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.


	Hartford Institute and AACN Offer New Learning Modules for Faculty Teaching in Geriatric Nursing Programs

	Nursing Schools and Faculty Honored for Excellence in Geriatric Nursing Education at AACN’s Fall Meeting AACN, in collaboration with The Hartford Institute and New York University, is pleased to announce the winners of the 2008 Awards for Excellence in Gerontological Nursing Education.

	AACN Statement of Support for Geriatric Nursing Education

	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.

	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.