BACCALAUREATE NURSING
PROGRAM
Partners
for Dissemination
in Care for Older
Adults
Prepare
your students
for on-the-job success
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Partners for Dissemination
of
- American Geriatrics
Society
- American Society on
Aging
- Gerontological Society
of America
- National Gerontological Nursing Association
- National League for Nursing
The Hartford Institute for Geriatric Nursing is creating partnerships with baccalaureate nursing programs to infuse best nursing practices in care of older adults into nursing education in order to assure that elders across the country age with optimal function, comfort, and dignity.
WHAT IS
THE HARTFORD
INSTITUTE FOR GERIATRIC NURSING?
The
Hartford Institute
for Geriatric Nursing (Institute) is the only nursing-
WHO
SHOULD BE
A PARTNER?
Any
faculty member
from a baccalaureate nursing program looking for
a
Enhance
student learning
to better care for older adults and ensure
The
Hartford Institute
for Geriatric Nursing is partnering with
baccalaureate
Part
I.
Faculty Development Workshop Designs in
geriatric nursing best
practice Part
II. Curriculum Lesson Plans
for teaching geriatric
nursing best practice You …
1.Receive
Ready-Made Materials: The
Hartford Institute provides fully-organized faculty workshop
designs and
curriculum lesson plans that range from 20 minutes to two-day
formats AND
ready-made materials such as curriculum guides, teaching slides,
and videos,
to promote easy and effective dissemination of knowledge and
skill development
in best nursing practices in care for older adults.
2.Adapt
the Material to Your Needs: You,
as a leader, take this material and use it in ways that are most
effective
for your specific educational purposes.
3.Participate
in Technical Assistance Activities: The
Institute provides
phone consultation, a listserv, and an optional meeting to
support communication
among all the partners.
4.Receive
Recognition and Publicity: You will
receive
a partnership certificate (suitable for framing) and national
publicity
about your partnership and leadership efforts in this initiative
to improve
nursing care for the older adults. WHAT
MATERIALS
ARE PROVIDED? Curriculum
Lesson
Plans of varying intensity that teach students the knowledge and
skills
of geriatric best practices Workshop
Designs
and Lesson Plans ranging from 20 minutes to semester
length 21 Topic
Curriculum
Guide entitled: Best Nursing Practices in Care for Older Adults:
Incorporating
Essential Gerontological Content into Baccalaureate Education
and Staff
Development.Each topic in
this loose
leaf guide includes: Content
outline
Instruments and Scales
Case Studies
Experiential and Clinical Exercises
Evaluation
suggestions
Resources Videotape:
a narrative
of a nationally known Washington Post reporter’s struggle to
provide a
satisfying quality of life for her
mother. Options
for including
staff developers in the workshops and curriculum to link
education and
practice Completed
CEU packet
(for faculty, if appropriate) Evaluation
packet
and Action Plan forms Try
This Series
Protocols
Book Materials
are ready
for duplication and some are provided on disk for
adaptability 20
minutes 20
minutes Materials provided on disk
for ease
of Materials provided on disk
for ease
of
1.
Full array of Partners for Dissemination Program
Materials
Your
Partnership
Commitment:
1.
An identified Coordinator for the
partnership
Pricing
HOW TO BECOME
A PARTNER:
Send to
Elaine S.
Gould, Director for Programs via email at elaine.gould@nyu.edu The
Hartford Institute
will call you within one week of receipt of your letter to talk
about how
to move forward.
Part I.
Clinical Leadership Development WORKSHOP DESIGNS for Geriatric
Nursing Best
Practices
Part II.
Staff In-Service
LESSON PLANS for Teaching Geriatric Nursing
Best
GOAL:
GOAL:
To develop
nursing clinical
leadership
To enhance the
knowledge
and skills
Objectives:The
leadership will
Objectives: The
staff will
1.
Articulate
the importance of
geriatric
nursing best practice
2.
Become
familiar with geriatric
nursing best practice
content
3. Become
familiar with
partnership
teaching materials1. Acquire
knowledge and skills
in care
of older adults
2. Be
assured of on-the- job
success
Workshop
Lengths:
Lesson
Plan Intensity:
Specific
organization
and content for
Half
Day
One
Day
Two
DaySpecific lesson
plan outlines
and
50
minutes
Full
semester course
Materials:
Materials:
1. Detailed
schedule and outline of
events
2.
Reproducible
samples of all
appropriate
handouts
3. Best
Practices Resource
Guide
4.
Curriculum
Mapping Exercise
5. Slides
6. Video
7. Evaluation
packet
8. Action
Plan forms
9. Try This
Series
10. Protocols
Book 1. Detailed
lesson plans
2. Reproducible
samples of all
appropriate
handouts
3. Best
Practices Resource
Guide
4. Slides
5. Video
6. Evaluation
packet
7. Action
Plan forms
8. Try This
Series
9. Protocols
Book
CEUs:
CEUs:
Completed forms
on disk
for
Completed forms
on disk
for
Hartford Institute
Partnership Commitment:
2.
Telephone technical assistance to help you with
implementation
3.
An email Listserv to facilitate communication among the Institute
and partners
4.
Optional meeting at the Institute to help with implementation
5.
Help in finding geriatric nursing experts to participate
in
your activities
6.
Certificate of Partnership when your programming is
completed
7.
Public Relations support to announce your commitment to
the partnership and to improving nursing care to older
adults
9.
CEU packet provided for your use or CEUs provided by
NYU
10.
Evaluation packet to determine program effectiveness
2.
Commitment to a time frame for partnership activities that
will
3.
Description of the target audience (i.e. students or faculty)
and estimated number of participants as well as a
marketing
plan (if applicable)
4.
Use of the Hartford Institute materials and programming
with
5.
Broad dissemination of programming encouraged in
your
6.
Optional provision of CEUs
7.
Distribution and return of evaluation packet
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New
York, NY 10003