title: Infusing gerontological nursing content into advanced practice nursing education.
abstract: The inclusion of gerontology content in the nursing curriculum is paramount as our population of older adults grows. As one of 10 recipients of the John A. Hartford Foundation/AACN awards for Enhancing Gerontological and Geriatric Nursing Education for Advanced Practice Nursing Programs, we successfully integrated gerontological/ geriatric content throughout core courses for all concentrations taught at the master's level. The Nurse Practitioner and Clinical Nurse Specialist Competencies for Older Adult Care were used as a guide to integrate gerontological nursing content across the core courses. We present examples of content, strategies, and evaluation methods that demonstrate infusion of gerontology in a nursing theory course, research course, and healthcare law and policy course. Twenty-two of the competencies are addressed in these core courses and provide a foundation for further development in the support and specialty courses for the nurse practitioner, clinical nurse specialist, nursing administrator, nurse educator, and nurse anesthetist. We also present helpful Web-based resources for older adult care.
authors.affiliation: School of Nursing, University of North Carolina at Greensboro, Greensboro, NC 27402, USA. eileen_kohlenberg@uncg.edu
authors.forename: Eileen
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Kohlenberg
authors.forename: Laurie
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Kennedy-Malone
authors.forename: Patricia
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Crane
authors.forename: Susan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Letvak
mesh_terms: D002983:Clinical Competence; D003479:Curriculum; D004511:Education, Nursing, Graduate / Q000458:organization & administration*; D005181:Faculty, Nursing; D005851:Geriatric Nursing / Q000193:education*; D017408:Guidelines as Topic; D006291:Health Policy / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D006801:Humans; D020407:Internet; D009657:North Carolina; D009718:Nurse Administrators / Q000193:education; D009719:Nurse Anesthetists / Q000193:education; D009720:Nurse Clinicians / Q000193:education; D009722:Nurse Practitioners / Q000193:education; D024802:Nurse's Role; D015402:Nursing Education Research / Q000379:methods; D015399:Nursing Research / Q000193:education; D009742:Nursing Theory; D016730:Program Development; D015397:Program Evaluation / Q000379:methods; D014146:Training Support