Geriatric Nursing Metropolitan State University Lessons Learned/Advice to Schools   A competent champion who is knowledgeable in the field of gerontology, is vital. To establish solid relationships with long term care, this individual must possess good public relations skills. Geriatric nurse practitioners, who already have established connections in long term care, should be recruited to teach gerontology nursing. They know the specialty and have the capacity to dispel student myths about aging. They must have active support from their universities and from their employers. Faculty must agree that gerontology content is important. Administrative grant tasks would have been better met, had we written secretarial support into the Hartford geriatric curriculum grant.   Top | Project Main Page | AACN Home Copyright © 2004 by the American Association of Colleges of Nursing. All rights reserved.