National Nursing Staff Development Organization (NNSDO)

Geriatric Activities

• Developed geriatric special interest group
• Offered concurrent sessions and half-day workshops on aging at national meetings
• Published It’s All About Caring, a series of 11 monographs addressing required topics of healthcare training for caregivers in long term care

• Publications and Position Statemenets
• Presentations, Workshops, and Seminars
• Special Interest Groups

Publications and Position Statements

• Published articles with a focus on geriatric best practices in Journal for Nurses in Staff Development, the official NNSDO journal. Topics include:
  • *Quality Improvement Practices: Enhancing Quality of Life During Mealtimes
  • *Guidelines for Improving Resident Dining Experiences in Long-term Care Facilities
  • *Documentation of Characteristics of Early Hospital Readmission of Elderly Patients: A Challenge for Inservice Educators
  • *From Nursing Home to Hospital and Back Again: An Educational Program to Improve Care for Hospitalized Nursing Home Patients
  • *Standing In Their Shoes: An Experiential Learning Experience in Promoting Age Sensitivity
• Published the following resources:
  • *Kelly, A.M. "How to Implement a Pain Management Program."
  • *Kilbride, B. & Gerstner-Horvath, M. "It's All About Caring: Key Points for Health Care Training."
• *Published articles highlighting the importance of competencies in aging for the "Geriatric Corner" in TrendLines, the association's membership newsletter. Previous articles include the Hartford Institute's "Try This: Best Practices in the Care of Older Adults" series.

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Presentations, Workshops, and Seminars

• *Presented a poster on "Partners in Care: An Innovative Approach to the Transitioning Geriatric Patients Across the Continuum" at the 2001 NNSDO Convention.
• *Hosted a focus group breakfast session at the 2002 NNSDO Convention to provide feedback on the issues and concerns of geriatric-related focus within the healthcare professions.
• Scheduled workshops and concurrent sessions on aging competencies at the 2004 NNSDO Convention. Topics include:
  • GRNs, Core Curriculums, and the SPPICEES Project:
  • Education to Improve the Care of the Geriatric Patient
  • Preparing Staff for Aging Patients
  • Developing Nurses' Competency in Minding Their Elders
• Scheduled additional workshops and concurrent sessions on aging competencies at the 2005 NNSDO Convention.
• Hosting a session at the 2006 NNSDO Convention, July 27-30, in Orlando, "Magic Moments: Unlocking Staff Development Secrets." Topics include:
  • NICHE (Nurses Improving Care to Health System Elders) geriatric nursing models of care
  • Hospital Competencies
  • Continuing Education Resources and Opportunities with Nurse Competence in Aging and the American Journal of Nursing

Special Interest Groups

• Determined member interest in forming a geriatric special interest group (SIG) at the 2003 NNSDO Convention. Published a call for SIG membership in the NNSDO newsletter TrendLines. Communicated primarily through email and held geriatric SIG meetings at the annual NNSDO Convention.
• Create a modified email list or list-serve to strengthen communication among geriatric SIG members.

Note:*indicates activities that occurred prior to NCA grant funding