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Statement
The University of Iowa College of Nursing
John A. Hartford Center of Geriatric Nursing excellence
(HCGNE) believes that nurses who are prepared in the best
evidence-based geriatric/gerontological practices make a
critical difference in the quality of life of older persons.
The principal aim of the HCGNE is:
- Train nurse scientists to ensure
that evidence-based "best geriatric/gerontological
practices" are produced and disseminated in
educational programs that prepare geriatric nurse
clinicians; to practicing clinicians and clinical
agencies; to policy-makers who control resouces
and influence the environments where nurses practice
and older persons live; and to the lay public to
enhance self-care and caregiving skills and to increase
the understanding of the effects of nursing best
practices on the quality of life of elders.
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The mission emphasizes partnering with
other schools of nursing and health care settings that employ
"best practices" to share the excitement and challenge
of geriatric/gerontologic nursing and to increase the number
of geriatric/gerontologic nurse scientists, educators and
clinicians.
Building on the strong interdisciplinary
collaborative research base at Iowa and the strong regional
collaboration with other schools of nursing, health disciplines,
and providers of elder services; the HCGNE will:
- Strengthen pre- and post-doctoral research
training to further develop innovative and explemary geriatric
nursing practice and education models
- Extend the Geronotological Nursing
Interventions Research Center's Regional Gero Research
Consortium to additional universities
- Strengthen long-term care administrators
and agencies in the use of evidence-based best geriatric
nursing practices.
Other more specific examples of
HCGNE initiatives are:
- Increase funding of pilot studies and
mentoring to boost faculty programs of geriatric/gerontological
nursing research; implement "Geriatric Young Scientist"
and "Geriatric Young Clinician" programs
- Expand undergraduate and graduate gerontologic
nursing course and program options
- Increase use of model geriatric best
practices sites for student practica; augment and strengthen
geriatric nursing and interdisciplinary practice and leadership
in long term care
- Develop partnerships with local, state,
and national geriatric/gerontologic clinicians, educators,
researchers and policy makers to enhance the care and
lives of older adults.
UI College of Nursing wins coveted geriatric
nursing excellence center grant
IOWA CITY, Iowa -- A five year,
$1.33 million grant from the John A. Hartford Foundation
will permit the University of Iowa College of Nursing to
establish a center for geriatric nursing excellence, the
college announced Friday. The Iowa Hartford Center for Geriatric
Nursing Excellence will implement initiatives in research,
education, nursing practice and health policy to improve
the quality of nursing care for older people.
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