Building Academic Geriatric Nursing Capacity (BAGNC)

2008 Geriatric Nursing Research Proposal Resubmission Workshop - Applications due in March.

The goal is to assist investigators in responding to their summary statements and revising their research proposals for resubmission. Class is limited to 10 participants, and will focus solely upon improving proposal revisions by addressing the critiques (pink sheets). Application.

Outstanding Nurse Scientist Award - Applications due in July

The purpose of this award is to acknowledge The Council for the Advancement of Nursing Science (CANS) members whose sustained programs of research have had significant impact on nursing and healthcare knowledge development with recognizable benefit for nursing practice and healthcare. Learn more about this award and/or submit a nomination.
Brilliant Future New Investigator Award - Applications due in July

This award was created to recognize the contributions of scientists early in their research careers who show extraordinary potential to develop sustained programs of research, certain to have significant impact on the science and practice of nursing and healthcare. Learn more about this award and/or submit a nomination.
2008 Summer Institute on Aging Research Preconference Workshop for Nurses

The National Institute on Aging's Summer Institute on Aging Research offers new researchers intensive exposure to issues and challenges in research on aging. The Preconference is a collaborative effort to increase nurse researchers' capacity to design and conduct research in aging with human participants.
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Mayday Pain & Society Fellowship: A Media & Policy Initiative

The fellowship trains physicians, nurses, social workers, scientists, and legal scholars in the pain management community to go beyond their own professional pursuits to become thought leaders and advocates for change in the understanding and management of pain.
Practice Change Fellows Program: Enhancing Leadership in Geriatric Care - Applications due in April

This program is designed to develop health care leaders who can effectively promote high quality care to older adults. Up to ten Practice Change Fellows will be selected from applicants who hold a leadership role in a health organization or institution and have service line or programmatic responsibility for providing care to older adults. Fellows receive $90,000 over the two-year program and work with accomplished national mentors to design, implement, and evaluate a new project.
End of Life Nursing Education Consortium - Geriatric Train-the-Trainer Program (PDF) - Early registration ends August 1, 2007

This course is now open for nurses across the US who work in long-term care facilities, skilled nursing facilities and hospices that serve long-term care facilities. It will take place September 12-14, 2007 in Pasadena, CA. For more information and registration, please see the website.

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Comprehensive Resource Sites, Publications, Model Programs, Etc.

Research in Gerontological Nursing. The new, quarterly, peer-reviewed journal began publication in January 2008 and serves as a forum for research in gerontological nursing.
Retooling for an Aging America: Building the Health Care Workforce. The Institute of Medicine charged the ad hoc Committee on the Future Health Care Workforce for Older Americans to determine the health care needs of Americans over 65 years of age and to assess those needs through an analysis of the forces that shape the health care workforce, including education and training, models of care, and public and private programs.
GeroNurse Online: A comprehensive web site containing geriatric nursing information: both for "stat" and for just about everything you need to know in caring for older adults.
Caring for Older Americans: Recommendations for Building A National Program For Graduate Nursing Education in Gerontology [pdf]
The John A. Hartford Foundation Institute for Geriatric Nursing
JAHF Centers of Geriatric Nursing Excellence
Hartford Geriatric Nursing Initiative (HGNI)
The Paul Beeson Physician Faculty Scholars in Aging Research Program
The John A. Hartford Foundation Geriatric Nursing Initiative: Innovative programs to increase nursing capacity and improve patient care.
IMPACT: Improving Mood - Promoting Access to Collaborative Treatment for Late Life Depression
A New Look at the Old. The goal of this series is to highlight common issues and treatments in geriatric nursing.

Organizations Addressing the Nursing Needs of Older Americans

Geriatric Critical Care Nursing Research (GCCNR) Group

Initiated by a BAGNC Scholar, the purpose of this group is to serve as a forum in which to share, query, and exchange ideas and strategies related to the research involving and benefiting older ICU patients. See sidebar to join.

Geriatric Critical Care Nursing Research (GCCNR) Group

Click to join GCCNR

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