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.
Using a train-the trainer approach, GNEC’s primary goal is to 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. The six Regional Faculty Development Institutes held across the country between 2007 and 2009 were designed to cultivate faculty who:
- have knowledge in geriatrics
- recognize and integrate geriatric content
into the undergraduate curriculum
- have positive attitudes about aging
The GNEC educational curriculum presented at the Institutes includes nine evidence-based modules each reflecting the State of the Science approach to care for older adults with complex care needs. The GNEC educational curriculum specifically addresses senior level courses and is based on Older Adults: Recommended Baccalaureate Competencies and Curricular Guidelines for Geriatric Nursing Care (Washington, DC: AACN, 2000). The content for each module evolved from a rigorous process of qualitative and quantitative consensus review made possible by the contribution of many outside collaborators. These collaborators included the GNEC Advisory Committee, Curriculum Committee, and expert curriculum module authors followed by review by an external editor.
The evidence-based, State of the Science papers, used as the foundation for the development of the comprehensive GNEC modules may be viewed at: http://hartfordign.org/education/Baccalaureate_education/
AACN is pleased to announce that 808 faculty representing 418 schools of nursing from all 50 states and Puerto Rico have been trained. Mexico and Canada have also been represented. The initial goal was to train up to 700 faculty across the country by the sixth and final institute which took place in Philadelphia, June 2009.
Please contact Laurie Wilson lwilson@aacn.nche.edu for more information.
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