Started in 2010 this program is now administered through the Center for Nursing Excellence and is based on the Nursing Improving Care for Healthsystem Elders (NICHE). Since its inception this program ...

The need for curricular revision is demonstrated not only by the changing demographics but also by the results of a recent survey of NPs. Scherer and colleagues [9] asked respondents to reflect on ...

In five years of writing for various audiences, Uche has learned to simplify career-focused content for ambitious learners regardless of their qualifications. Her work is published in notable ...

Thousands of nurses and geriatric specialists—many of them minorities—will be trained for the provider workforce under $159.1 million in federal grants under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care ...

The Hartford Institute for Geriatric Nursing selected 3 Fellows and 12 Scholars from a large number of highly qualified applicants to participate in its Geriatric Nursing Research Scholars and Fellows ...

A new grant from the US Department of Health and Human Services will help enhance geriatric care training for the long-term care workforce, according to the leaders of the Geriatrics Workforce ...

Baylor College of Medicine’s Department of Medicine (sections of health services research and geriatrics) has been awarded a grant from the U.S. Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) ...

Primary care teams reduced their prescribing of potentially inappropriate medications to older veterans after participation in the Veterans Affairs (VA) Geriatric Scholars Program. Objectives: The ...

In St. Louis, a team of students aboard a well-equipped van visits senior centers, a nursing home, a church and other sites, learning to conduct comprehensive, hourlong geriatric assessments. The team ...

The School of Nursing is set to receive a $1 million donation that will in part be used to fund student scholarships over the next four years. Beverly Enterprises Inc. -- which owns several geriatric ...

In St. Louis, a team of students aboard a well-equipped van visits senior centers, a nursing home, a church, and other sites, learning to conduct comprehensive, hour-long geriatric assessments. The ...