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7, Issue 7
June 3, 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. Campaign for Better Care 2. Opportunities, Resources & Tools 3. 2010-1012 BAGNC Scholars & Fellows 4. Geriatric Nursing Leadership Academy: Second Cohort 5. Announcements 6. HCGNE News 7. Link of the Month: Health Care Reform Act Tip Sheets: Impact on Nursing Care of Older Adults 1. Campaign for Better Care
The Campaign for Better Care, led by the National Partnership for Women & Families, Community Catalyst, and the National Health Law Program, and funded by The Atlantic Philanthropies, was created to address health-care reform. The Campaign for Better Care is working to ensure the smooth and effective implementation of newly-passed reforms, including many that have the potential to make significant improvements in health-care delivery and directly benefit older adults. Additionally, the campaign is building a grassroots movement to combine the voices of older adults, families, and advocates into a powerful call for change. To learn more about the Campaign for Better Care, visit: www.nationalpartnership.org
You can also read about it on the John A. Hartford Foundation blog in this post:
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2. Opportunities, Resources & Tools
Geriatric Academic Career Award (GACA) Available to Additional Health Professions: Revised Application Now Available: Due June 7th The Health Services and Resources Administration (HRSA) has updated its Geriatric Academic Career Award Application (GACA) to reflect provisions in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) of 2010, Public Law 111-148. Under the Act, disciplines that are now eligible for these awards include medicine, osteopathy, dentistry, nursing, social work, psychology, and pharmacy, among others. The HRSA recommends that all individuals applying for the awards review the updated application in its entirety, as there have been significant changes. The EWA advocated for the expansion of eligibility for the GACAs—and for expanded funding—given our shared belief in the value of the interdisciplinary team and given the shortage of geriatrics faculty in all of the targeted disciplines. Society leaders are now working on an FY2011 appropriations request that would support greater demand for the awards, which is anticipated, and provide funding for new programs created under PPACA. Application guidance is available on the Grants.gov Web site: www.grants.gov. The funding opportunity number is HRSA-10-228 and the CFDA number is 93.250. The deadline for submitting the application in Grants.gov is June 7, 2010. 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 on 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. It is 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. Try This:® Specialty Practice 4: Vascular Risk Assessment of the Older Cardiovascular Patient: The Ankle-Brachial Index (ABI) By: Lola A. Coke, PhD, ACNS-BC, Rush University College of Nursing and Preventive Cardiovascular Nurse’s Association The Try This:® Specialty Practice Series highlights 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 fourth issue of this series, Vascular Risk Assessment of the Older Cardiovascular Patient: The Ankle-Brachial Index (ABI), describes the use of the ABI screening tool used to 1) detect asymptomatic arterial disease in the legs to prevent progression to claudication or limb ischemia; and 2) detect individuals at high risk of cardiovascular events. Access this resource at: consultgerirn.org/uploads/File/trythis/try_this_sp4.pdf. Fall Prevention Awareness: Enhanced Training for Home Health Aides The Paraprofessional Healthcare Institute (PHI) and National Council on Aging (NCOA) have partnered to provide a Fall Prevention Awareness training curriculum for home health aides. The curriculum, designed to meet the needs of adult learners, aims to help home health aides reduce falls and minimize injury to their clients by increasing their awareness of the risk factors for common falls and by enhancing their communication skills. Specifically, participants build on their existing knowledge and skills by strengthening their “observe, record, report” skills and by developing communication skills that help them address with their clients how to reduce the risk of falling. This curriculum consists of two, three-hour in-service trainings. In addition, each session includes optional pre- and post-testing as well as warm-up and closing activities that can add an additional hour to the training. A complete, downloadable facilitator guide and handouts for all sessions are available here. For additional resources, visit NCOA’s Web page on fall prevention at: www.ncoa.org/improving-health/falls-prevention. 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. 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! National Home Health Aide Survey: 2007-2008 The National Center for Health Statistics has released its methods report on Design and Operation of the National Home Health Aide Survey: 2007–2008 (Series 1, No. 49). This report provides an overview of the National Home Health Aide Survey (NHHAS), the first national probability survey of home health aides. NHHAS was designed to provide national estimates of home health aides who provide assistance in activities of daily living and were directly employed by agencies that provide home health and/or hospice care. In total, 3,416 aides were interviewed from September 2007 to April 2008. Data collection for home health aides included these key subject areas—current employment, recruitment, education and training, job history, family life, management and supervision, patient relations, job satisfaction, job rating, work-related injuries, demographics, and agency leavers. To view the report, visit: www.cdc.gov/nchs/products/series.htm#sr1 or www.cdc.gov/nchs/nhhcs/nhhcs_products.htm. For more information about NHHAS, visit www.cdc.gov/nchs/nhhas.htm. 3. 2010-2012 BAGNC Fellows & Scholars
The American Academy of Nursing recently announced over $2 million in awards to its latest cohort of fellows and scholars in academic geriatric nursing. Eight Claire M. Fagin postdoctoral Fellows will each receive $120,000 to support advanced research training, mentorship, leadership, and career development. Eleven predoctoral Scholars will receive a scholarship of $100,000 to support their doctoral training and launch careers in academic geriatric nursing. The 2010-2012 Claire M. Fagin Fellows are: Dana Carthron, PhD, RN Duke University Trajectory of Self-management Activities and Provider Support Among African-American Primary Caregiving Grandmothers Corjena Cheung, PhD, RN St. Catherine University A Pilot Study Testing an Iyengar Yoga Exercise Program for Older Women with Osteoarthritis Linda S. Edelman, PhD, RN University of Utah Injuries Occurring to Older Adults Living in Rural Areas Teresa Goodell, RN, CNS, PhD, ACNS-BC, CCRN Oregon Health & Science University Skin Perfusion and Oxygenation in Critically Ill Elders Niloufar Hadidi, PhD, RN, ACNS-BC, FAHA University of Minnesota Problem Solving therapy for Treatment of Poststroke Depression Caroline Stephens, PhD, MSN, APRN, BC University of California, San Francisco Cognitively Impaired Nursing Home Residents Stuck in the Revolving Door of the Emergency Room: The Influence of Resident, Organizational, Market & Policy Factors Todd Ruppar, PhD, RN, GCNS-BC University of Missouri, Columbia Pilot Program to Improve Statin Adherence and Lower Cholesterol in Older Adults Deirdre Thornlow, PhD, RN Duke University Cascade Iatrogenesis: Postoperative Respiratory Failure in Hospitalized Older Americans 2010-2012 Predoctoral Scholars: Charlene Aaron, MSN, RN-BC University of Iowa African American Family Dementia Caregivers: At What Cost? Eeeseung Byun, MSN, RN, ACNP-BC University of Pennsylvania Factors Affecting Outcomes of Family Caregiving for Older Adults with Stroke Daniel Cline, MSN, RN, CRNP New York University Nursing Care of Older Adults in the Rural Hospital Setting Ben Remor Inventor, MSN, APN/CNP Rush University Managing Behavior Symptoms of Persons with Dementia in Long Term Care Susan Lysaght, MA/MS, GNP-BC, ACHPN University of Pennsylvania Quality Care Outcomes in Hospice Siobhan McMahon, MSN, MPH, GNP-BC Arizona State University Enhancing Motivation for Physical Activity to Reduce the Risk of Falls Among Community-Dwelling Older Adults Melissa O'Connor, MBA, BSN, RN, COS-C University of Pennsylvania The Impact of Home Care Length of Stay and Number of Nursing Visits on Acute Care Hospitalization Tonya Roberts, MS, RN University of Wisconsin, Madison Process and Outcomes of Person Centered Care for Nursing Home Residents Marleen Thornton, MSN, RN University of Colorado, Denver Optimizing Outcomes for the Oldest Old Kathy Wright, MSN, GCNS-BC, PMHCNS-BC University of Utah The Correlation of Care Manager Relationships with Older Adults and Adherence to Self-Management Behaviors Carolyn Ziminski, RN, BSN University of California, Los Angeles Influence of Family Structure on the Social Construction of Elder Mistreatment For more information about the scholarship and fellowship program, visit: www.geriatricnursing.org. 4. Geriatric Nursing Leadership Academy: Second Cohort
After a very competitive application process, the Honor Society of Nursing, Sigma Theta Tau International (STTI), is pleased to announce that the second cohort has been selected for the Geriatric Nursing Leadership Academy (GNLA). The 18-month mentored leadership experience will begin in June 2010 with fellow-mentor participants representing 13 states and a diverse range of practice settings and educational backgrounds ranging from bachelor’s of nursing to doctorate degrees. Accepted fellow-mentor participants are:The GNLA is an exciting, intense, and career-changing experience for nurses who are committed to leading health-care practice changes for older adults. The purpose of GNLA is to develop the leadership skills of geriatric nurses in positions of influence in a variety of health-care settings. The GNLA prepares geriatric nurses to effectively lead inter-professional teams that work to improve the quality of health care for older adults and their families. Through the partnership between STTI and The John A. Hartford Foundation, GNLA has become a premier leadership development opportunity for nurses dedicated to influencing policy and geriatric health outcomes. Fellows of GNLA become active participants in the national network of geriatric nursing leaders. This growing group of experts has begun a collective movement toward national influence in improving care for older adults. For more information about the GNLA, visit: nursingsociety.org/LeadershipInstitute/GeriatricAcademy/Pages/default.aspx 5.
Announcements
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 on the theme: “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 any RN who is 18 years or older and a legal resident of the United States. Official rules are posted on the BAGNC Web site. Hartford Foundation Announces Partnership with Jonas Center for Nursing Excellence The John A. Hartford Foundation and the Jonas Center for Nursing Excellence have announced that they will work together via the Jonas Nurse Leaders Scholar Program to increase the number of well-qualified geriatric nursing faculty. This two-year partnership will support nine doctoral candidates in geriatric nursing in the first year, one at each of the nine Hartford Centers of Geriatric Nursing Excellence (CGNE) nationwide. In the fall of 2010, each CGNE will select a Jonas/Hartford Scholar. Each scholar will receive mentoring and leadership training and take part in Hartford-sponsored Building Academic Geriatric Nursing Capacity (BAGNC) activities, including the annual BAGNC Leadership Conference. The Jonas/Hartford program will be administered by the BAGNC Coordinating Center housed at the American Academy of Nursing. The Jonas scholars will use their awards to pursue the goal of becoming faculty in geriatric nursing, particularly in geriatric mental health or community-based care for elders. The program reflects a shared commitment by the Hartford Foundation and the Jonas Center for Nursing Excellence to addressing the nation's accelerating nursing shortage through faculty development. Hear more about the partnership in this video featuring Barbara and Donald Jonas: www.youtube.com/watch?v=bKGqblWs-40. For more information about the Jonas Center for Excellence, visit: www.jonascenter.org. To learn more about the Hartford Foundation’s Centers of Geriatric Nursing Excellence, visit: www.geriatricnursing.org. STTI Launches Center for Nursing Excellence in Long-Term Care™ The Honor Society of Nursing, Sigma Theta Tau International (STTI), has created the Center for Nursing Excellence in Long-Term Care™ (The Center) to help address the educational needs of nurses in long-term care environments. STTI, in collaboration with experts from the Hartford Centers of Geriatric Nursing Excellence, skilled nursing facilities, national providers, trade associations, and geriatric consumer groups, is also developing a portfolio of products and services that will help educate nurses and transform their role in the long-term care environment. These products and services will enable RNs to take a stronger leadership position within their environments to ensure quality of care and life for patients and residents. One of the new products now available is the Geriatric Nursing Knowledge Assessment (GNKA), developed with support from the Foundation for the Future of Aging. This tool assesses an RN’s knowledge in nine major competency areas common to geriatric nursing. As nurses identify and pursue their individual educational needs, they will ultimately be equipped to deliver the most coordinated, holistic, and cost-effective care possible. For more information and resources, visit The Center online at: www.centerfornursingexcellence.org. Hartford Institute for Geriatric Nursing Receives American Association of Critical Care Nurses Award The Hartford Institute for Geriatric Nursing at New York University’s College of Nursing received the 2010 GE Healthcare-AACN Pioneering Spirit Award at the American Association of Critical Care Nurses (AACN) National Teaching Institute & Critical Care Exposition on May 14. Representing the Hartford Institute were Deborah Chyun, associate director, and Cory Rieder, executive director and treasurer of the John A. Hartford Foundation. This Visionary Leadership Award recognizes significant contributions that influence acute/critical care nursing and relate to the association’s mission, vision, and values. For over seven years, the Hartford Institute has worked with the association to develop geriatric nursing resources for its members, most recently in conjunction with the Hartford Institute REASN project, with support from the Atlantic Philanthropies. A highlight of this relationship is an online course entitled Best Practice for Elder Care, developed by AACN in collaboration with the American Academy of Nursing Expert Panel on Critical Care to improve the care of older adults in critical care nationally. The course is available online at: www.aacn.org/WD/Practice/Content/Eldercare.pcms?menu=Practice. Mathy Mezey Receives the American Geriatrics Society’s Nascher/Manning Award Dr. Mathy Mezey, director, Hartford Institute for Geriatric Nursing, NYU College of Nursing, received the American Geriatrics Society’s Nascher/Manning Award at the AGS Annual Meeting on May 14. This award is named for Ignatz Leo Nascher, MD (1863-1944), a pioneer who coined the term "geriatrics" as a separate specialty in 1909. The award is granted to an individual with distinguished, life-long achievement in clinical geriatrics. The award to Dr. Mezey, the first nurse to receive this award, recognizes her as a leader, educator, and author, and for her significant contributions in the field of geriatrics. NYU College of Nursing Welcomes Tara Cortes as Executive Director of the Hartford Institute for Geriatric Nursing and Professor of Geriatric Nursing in the Mathy D. Mezey Chair After 14 years as a pioneer promoting best nursing care practices for older adults nationally and internationally as director of the Hartford Institute for Geriatric Nursing, Mathy Mezey is stepping down as director, continuing as associate director of the Institute and Director of Educational Programs. Dean Terry Fulmer will continue to direct the interdisciplinary programs and Dr. Elizabeth Capezuti will continue to direct the practice and research programs. Tara Cortes, PhD, RN, FAAN, brings her distinguished experience in executive leadership, nursing education, research and practice to enhance some of the respected existing programs in the Institute and to develop new and innovative initiatives. Prior to joining the NYU College of Nursing, Dr. Cortes was the President and CEO of Lighthouse International, a well known not-for-profit organization helping people with vision loss. She transformed the organization to a health care provider from a social charity, and was recognized worldwide for her leadership in helping to move the field of vision loss from that of disability to health care. Dr. Cortes spent the initial phase of her career in nursing education at Hunter College, and then as the Head of Nursing Research and Information Systems at Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center. She was the Chief Nursing Officer at Rockefeller University Hospital and continued her career in nursing and hospital administration at Mount Sinai Medical Center and at Bridgeport Hospital, before assuming the senior leadership role at Lighthouse International. For additional information and a copy of a formal announcement, please contact Hartford.ign@nyu.edu. BAGNC Office Has Moved Effective June 1, 2010, the BAGNC office is 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 Pre-doctoral 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. 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. Check it out! Hartford Program Officer to Pursue Geriatric Nursing PhD Congratulations to Hartford Foundation Program Officer Amy Berman, RN, BSN, on being accepted into the University of Utah’s prestigious distance-learning PhD program. Amy is principally responsible for the Foundation’s Integrating and Improving Services portfolio of grants to develop and disseminate innovations in geriatric care. She will be working over the next several years toward a PhD in geriatric nursing. The Foundation believes in adding to its capacity through developing the talents of its staff and is very proud of Amy’s accomplishment. Because the nursing program at the University of Utah is a Hartford Foundation grantee, the Foundation will take all possible steps to prevent any conflict of interest. Amy has declined the scholarship support she won as part of her admission package and will recuse herself from any staff oversight responsibilities for nursing grants that might raise concern. Questions or comments may be directed to Christopher Langston, PhD, the Foundation’s program director. 6. HCGNE News
Elena Siegel, PhD, RN (2007-2009 Claire M. Fagin Fellow and 2004-2006 BAGNC Scholar), has been appointed assistant professor at the Betty Irene Moore School of Nursing. Her research examines organizational and workforce capacity to support the care of older adults, focusing on organizational infrastructure systems and processes, and management and leadership competencies of the health-care workforce. Pao-Feng Tsai, PhD, RN (2003-2005 Claire M. Fagin Fellow) was invested with the Alice An-Loh Sun Endowed Professorship in Geriatric Nursing at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) College of Nursing. Tsai’s research focuses on pain assessment and management in elders with dementia. BAGNC pre-doctoral alum Linda L. Herrmann was awarded a Sigma Xi Chapter Grant for a study proposal titled Brain Injury in Geriatric Populations (BIG): Rehabilitation Intensity and Early Functional Recovery in Older Adults Following Mild and Moderate Traumatic Brain Injury. Her mentor is Penn HCGNE faculty member Dr. Therese Richmond. The University of Pennsylvania HCGNE is proud to announce that founding directors Dr. Lois Evans, van Ameringen Professor in Nursing Excellence, Dr. Neville Strumpf, professor of nursing, and Dr. Mary Naylor, Marian S. Ware Professor in Gerontology, have been inducted in the Sigma Theta Tau Inaugural International Nurse Researcher Hall of Fame for their long-term national and/or international impact on nursing science. These nursing leaders, mentors, scholars, and role models will be recognized at the International Nursing Research Congress on July 16 in Orlando, FL. BAGNC pre-doctoral alum Lisette Bunting-Perry successfully defended her dissertation on April 20, 2010. Congratulations Dr. Bunting-Perry! The Minnesota Hartford Center of Geriatric Nursing Excellence hosted Faculty Champions from 30 Upper Midwest Geriatric Nursing Education Alliance Schools on May 26-27, 2010. M. Elaine Tagliareni, EdD, RN, CNE, FAAN, chief program officer, National League for Nursing, gave the keynote presentation, Rethinking Traditional Approaches to Curriculum Design in Gerontological Nursing. Posters and a podium presentation featured curriculum enhancement projects by 2009-2010 FLAG™ (Faculty Learning About Geriatrics) fellows. The Star Award for outstanding FLAG™ project was presented to Denise Meijer, MS, RN, WHNP-BC, and Kathleen Twohy, PhD, MPH, for their creation of an honors program in geriatric nursing at St. Benedict’s College, Collegeville, MN. The half-day workshop following the Alliance meeting was designed for faculty teaching in pre-licensure programs. M. Elaine Tagliareni and Barbara McLaughlin, PhD, RN, professor and head, Department of Nursing, Community College of Philadelphia, introduced the Advancing Care for Excellence (ACES) framework and demonstrated how the use of unfolding case studies can help students make safe and effective care decisions. The Minnesota HCGNE congratulates MN HCGNE co-director Christine A. Mueller, PhD, RN, CNAA, FAAN, on her promotion to professor. Dr. Mueller has been selected to serve as the co-chair for the National Quality Forum’s (NQF) Steering Committee for the National Voluntary Consensus Standards for Nursing Homes. She was also named to a three year term on the Pioneer Network Board of Directors, which advocates for a culture of aging that supports the care of elders in settings where individual voices are heard and individual choices are respected. Former MN HCGNE scholar Niloufar Hadidi, PhD, CNS, APRN, BC, was selected as a 2010-2012 Building Academic Geriatric Nursing Capacity (BAGNC) John A. Hartford Foundation Claire M. Fagin Fellow. Her research project focuses on investigating the feasibility of problem solving therapy for treatment of post-stroke depression in older adults. Mentors are Dr. Ruth Lindquist, University of Minnesota, and Dr. Kathleen Buckwalter, University of Iowa. Dr. Hadidi also received a mentorship grant award at the 34th annual Midwest Nursing Research Society meeting. MN HCGNE director Jean F. Wyman, PhD, RN, FAAN, was awarded funds from Pfizer’s Medical & Academic Partnerships (MAP) program to support Kathleen Buckwalter, PhD, RN, FAAN, director of the University of Iowa’s John A. Hartford Center of Geriatric Nursing Excellence and Center of Aging and Geriatric Education Center, as a Pfizer Visiting Professor in Alzheimer’s Disease during spring 2011. Ruth Lindquist, PhD, RN, FAAN, associate director for recruitment and career enhancement for the MN HCGNE, was co-chair for the Women and Heart Disease Summit, presented April 28-30 by the Minneapolis Heart Institute Foundation in partnership with Mayo Clinic and the University of Minnesota. Kristine M.C. Talley, PhD, GNP-BC, RN, clinical assistant professor at the University of Minnesota, received the first place award at the Residents and Fellows in Training Poster Session at the American Geriatrics Society’s Annual Meeting. 7.
Link of the Month: Health Care Reform Act Tip Sheets: Impact on Nursing Care of Older Adults
The Hartford Institute for Geriatric Nursing has developed tip sheets on the impact of the Health Care Reform Act on nursing care of older adults. The tip sheets, prepared by national experts, briefly highlight individual topics including: HCRA and Medicare Part D, nursing, long-term care, home care, mental health, and pharmacy and can be accessed on the Hartford Institute Web site. Write
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