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| Restraint Free Care in Nursing
Homes |
 Our Hartford
CGNE's newest
educational resource, Restraint Free
Care in Nursing Homes is
a self-paced online module that translates
findings from two decades of research on
the elimination of restraints by Penn-Nursing
faculty. The Restraint-Free
Care in Nursing Homes is
available to you at no charge. We
only ask for your name and email address
prior to accessing and your feedback
after completion of the module. |
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| Avoiding
Restraints In Patients with Dementia |
Valerie
T. Cotter, MSN, CRNP and Lois
K. Evans, DNSc, RN, FAAN. In Try this!
Best Practices in Nursing Care for Hospitalized Older
Adults. Volume 1, Number 2, Summer 2003.
Hartford Institute for Geriatric Nursing, NYU.
for PDF version, click
here! |
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Nurse
Competence in Aging (NCA)
is improving the quality of health care older adults
receive by enhancing the geriatric competence –
the knowledge, skills and attitudes – of the
400,000 nurses who are professionally identified as
members of approximately 57 specialty nursing associations.
The
new GeroNurseOnline
is a comprehensive website providing current best
practice information on care of older adults. Coming
Soon to GeroNurseOnline – Specialty Nurse Web
Fellows will be designated to customize resources
addressing geriatrics and specialty nursing practices
such as oncology, critical care, medical surgical
and many other specialties! We invite you to explore
GeroNurseOnline
and become a Gero Smart Nurse!
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COMPETENCE
IN AGING |
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Nurse
Competence in Aging
is a 5-year initiative funded by The
Atlantic Philanthropies (USA) Inc.,
awarded to the American Nurses Association (ANA)
through the American Nurses Foundation (ANF).
It represents a strategic alliance between
ANA, the American Nurses Credentialing
Center (ANCC) and the John A. Hartford
Foundation Institute for Geriatric Nursing,
New York University, The Steinhardt School of Education,
Division of Nursing. |
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| Best Practices in Care for Older Adults:
A Curriculum Guide |
| Now
available online
a
new Curriculum Guide, Best
Practices in Care for Older Adults, developed
by The John A. Hartford Foundation Institute for
Geriatric Nursing. This Guide is available to partners
online as 22 individual PDF files, one for each chapter!
For more information, and how to become a partner,
visit the program's website. |
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| New
Online Module to Improve
Nursing Home Care |
| A
new website by the Anna and Harry Borun Center
for Gerontological Research is promoting
the adoption of behavioral interventions to improve
daily care and quality of life in nursing homes.
The new Mobility
Decline Prevention module, one of six
online modules, designed to help nursing home
residents maintain function in Activities of Daily
Living (ADL). All are available free of charge. |
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