Celebrating Ten Years of Improving Health Care for Older Adults
Making Best Geriatric Practice
Standard Practice
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How Did the Hartford Institute Accomplish So Much?
Since its beginning in 1996, the Hartford Institute has, among other achievements, provided 6,000 nursing staff developers with materials to instill best practices in geriatric nursing, reached over 400,000 practicing nurses directly with information on geriatric nursing innovations, trained 127 scholars who have gone on to obtain more than $25 million in research funding, and regularly reaches 350,000 readers of the American Journal of Nursing and 5,000 policy makers through Nursing Counts to spread the word about and create changes in geriatric nursing practice.
Some of the reasons for the great success of the Hartford Institute for Geriatric Nursing were recently summarized by the project's independent evaluator, George J. Huba, PhD, who emphasized great "raw material," referring to the Hartford Institute faculty and staff, who are well-recognized national leaders in geriatric nursing. From the beginning, the Hartford Institute had vision and clarity about how to advance the field through a series of strategic activities, which began with extremely strong strategic planning. Those responsible for this vision and planning were the Board of Advisors, the faculty and staff, many of whom have remained constant over the past ten years.
Each of the Hartford Institute's programs was carefully analyzed for its significance, potential impact, and relevance to the Hartford Institute's mission before being implemented and then continuously re-evaluated. All the programs "fit together" into an integrated whole. The programs targeted to other institutions-hospitals, baccalaureate schools of nursing programs, specialty nursing associations, summer scholars- were always designed to empower the organizations and individuals receiving training or help.
The Hartford Institute identified both large-scale programs and relatively modest activities that integrate with one another to produce larger effects. The Hartford Institute faculty and staff have been extremely successful at engaging partners to share responsibilities, costs, and rewards from jointly conducting programs. Ultimately, the faculty and staff of the Hartford Institute have succeeded by always showing up and making their message heard-loudly! Visit the Hartford Institute for Geriatric Nursing Web site: www.hartfordign.org