Geriatric Assessment Series:
- How to Try This: The Hartford Institute for Geriatric Nursing at New York University's College of Nursing, with the American Journal of Nursing, are collaborating on a three-year project funded by the John A. Hartford Foundation to translate evidence-based geriatric assessments and best practices into cost-free, web-based videos and AJN companion articles. These resources are developed specifically to build gero assessment skills among nursing faculty and students and can be used without copyright fees or concerns.
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Partners
for Dissemination of Best Nursing Practices in Care of
Older Adults
Produced by the Hartford Institute in 2003, this CD-ROM
contains an implementation manual as well as a 21-topic
curriculum guide entitled Best Nursing in Older Adults:
Incorporating Essential Gerontological Content into Baccalaureate
Education and Staff Development. It also includes faculty
workshop designs, lesson plans, teaching slides and videos.
The CD-ROM is available for $95 from the JAHFIGN Web site.
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Showcasing
Curriculum Grant Innovations
The GNEP curriculum awardees are highlighted individually
on the AACN Web site. Each entry showcases the school's
innovations, lessons learned and valuable resources (e.g.,
syllabi, student feedback, assessment tools, and many
more).
Self Assessment of Geriatric Knowledge :
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Dr.
Beth Towner at Western University created the Self
Assessment of Geriatric Knowledge for incoming master's
students, which is now available for any BSN nurse to
assess his/her level of geriatric nursing knowledge. Please
visit the Concepts in Geriatric Care website to learn
more about the assessment and other innovations at Western
University.
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Dr.
Kathleen Blais developed her own curriculum mapping
tool to assist in redesigning the curriculum at Florida
International University. Her simple, effective tool
puts the competencies on one axis of a grid and nursing
courses on the other-the result? A tool that allows you
to visually identify knowledge gaps.
GNEC Curriculum Survey and Content Mapping Tool:
End-of-Life Core Curriculum:
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The
End of Life Nursing Education Consortium (ELNEC) is
a comprehensive, national education program to improve
end of life care funded by The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.
ELNEC is operated by AACN and the Los Angeles-based City
of Hope National Medical Center (COH). The ELNEC core
curriculum was developed by a group of nationally recognized
experts in end of life care. It is revised regularly,
based on participant recommendations and new advances
in the field.
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Gerontology Review Courses:
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The
Gerontological Nurse Certification Review course covers
the fundamental knowledge that registered nurses must
possess to be certified as gerontological nurse specialists
by the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC). This
course is free (or $100 for CEU credit).
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Geriatrics and the Advanced Practice Web-Based Interactive Case Studies:
- The Geriatrics and the Advanced Practice Curriculum: A Series of Web-Based Interactive Case Studies was developed to provide non-gerontological nurse practitioner and clinical nurse specialist students with essential geriatric nursing content. Using a problem-oriented approach, cases focus on common health problems of the older adult.
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Geriatric Nursing Education Consortium (GNEC) is a national initiative of AACN with generous funding from the John A. Hartford Foundation to enhance geriatric content in senior-level undergraduate nursing courses. Administered by AACN in collaboration with the Hartford Institute for Geriatric Nursing, faculty at a majority of the baccalaureate schools of nursing across the country will be educated in the fundamentals of geriatric nursing and the use of geriatric curriculum resources.
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The Hartford
Geriatric Nursing Initiative (HGNI) brings together
AACN, JAHFIGN and the American Academy of Nursing (AAN),
all recipients of Hartford Foundation funding, to improve
care for older adults through innovations in nursing education,
research and practice.
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ConsultGeriRN.org, developed by the Hartford Institute for Geriatric Nursing at NYU, contains evidence-based clinical content on the care of older adults, hospital competencies, opportunities to aquire continuing education, and much more.
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The Association
of Gerontology in Higher Education (AGHE) is a national
membership organization devoted to gerontological education.
AGHE develops and sponsors education and training initiatives
and involves students, educators, researchers, and officials
from across the country in providing resources for older
adults and for those who serve them.
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Gerontology
Interdisciplinary Team Training (GITT) is an effort
to encourage health care professionals to work in teams
to improve care for older adults. GITT establishes a resource
center at the participating institution, schedules monthly
team training sessions and acts as a liaison to the GITT
resource center at NYU.
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