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A geriatric nursing specialty group was formed by the American Nurses Association in 1966, with the name changed to the Gerontological Nursing Division in 1976. [4] In the US, the National Gerontological Nursing Association was founded in 1984 and in 1985 the Canadian Gerontological Nursing Association was founded.
Mary Opal Wolanin (November 1, 1910 – May 22, 1997) was an American nurse and expert in eldercare. [1] She was one of the pioneers of gerontological nursing in the United States and conducted research on long-term care for the elderly, which “made her nationally known.” [2] [1] [3] During her tenure at the University of Arizona School of Nursing, she started a graduate program in ...
Geriatric Nursing is a peer-reviewed healthcare journal covering the specialty of geriatric nursing published by Elsevier.It is the official journal of the Assisted Living Nurses Association, the National Gerontological Nursing Association, and the Gerontological Advanced Practice Nurses Association.
The American Geriatrics Society (AGS) is a non-profit professional society founded on June 11, 1942, for health care professionals practicing geriatric medicine. [1] Among the founding physicians were Dr. Ignatz Leo Nascher, who coined the term "geriatrics", Dr. Malford W. Thewlis, who was named the first executive secretary of the Society, and Dr. Lucien Stark who was appointed the first AGS ...
2010 The Doris Schwartz Gerontological Nursing Research Award, The Gerontological Society of America [19] 2010 Institute of Medicine - Elected Member [20] 2012 The William C. McInnes Award for Professional Excellence, The Boston College Alumni Association [2] 2014 Lifetime Achievement Award, National Gerontological Nurses Association [21]
To align with the Consensus Model for APRN Regulation developed by the National Council of State Boards of Nursing, certification exams and credentials are in transition. Prior to the consensus statement, adult health nurse practitioners (NPs) and gerontological NPs were educated and certified separately. The consensus model combined these into ...
The Gerontological Society of America, along with the American Geriatrics Society [3] advocated for the formation of a National Gerontological Institute. These efforts bore fruit in 1974 when President Richard Nixon signed legislation to create the National Institute on Aging [4] (NIA). In 1946, GSA began publishing Journal of Gerontology.
Website: www.nicheprogram.org. Nurses Improving Care for Healthsystem Elders (NICHE) is a program of the Hartford Institute for Geriatric Nursing at New York University College of Nursing, that works to achieve systematic nursing change to benefit hospitalized older patients.