Ensuring the APRN Workforce is Prepared to Care for Older Adults is a two-year initiative generously funded  by the Hartford Foundation focused on assisting nurse faculty in their work to prepare Advanced Practice Registered Nurses (APRNs) to care for older adults. AACN, in collaboration with the Hartford Institute for Geriatric Nursing, New York University College of Nursing, and the Geropsychiatric Nursing Collaborative, will be hosting four live webinars to introduce APRN educators to the new Adult-Gerontology NP Education Requirements and the multiple teaching resources and strategies designed to help make the transition. These resources provide faculty with the knowledge, skills, and tools to enhance gerontology content and support curriculum redesign in programs graduating Nurse Practitioners (NPs) and Clinical Nurse Specialists (CNSs).


Webinar 1: Transitioning to Adult-Gerontology APRN Education: Project Introduction, Scope and Faculty Resource Development
DATE: october 31, 2011
Time: 1:00 - 2:30 pm (ET)

Webinar 2: Transitioning to Adult-Gerontology APRN Education: Strategies and Resources for Teaching Gerontology Content
DATE: November 9, 2011
Time: 1:00 - 2:30 pm (ET)

Webinar 3: Transitioning to Adult-Gerontology APRN Education: Innovative Curriculum Models, Integrating Content, and Clinical Exemplars
DATE: December 6, 2011
Time: 2:30 - 4:00 pm (ET)

Webinar 4: Strategies to Infuse Geropsychiatric Content into APRN Curricula Geropsychiatric Nursing Collaborative
DATE: December 15, 2011
Time: 1:00 - 2:30 pm (ET)