Geriatric Nursing Leadership Academy Planning Grant International Honor Society of Nursing Foundatio

Grant Summary

The John A. Hartford Foundation made a grant to Sigma Theta Tau to plan for the establishment of a geriatric nursing leadership academy, which will prepare and position nurses in leadership roles within health care delivery settings and improve the quality of care to geriatric patients and their families. Funding to the honor society of nursing representing 130,000 members, will be used to develop the geriatric nursing leadership academy model, which will be based in part on their successful leadership academy for maternal child nurses. A national network of nurse leader mentors will be established to provide expertise to the participants of the leadership academy. Funding will also be used to develop additional leadership and scholarship resources including two books on geriatric nursing and an online geriatric nurse community.