics (DHCS) of the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) released the internet version of the latest Long-Term Care Statistics Branch, National Home and Hospice Care Survey (NHHCS) data charts. The data charts were revised to include additional information and to present data from the most recent survey data collection year 2007. The data charts can be accessed on www.cdc.gov/nchs/nhhcs/nhhcs_products.htm under the heading “Data Highlights” or the trends home page.The chart titles are Current Home Health Care Patient Trends; Annual Hospice Care Discharge Trends; Trends from 1992, 1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, and 2007. 3.
Announcements
AACN Announces New Project The American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN) is pleased to announce the initiation of a two-year John A. Hartford Foundation funded project focused on assisting nurse faculty in their work to prepare Advanced Practice Registered Nurses (APRNs) to care for older adults. Phase II of the Ensuring the Advanced Practice Registered Nursing Workforce is Prepared to Care For Older Adults initiative focuses on enhancing gerontology content and facilitating curriculum redesign in programs graduating Nursing Practitioners (NPs) and Clinical Nurse Specialists (CNSs). Phase II of this project will provide resources and activities to ensure that APRN educators have the knowledge, skills, and teaching tools needed to modify existing adult NP and CNS programs to include a strong focus on gerontology. To accomplish the above goals, AACN, in collaboration with the Hartford Institute for Geriatric Nursing, New York University College of Nursing, will develop clinical modules, web-based resources, and case studies specifically to assist faculty through the transition period. AACN will also host four faculty development workshops to better prepare faculty from adult NP and CNS programs to implement the newly required Adult-Gerontology curriculum. During Phase I of the Ensuring the APRN Nursing Workforce is Prepared to Care For Older Adults grant, AACN, also in collaboration with the Hartford Institute, worked to advance the recommendations related to APRN education contained in the Consensus Model for APRN Regulation: Licensure, Accreditation, Certification & Education, which was developed through a five-year, collaborative process involving multiple nursing organizations. In Phase I, AACN has led the development of consensus-based competencies for Adult-Gerontology NPs and Adult-Gerontology CNSs using a national validation process that encompasses a wide array of stakeholders from NP and CNS education, practice, certification, accreditation, and licensure. The anticipated release of the competencies is April 2010. BAGNC YouTube Contest The John A. Hartford Foundation’s Building Academic Geriatric Nursing Capacity (BAGNC) program is holding a YouTube contest as part of its 10th anniversary celebration. The contest asks participants to create a short video responding to the prompt: “A Day in the Life of a Geriatric Nurse.” The goal is to focus on the growing field of geriatric health care and nursing’s role in caring for America’s diverse aging population. The contest is open to any student enrolled in a U.S. school of nursing program or RN 18 years or older and a legal resident of the United States. Official rules will be posted on the BAGNC Web site by April 15th. BAGNC Office is Moving Effective June 1, 2010, the BAGNC office will be located at: American Academy of Nursing BAGNC Coordinating Center American Academy of Nursing Suite 910 1000 Vermont Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20005 For BAGNC Alumni Are you wondering how you can stay connected to your John A. Hartford Foundation Building Academic Geriatric Nursing Capacity (BAGNC) peers? Alumni from the BAGNC Predoctoral Scholarship and Claire M. Fagin Fellowship programs are currently organizing a new association to continue networking and promote collaboration on projects and scholarly activities. Look for opportunities to hear more at your regional research conference (ENRS, MNRS, SNRS, WIN), GSA, and in HGNI and BAGNC newsletters! For more information contact Adriana Perez, PhD, ANP, at: Adriana.Rivera@asu.edu. Lazelle Benefield, PhD, RN, FAAN (2003-2005 Claire M. Fagin Fellow), has been named dean of the University of Oklahoma College of Nursing. Benefield, the Professor and Parry Chair in Gerontological Nursing and director of the Donald W. Reynolds Center of Geriatric Nursing Excellence, has served as interim dean since Nov. 1. 4. HCGNE News
The Minnesota Hartford Center of Geriatric Nursing Excellence is offering its third annual Faculty Learning about Geriatrics (FLAG™) Summer Institute on August 2-6, 2010. This highly successful program brings together bright, creative faculty and provides them with tools to strengthen the teaching of geriatric nursing in prelicensure and advanced practice programs. The program includes four core components: geriatric nursing, teaching-learning in geriatric nursing, academic leadership, and informatics. Following the institute in Minneapolis, each FLAG™ Fellow completes an individual learning project in their home nursing school, guided by faculty from the MN Hartford Center of Geriatric Nursing Excellence. Applications are being accepted until May 3rd from nurse educators nationwide for the 2010-2011 FLAG™ program. The registration fee for participants who reside outside of Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota, and Wisconsin is $500. ANCC continuing education contact hours will be provided. View the web site at www.nursing.umn.edu/hartford/flag or email MNHCGNE@umn.edu for more information. Joseph Libonati, PhD, Assistant Professor of Nursing, has joined the Penn HCGNE as a Core Faculty member. Dr. Libonati is an exercise physiologist who studies how lifestyle factors influence cardiovascular disease across the lifespan. Karen Rose, PhD, RN, (2008–2010 Claire M. Fagin Fellow and 2003–2005 BAGNC Predoctoral Scholar), is incoming chair of the Aging Research Interest Group of the Southern Nursing Research Society. Pao-Feng Tsai, PhD, RN, (2003-2005 Claire M. Fagin Fellow), received the Alice An Loh Sun Endowed Professorship in Geriatric Nursing at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences. Illinois State Mennonite School of Nursing has established a new faculty award. The first Meridean Maas Faculty Mentoring Award will be given April 27, 2010. The University of Iowa has been awarded an Institutional NRSA (T32) to provide pre- and post-doctoral research training to prepare a cadre of nurse scholars to conduct pain nursing research. Keela Herr, PhD, RN, FAAN, FGSA, Robert Wood Johnson Executive Nurse Fellow, is the principal investigator on the grant. The program will provide opportunities for doctoral students and post-doctoral fellows to develop or extend knowledge and skills in pain nursing research with an emphasis on: a) descriptive and predictive models for identifying underlying mechanisms and individual responses to pain and associated symptoms and factors and their impact; b) intervention research focused on pain for individuals, family and caregivers, and c) translation of knowledge related to management of pain to practice. The John A. Hartford Foundation Center of Geriatric Nursing Excellence (HCGNE) at the University of Iowa has assumed responsibility for Iowa’s Evidence Based Guidelines, formerly under the auspice of the successful 15-year P30 Gerontological Nursing Interventions Research Center’s Translation and Dissemination Core. With this transition, Deborah Schoenfelder, PhD, RN, was named Series Editor. She has a long tenure at Iowa as Associate Clinical Professor and is an excellent clinician, teacher, and academician. For more information about Iowa’s Evidence Based Guidelines, please see: www.nursing.uiowa.edu/hartford/nurse/ebp.htm. The Iowa HCGNE continues its “Hartford Presents” series, highlighting the subject of Alzheimer’s Disease with a showing and moderation of HBO’s series “The Alzheimers Project.” Spring semester presentations were on February 11 and March 18, with the final segment to be shown on April 15. Special guest Rachael Watman, Senior Program Officer for the John A Hartford Foundation, will be in attendance as part of the HCGNE annual site visit. Congratulations to Arizona State University HCGNE faculty mentors and their mentees for being accepted into the Geriatric Nursing Leadership Academy (GNLA). GNLA was developed through a partnership between the Honor Society of Nursing, Sigma Theta Tau International, and The John A. Hartford Foundation. GNLA is an 18-month mentored project designed to help develop leadership skills of geriatric nurses. Fellows and expert mentors participate in leadership workshops and are guided through a project focusing on geriatric issues in a variety of healthcare settings. Infusing Gerontological Nursing into a Multi-System Acute Care Setting Fellow: Jean Benzel-Lindley, Banner Health Mentor: Dr. Nelma Shearer, Arizona State University, College of Nursing and Health Innovation Providing Targeted Care to Telemonitored Pneumonia Patients Fellow: Karen Smith, Scottsdale Healthcare Mentor: Dr. Kimberly Shea, Arizona State University, College of Nursing and Health Innovation Publications Shearer, N., Fleury, J., & Belyea, M. (2010). An innovative approach to recruiting homebound older adults. Research in Gerontological Nursing, 3, 11-18. NIHMSID: 147837 5.
NICHE News
2010 Annual NICHE Conference Collaborate! Interdisciplinary Paths to Improved Geriatric Care April 21-23, 2010 Baltimore, MD For more information, visit the conference web site. 6. Link of the Month:
Hartford Foundation’s YouTube Channel
The John A. Hartford Foundation has created a channel on YouTube featuring videos of a variety of presentations by grantees in all disciplines. Current materials include a presentation on long-term care by Mary Naylor, RN, PhD, a clip of HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius’ speech at the ASA/NCOA conference, and a segment of the Brookings Institution/Hartford Foundation forum held in January. Coming soon: nursing recruitment videos produced by the Penn State School of Nursing. Check it out! Write
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