Gerontological Education Toolkit
Advancing Care Excellence for Seniors
Faculty Events/News
Events
September 29 - October 2
NLN Education Summit
Be sure to attend workshop 3A:
The NLN ACES Framework to Advance Care Excellence for Seniors:
Unfolding Case Studies to Provide Individualized Nursing Care
www.nln.org/summit/index.htm
October 29 - 31
The NLN Fifth Annual Technology Conference
"Health Information Technology; Meaningful Uses in Nursing Education"
Fairbanks Hall on the Indiana University Campus, Indianapolis,IN
Check out concurrent session F: Meet Millie and the ACES Cases
www.nln.org/facultydevelopment/workshopsandconf.htm
November 4
National Simulation Initiatives: Standards, Research, and Unfolding Case Studies
www.nln.org/facultydevelopment/audiowebindex.htm
News
www.nln.org/aboutnln/reflection_dialogue/refl_dial_5.htm.
"Care of Older Adults" is the NLN Reflection & Dialogue published in March 2010. It concludes with a series of questions designed to encourage reflection about this issue and invites others to join in the dialogue via the NLN website.
www.nlnjournal.org/doi/pdf/10.1043/1536-5026-30.5.340
"Enhancing Geriatrics in Associate Degree Nursing Programs," was published in the 2009 September / October issue of Nursing Education Perspectives, the research journal of the National League for Nursing.
www.nln.org/newsreleases/hartford_grant_040809.htm
Click here for the 2009 press release announcing "Fostering Geriatrics in Pre-licensure Nursing Education, Phase II," the three-year Hartford Foundation-funded project to to foster geriatrics education among students in all pre-licensure RN programs: associate, baccalaureate, and diploma.
www.hgni.org/newsletter.html
New Directions is the e-newsletter published by the Hartford Geriatric Nursing Initiative (HGNI). This e-newsletter is designed to inform interested academic and practice leaders, faculty members, students, practitioners and others about the work of the HGNI and provide the latest news and information relevant to geriatric nursing.
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2010/04/letting-go-of-my-father/8001
This article from the Atlantic Magazine highlights the difficulties the author encountered during the last years of his father's life. He discusses his efforts in taking care of common problems older Americans face such as incontinence, confusion, and falls as well as his own frustration with the lack of accessible resources as a caregiver. This article highlights the need for skilled nurses and reliable resources in hospitals and the community.
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