Geriatrics
and the Advanced Practice Curriculum: A Series of Web-Based Interactive
Case Studies
The Geriatrics and the Advanced Practice Curriculum: A Series of Web-Based
Interactive Case Studies was developed to provide a user-friendly way
for faculty to integrate essential geriatric nursing content into non-gerontological
nurse practitioner and clinical nurse specialist programs. However, practicing
NPs or CNSs may also find them useful as a means for updating or adding
to their geriatric knowledge base.Click here for the details.
Using a problem-oriented
approach, cases focus on common health problems of the older adult. The
cases are designed so that the patient may be followed over a period of
time. Differences in presentation, management, outcomes, and other relevant
aspects of the older adult are emphasized. A tutorial format is utilized
to allow for active participation by the users. Users must provide an
answer to each question before they can continue to the next section of
the case. The correct answers for each question and their rationales are
provided immediately after the user responses.
The case studies were developed by expert geriatric faculty with the support
and guidance of the American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN)
and the New York University College of Nursing Hartford Institute for
Geriatric Nursing. The rigorous process used to develop the case studies
involved advanced practice nurses and faculty from around the country.
Each case study clearly shows how content addresses the geriatric competencies
in the AACN document Nurse Practitioner and Clinical Nurse Specialist
Competences for Older Adult Care (2004; see www.aacn.nche.edu).
The Series Editor is Carolyn Auerhahn, EdD, APRN, BC. NP-C, New York University
College of Nursing.
The case studies can be accessed on the Hartford Institute for Geriatric
Nursing home page at www.hartfordign.org
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