A Gerontological Nursing Publication
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From March Winds to May Flowers!
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Welcome to May as we prepare for lovely Spring flowers in celebration of National Nurses’ Week, graduations and Mother’s Day! The National Hartford Center of Gerontological Nursing Excellence is also celebrating our first 30+ days as a new 501 (c) (3) non-profit association.
We welcome our newest members:
New Mexico State University, University of Arizona, Loyola University Chicago
and
University of Tennessee, Knoxville.
We take pleasure in acknowledging the continued partnership of our member institutions and look forward to seeing you in San Francisco for the 2017 Annual Leadership Conference on July 22-23, 2017. Our theme is “State of the Future in Global Aging, Dementia & Mental Health: Bridging Leadership, Science, Practice and Policy. Welcome to this edition and the many opportunities shared.
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Claudia Beverly
NHCGNE President
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J Taylor Harden
NHCGNE Executive Director
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A commentary by Melissa Walton-Shirley, MD, titled “
Why Physicians and Nurses Should Be Texting
,” was recently published online in Medscape Nurses. NHCGNE New Directions Readers were asked to take a look at the piece and let us know what you think. Should physicians and nurses be allowed to use texting as a way to communicate medical orders and information? The response rate was low so interpretation is cautioned.
Here are the results .
Yes 44% (4) | No 44% (4) | Not sure 11% (1)
Thank you to our 9 respondents. As we continue to use technology to enhance practice it is likely that this topic will surface again. Continue to contemplate the question and weigh the pros and cons.
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Eastern Nursing Research Society
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Gerontological nursing activities at the 29th Annual Scientific Sessions of the Eastern Nursing Research Society (ENRS) included several events surrounding the Aging Research Interest Group (RIG). First was a symposium entitled “Improving Older Adults’ Cognitive and Functional Health: Innovative Approaches from the Aging RIG.”
Several NHCGNE members presented papers at this symposium. All members of the Aging RIG met in person to plan future RIG symposia and additional activities related to promoting networking and scholarship among ENRS members with research and practice interests related to gerontology. Two NHCGNE members received ENRS awards this year. Melissa O’Connor, PhD, MBA, RN, COS-C of Villanova University received the Rising Star Research Award, which recognizes a Junior Investigator that has shown promise in establishing a program of heath and/or nursing research.
Janet Van Cleave, PhD, RN of New York University earned the ENRS/Nursing Research Authorship Award in recognition of an ENRS member who disseminated research findings, or important theoretical or methodological advances in the official ENRS Journal, Nursing Research, within the previous year (2016). In total, 8 symposium presentations, 16 poster presentations, and 22 paper presentations were directly related to older adults at this year’s scientific sessions.
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Member Highlight: Univ. of Arizona
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The University of Arizona, College of Nursing became a member of National Hartford Centers of Gerontological Nursing Excellence (NHCGNE) March 2017.
The College’s research addresses critical competencies including cultural sensitivity for nurses in Arizona caring for older adults from multicultural backgrounds. Coordinators
Dr. Janice Crist
developed and tested a telenovela intervention to increase Mexican American caregiving families’ knowledge, confidence, and use of home health care services and
Dr. Lacasse
described the interactions of gero-oncology, co-morbidity burden, and symptom perception.
Dr. Linda Phillips, an internationally known expert on care of frail adults and elder abuse as well as poor quality family caregiving, has employed both qualitative and quantitative methods, providing evidence about factors that influence the quality of family care, developed strategies for developing new instruments, ensuring cultural and language equivalence with instrument translation and evaluating metric equivalence, and is the first author of the recent publication of the Ethno-Cultural Gerontological Nursing Model.
Dr. Ortiz-Dowling described the barriers and motivators to physical activity in older Mexican American men. Dr. Kim Shea is exploring the use of telehealth as a support for palliative care in the home using iPad technology to assist palliative care nurses in providing time-sensitive symptom management, especially for older adults. Dr. Taylor-Piliae studies ways to reduce falls/fall risk among community-dwelling older adults and stroke survivors, using innovative interventions such as Tai Chi exercise.
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Dr. Kathie Insel has a robust program of research focused on cognitive functioning in older adults and has translated this to interventional research focused on using a technology-supported medication reminder to improve medication adherence in older adults. Dr. Lois Loescher is studying the use of mobile teledermoscopy to support early identification of skin cancer in the adult population including older adults. Dr. Martin Plank’s research and expertise in advanced practice improve care of the older adult through transitional care and policy initiatives. Dr. Mindy Fain, MD and Dr. Jeanie Lee, PhD, represent geriatric medicine and gero-pharmacy collaborations.
The University of Arizona College of Nursing has a strong base in clinical research within an ethno-cultural context which extends to the focus on the older adult population. An innovation that the College of Nursing is contributing to knowledge and positive outcomes in aging is the application of healthcare technologies. These modalities support healthful aging and coordination of complex care needs of older adults across the care continuum from chronic to palliative care. These innovations have the potential to improve the quality of life of older adults in primary, secondary, and tertiary prevention. These innovations have the potential to add to the growing body of knowledge in gerontology and provide evidence for change in clinical practice, education, research, and policy. To learn more about the College of Nursing and its research agenda,
click here.
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The National Hartford Center of Gerontological Nursing Excellence is excited to offer a
free
, two-part webinar series to help nursing professionals increase their understanding of various social media platforms and how to use them to advance academic nurse leadership.
Who Should Participate
- Anyone interested in understanding why nursing professionals would consider using social media to promote their work or advance their leadership;
- Academic nurses who want to learn how to use social media for professional purposes; and
- Anyone eager to jump into the social media waters!
What You'll Learn
- How social media platforms—primarily Twitter, LinkedIn, blogs, and YouTube—can be used to advance professional aims;
- How to create goals for your own professional use of social media;
- How to select the most appropriate social media channels to achieve those goals; and
- How to incorporate social media efforts into your broader communications strategies.
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Wednesday, May 3
10-11am PDT/1-2 EDT
via ReadyTalk
This webinar will briefly recap the first session but will primarily explore how to integrate social media tactics into a broader strategic communications plan for getting your message to your audience and establishing your thought leadership in ways that matter. Traditional press, your university public relations department, AND social media can be a part of a comprehensive plan for maximizing your reach.
Note: Recordings of these sessions will be available for a fee following the webinars.
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NHCGNE Leadership Conference
The State of the Future in Global Aging, Dementia, & Mental Health:Bridging Leadership, Science, Practice, and Policy
July 22-23, 2017
San Francisco, CA
Registration is now open.
Early Bird Registration ends May 15th.
Hotel reservations can be made now.
Join us for the Annual
NHCGNE Leadership Conference
the premier leadership development conference in gerontological nursing! The conference, taking place immediately before the
2017 IAGG World Congress
, will feature commissioned white papers, plenary sessions, leadership workshops, discussant reports and panel discussions that explore the current state of knowledge about national and international aging, dementia and mental health science, curricular innovations, evidence-based clinical practice, and health policies.
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We are accepting nominations through May 1st for early career predoctoral and doctoral students who are engaged in promoting gerontological nursing excellence.
Students will be selected through a competitive process to receive one of four (4) $500 travel awards. Student Travel Award nominations are due May 1, 2017. More information is available on the
website
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National Hartford Center of Gerontological Nursing Excellence announces a
call for nominations for the 2017 NHCGNE Innovation Award
.
The purpose of the award is to highlight the innovative ways in which members are advancing the care of older adults and to celebrate the impact of these leaders in doing so.
The Award will be granted to a member or team of members to showcase innovations that are designed and implemented to positively impact the nursing care of older adults. Nominations for the award are submitted by self-nomination.
Nominees must be a gerontological nurse from a member institution. Please
click here
for more information.
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The Pennsylvania State University seeks candidates for the position of Dean of the College of Nursing. The dean serves as the college’s principal academic and administrative officer and reports directly to the Executive Vice President and Provost of the University. The position requires an individual who can lead effectively and manage a cutting-edge, rapidly growing academic unit in a multidisciplinary and highly interdisciplinary research university. The dean will work closely with administrators at campuses throughout the state to oversee baccalaureate nursing programs (currently offered at 10 campuses).
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Penn State’s College of Nursing is among the top schools of nursing in the country in NIH funding, with a 2016–17 operating budget of $8.4 million and a robust program of research in such areas as palliative and end-of-life care, geriatrics and gerontology, dementia and delirium, child and adolescent health, and organizational change in complex systems. In 2007, the college became home to one of nine national Centers of Geriatric Nursing Excellence selected and funded by the John A. Hartford Foundation to promote the education of high-quality geriatric nursing leaders. Interdisciplinary collaboration opportunities exist with several Penn State colleges and academic centers, including the
Child Maltreatment Solutions Network
. In addition, the College of Nursing is a co-leader in the Penn State
Clinical and Translational Science Institute
.
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Next New Directions Content Submission Deadline:
July 2017
Deadline: June 21, 2017 (Publish July 3)
Newsletter submissions should be sent to Laura Albrecht at
[email protected]
with NHCGNE News Digest Submission in the subject line.
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