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Presentations at the National Association of Hispanic Nurses July 17 - 20, 2012
J. Taylor Harden, PhD, RN, FGSA, FAAN - Abstract entitled "Adressing Health Disparities in Aging Through the John A. Hartford Foundation Building Academic Geriatirc Nursing Capacity Program"
Jimmy Reyes, DNP, AGNP - Abstract entitled "Patient-Centered Diabetes Care Serving the Latino Community Across the Continuum: The Pre-Doctoral Experience" has been accepted for presentation at the National Association of Hispanic Nurses that will take place on July 17-20, 2012, Caribe Hilton San Juan, Peurto Rico.
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Aging Mind and Brain Symposium - March 23, 2012
The University of Iowa’s Aging Mind and Brain Initiative, directed by Matthew Rizzo, MD, FAAN, of which Keela Herr, PhD, RN, FAAN, Co-Director of the Iowa Hartford Center is on the steering committee, works to solve the cognitive problems associated with growing older, with a broad multidisciplinary approach, engages neuroscientists, behavioral scientists, engineers, social scientists, lawyers among others to explore the effects of aging on the brain. A one-day symposium, March 23, 2012 is for direct care health professionals, researchers, and policy makers whose focus is to improve the lives of aging individuals within the limits of their genetic predisposition and as education about the challenges affecting the health of the aging mind and brain and offer expert advice for improving the quality of life and treatment of patients and their families living with cognitive brain disease.
Brochure Link
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Nursing Research Summer Scholars Seminar - June 11- 15 at the University of Iowa College of Nursing
A collaboration of The University of Iowa College of Nursing and The John A. Hartford Foundation Centers of Geriatric Nursing Excellence at The Universities of Iowa and Arkansas for Medical Sciences, and taught by top nurse researchers, including Drs. Buckwalter, Specht, Maas, Herr from Iowa HCGNE and Drs. Beck and Tsai from Arkansas HCGNE. Participants will be provided focused, intensive mentoring by internationally recognized nurse researchers in a week‐long seminar to develop and/or refine a research grant proposal or resubmission. Small group sessions in gerontological nursing will target issues related to individuals own specific proposals and areas of research. At the end of this week-long seminar, participants will leave with refined components of their proposals: Specific Aims, Significance/Innovation, Hypotheses, Method and Measurement Approaches. Deadline for registration, March 15, 2012. For registration information and additional questions, contact Bonnie Kinkead, Iowa HCGNE
bonnie-kinkead@uiowa.edu or 319-335-7084.
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Colloquium - The Aging Population, Alzheimer’s Disease and Other Dementias: Law and Public Policy
Detailed information regarding the Colloquium is available on the website of the National Health Law and Policy Resource Center at the University of Iowa College of Law including the schedule for Colloquium sessions, the topics to be covered in sessions, the experts conducting the sessions and their biographical sketches, and the required readings and power points for the sessions. The URL for this website is: http://www.uiowa.edu/~law-nhlp/.
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A Nurse Need Never Forget (The New Your Times, January 20, 2012)
THESE days, when a nursing student at the University of Iowa fields a question about a drug, “the answer is often, ‘I don’t know, but give me a few seconds,’ and she pulls out her phone,” according to Joann Eland, an associate professor there....(
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2011 Living Legend - Dr. Meridean Maas
The American Academy of Nursing recognizes the most stellar Fellows who epitomize nursing's proud history and serve as role models for all of us. Five nurse leaders are honored as 2011 Living Legends in recognition of the multiple contributions these individuals have made to our profession and our society and in recognition of the continuing impact of these contributions on the provision of health care services in the United States and throughout the world. Dr. Meridean Maas is one of five 2011 Living Legends.
A recognition ceremony was on October 13, 2011 at the Hyatt Regency on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC.
