University Of Washington School Of Nursing
 "Enhancement of Geriatric Nursing Education"

 Margaret Dimond, PhD, RN, FAAN
This project seeks to develop additional capacity for student, faculty and clinician training in geriatrics.  This will be accomplished through the following strategies:

• Enrich undergraduate opportunities to study healthy aging and geriatric care through enhancing course offereings with particular attention to the Baccalaureate Competencies for Geriatric Nursing Care and creating the possibility of an undergraduate concentration in geriatric nursing.
• Enrich graduate (master·s level) exposure to healthy aging and geriatric nursing through expansion of support for coursework and accessible learning resources (including on-line, distance learning opportunities).
• Enrich doctoral students· experiences related to healthy aging and geriatric care through developing enhanced course work and research opportunities.
• Increasing the number of School of Nursing staff with expertise in geriatric care and healthy aging.
• Develop accessible (i.e. distance learning, web-based) courses for nursing home administrators and others in long-term care settings and developing a certificate program in geriatric nursing for practicing nurses in the community.