To
promote networking opportunities between
geriatrics nurses in SOHN
SOHN
Awarded The Hartford Institute/NOLF Award
for Exceptional Effort in Bringing Geriatric
Nursing Best Practices to Specialty Nurses
SOHN has been selected as one of the four
recipients of the Year 2002 Hartford Institute
for Geriatric Nursing/ ANA (NOLF) Award for
Exceptional Effort in Bringing Geriatric Best
Practices to Specialty Nurses. The Award is
part of the Hartford Institute Specialty Nursing
Activities Partnership Program (SNAPP) Initiative.
The Hartford/NOLF award was established to
recognize specialty nursing organizations
that demonstrate initiative in ensuring that
members acquire the knowledge and skills necessary
to help individuals age with optimal function,
comfort, and dignity. The Hartford Institute
for Geriatric Nursing was founded in 1996,
and is the only nursing institute in the country
setting a national agenda and shaping the
quality of care of older Americans through
education, practice, research, and policy
initiatives. The Nursing Organization Liaison
Forum is a formal part of the American Nurses
Association (ANA) that serves as a platform
for addressing important issues that affect
nursing and health care in general.
The Hartford Institute for Geriatric Nursing
at New York University’s Division of Nursing,
in collaboration with the National Organization
Liaison Forum (NOLF), announce an annual award
for nursing associations that demonstrate
exceptional effort in bringing geriatric nursing
best practices to specialty nurses.
Criteria for selection involves implementing
activities of the Specialty Nursing Activities
Criteria Partnership Program (SNAPP) such
as:
- Promoting
sustained commitment to distribution of
geriatric best practices information in
various formats.
- Establishing
geriatric focus/interest groups.
- Organizing
geriatric keynote speaker(s) and/or geriatric
workshops for conferences. Disseminating
best practices in geriatric nursing (e.g.,
Hartford Institute’s Try This: Best Practices
series) to membership through association
publications.
- Displaying
the Hartford Institute’s Resource Center
for Care of Older Adults (exhibit) at yearly
national conference.
- Linking geriatric-related
websites (e.g., Hartford Institute’s site)
to specialty association website.
Any
one is welcome to attend any of the special
interest groups. There is always someone who
has experienced something similar and can
offer assistance, sometimes solutions, and
sometimes just someone to listen and care.
Join us at our meetings each year at SOHN
Annual Congress and Educational Symposium
or share a thought, problem or good idea with
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