Integrating Gerontological Content Into Advanced Practice Nursing Education / Edition 1

by Carolyn Auerhahn EdD, GNP-BC, FAANP, Laurie Kennedy-Malone PhD, GNP-BC, FAANP

Overview

2010 AJN Book of the Year Award Winner in Gerontologic Nursing!

Designated a Doody's Core Title!

This is a valuable and timely resource as primary care practitioners are facing a growing aging population. Advanced practice nurses have always been swift to recognize and respond to healthcare challenges, and this resource allows them to be proactive in confronting this evolving healthcare crisis. Nursing faculty can use this resource to design and implement program changes that will help to arm advanced practice nurses with strong gerontological competencies." Score: 100, 5 stars.óDoody's Medical Reviews

This small book couldn't be more timely. As directors of advanced practice nursing (APN) programs struggle to find resources to convert their existing adult APN tracks into adult√±gerontology programs, this book offers a clear path for integrating critical content throughout an entire program. For graduate clinical nursing directors who are challenged to quickly ramp up their gerontology content√≥often without having clinical geriatrics specialty experts among their own faculty√≥this book will definitely provide that expertise." —AJN

This book presents nursing faculty with clear, user-friendly guidelines for incorporating gerontological content into existing non-gerontological Advanced Practice Nursing (APN) programs without requiring major curricular changes.

With almost 50 years of combined experience, the authors share a wealth of knowledge and expertise regarding the rationale and strategies for integrating gerontological content into APN curricula. Topics includes health policy, myths of aging, assessment of functional status, normal versus pathological changes in aging, and more. The authors present strategies to integrate blended technology and multiple resources to ensure that students gain gerontological competency.

Key Topics:

• The impact of aging America on advanced practice nursing
• Gerontologizing" clinical management courses and shaping the clinical experience
• Strategies for integrating geriatric e-learning materials into APN curricula
• Evaluation methods for integrating new content into graduate nursing core, APN core, and specialty courses

Complete with detailed lists of print media and Internet resources, this book is a must-have for APN faculty across a number of non-gerontological specialty areas, including family, adult, acute, holistic, palliative, and pediatric care.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780826105363
Publisher:	Springer Publishing Company
Publication date:	06/28/2010
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	224
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 8.90(h) x 0.50(d)

About the Author

Carolyn Auerhahn, EdD, ANP, GNP-BC, FANNP is a Clinical Associate Professor and Coordinator of the Geriatric and Adult Geriatric Nurse Practitioner Programs at New York University College of Nursing.

Laurie Kennedy-Malone, PhD, GNP-BC, FAANP, FAGHE, is a Professor and Director of the Adult/Gerontological Nurse Practitioner Program at The University of North Carolina at Greensboro. Laurie has been a certified gerontological nurse practitioner for over 25 years.

Table of Contents

Contributors ix

Foreword xi

Preface xv

Acknowledgments xvii

Section I Key Factors Related to Integration of Gerontological Content Into Advanced Practice Nursing Curriculum

1 The Aging of America and Its Impact on Advanced Practice Nursing Education 3

2 Challenges to Inclusion of Gerontological Content and Strategies to Address These Challenges 15

3 Gerontological Content That Needs to Be Included 27

Section II Resources for Integration of Gerontological Content Into Advanced Practice Nursing Curriculum

4 Print Media Resources for Integration of Gerontological Content Into Advanced Practice Nursing Curriculum 51

5 Internet Resources for Enhancing Gerontological Content in Advanced Practice Nursing Curriculum 73

Section III Methodology for Integration of Gerontological Content Into Advanced Practice Nursing Curriculum

6 A Competency-Based Framework for the Integration of Gerontological Content Into Nongerontological 89

7 Integration of Gerontological Content Into Graduate Nursing Core Curriculum 103

8 Integration of Gerontological Content Into Advanced Practice Nursing Core Curriculum 117

9 Integration of Gerontological Content Into Specialty Curriculum 127

10 "Success Stories" 147

Appendix A Nurse Practitioner and Clinical Nurse Specialist Competencies for Older Adult Care 175

Appendix B AACN/JAHF Competencies Integrated Within the NONPF 2002 Domains of Nurse Practitioner Practice 181

Appendix C AACN/JAHF Competencies Integrated Within the NACNS 2004 Clinical Nurse Specialist Spheres of Influence 187

Appendix D Integration of Gerontological Content Worksheet 193

Index 197

Editorial Reviews

Reviewer: Kathleen M. Woodruff, DNP, RN, ANP-BC(USC School of Social Work)
Description: This book presents user-friendly guidelines advanced practice nursing faculty can use to incorporate information about the care of older adults into their educational settings. This book addresses the important issue of an aging population and attempts to provide a proactive approach to this looming healthcare crisis.
Purpose: The purpose is to assist advanced practice nursing programs that do not have a gerontological focus to incorporate one into their curricula. It is important to be responsive to changes in population demographics.
Audience: Advanced practice faculty who do not specialize in gerontology are the intended audience. This would be appropriate for a variety of advanced practice nursing specialties such as adult, family, acute care, women's health, psychiatric mental health, holistic, palliative, and others that potentially will care for older adults. Both authors are experienced in this field and are considered experts.
Features: This resource is structured into three main sections for integrating gerontological content into the advanced practice nursing curriculum. The first focuses on key factors associated with these necessary program modifications. The second section presents a variety of resources from print to the Internet to assist with implementing these program changes. The final section provides methods for integrating the gerontological content into specific programs.
Assessment: This is a valuable and timely resource as primary care practitioners are facing a growing aging population. Advanced practice nurses have always been swift to recognize and respond to healthcare challenges, and this resource allows them to be proactive in confronting this evolving healthcare crisis. Nursing faculty can use this resource to design and implement program changes that will help to arm advanced practice nurses with strong gerontological competencies.

Doody's Review Service

Reviewer: Kathleen M. Woodruff, RN, MS, CRNP(Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing)
Description: This book presents user-friendly guidelines advanced practice nursing faculty can use to incorporate information about the care of older adults into their educational settings. This book addresses the important issue of an aging population and attempts to provide a proactive approach to this looming healthcare crisis.
Purpose: The purpose is to assist advanced practice nursing programs that do not have a gerontological focus to incorporate one into their curricula. It is important to be responsive to changes in population demographics.
Audience: Advanced practice faculty who do not specialize in gerontology are the intended audience. This would be appropriate for a variety of advanced practice nursing specialties such as adult, family, acute care, women's health, psychiatric mental health, holistic, palliative, and others that potentially will care for older adults. Both authors are experienced in this field and are considered experts.
Features: This resource is structured into three main sections for integrating gerontological content into the advanced practice nursing curriculum. The first focuses on key factors associated with these necessary program modifications. The second section presents a variety of resources from print to the Internet to assist with implementing these program changes. The final section provides methods for integrating the gerontological content into specific programs.
Assessment: This is a valuable and timely resource as primary care practitioners are facing a growing aging population. Advanced practice nurses have always been swift to recognize and respond to healthcare challenges, and this resource allows them to be proactive in confronting this evolving healthcare crisis. Nursing faculty can use this resource to design and implement program changes that will help to arm advanced practice nurses with strong gerontological competencies.