AACN - Education - Geriatric Nursing Education

The Geriatric Nursing Education Project, proudly administered by the AACN and generously funded by the John A. Hartford Foundation, incorporates several complementary programs to ultimately improve nursing care for older adults through curriculum enhancement, faculty development and scholarship opportunities.


	AACN Statement of Support for Geriatric Nursing Education

	Apply Now for a Faculty Development Institute Offered through the Geriatric Nursing Education Consortium Registration is now open for the first three Faculty Development Institutes offered through the Geriatric Nursing Education Consortium (GNEC). Using a train-the trainer approach, GNEC will support and empower baccalaureate nursing faculty as they champion geriatric education, train other faculty, and oversee revision of the senior-level undergraduate curriculum at their home institutions. Click here to register online. Please note that the St. Louis 2008 Institute dates have been changed to October 14-16, 2008.

	New Series of Web-Based Interactive Case Studies Available AACN and the Hartford Institute for Geriatric Nursing are pleased to offer a new faculty resource: The Geriatrics and the Advanced Practice Curriculum: A Series of Web-Based Interactive Case Studies. This online tool is a “user-friendly” way for faculty to readily integrate essential geriatric nursing content into non-gerontological GNP and CNS programs.

	2007 Awards for Excellence in Gerontological Nursing Education awarded at AACN Fall Meeting The Hartford Institute, in collaboration with the AACN, is pleased to announce the winners of the 2007 Awards for Baccalaureate Education in Geriatric Nursing.

	HGNI Provides Photographs Depicting Geriatric Care to Nursing Schools As as member of the Hartford Geriatric Nursing Initiative (HGNI), AACN encourages nursing schools to add more images depicting care for elderly patients to their Web sites. Currently, nursing program Web sites display a disproportionate number of images showing pediatric care and relatively few examples of geriatric care. To support this change, The John A. Hartford Foundation Institute for Geriatric Nursing, another HGNI member, has created a catalog of geriatric nursing photos that schools may use free of charge.

	Caring for an Aging America: A Guide for Nursing Faculty This 56 page "how-to" guide is the culmination of the Enhancing Curriculum grantees' achievements and a great resource for nursing faculty who want to increase gerontology content in their school's curricula. Click here to order a copy of this publication.