NICHE Conference Will Celebrate 25 years of Geriatric Nursing Care Excellence

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The 2017 Annual NICHE (Nurses Improving Care for Healthsystem Elders) conference is being held in Austin, TX, April 19-22.

Nearly 1,000 healthcare professionals from more than 300 NICHE member and non-member hospitals located around the world will gather to celebrate NICHE’s anniversary conference, “25 years of Geriatric Nursing Care Excellence – Honoring our Legacy and Transforming the Future.”

The four-day event will highlight evidence-based innovations and research, and will offer networking opportunities to support hospitals and other healthcare facilities in meeting one of the most critical challenges of our times – quality care for older adults.
Keynote geriatric expert speakers are:

  • "Using Ethical Knowledge in Policy Transitions: How to keep on a journey of quality" Dean Eileen Sullivan-Marx, PhD, RN, FAAN, NYU Meyers
  • “NICHE: The Key to Age-Friendly Health Systems!” Terry Fulmer, PhD, RN, FAAN, The John A. Hartford Foundation
  • “Delirium Prevention: An Overview and What You Can Do” Sharon Inouye, MD, MPH, Institute for Aging Research
  • “Coping with Challenging Behaviors” Teepa Snow, MS, OTR/L, FAOTA, Positive Approach, LLC

To register for the conference, click here.

To learn more about NICHE, click here.