How to Try This: Geriatric Assessment Nursing Resources

Grant Summary

A grant was made to New York University, in collaboration with the American Journal of Nursing, to develop a series of 30 geriatric nursing assessment videos and corresponding articles for use by community college nursing programs to improve the ability of nurses to care for older patients. This project builds on prior grants to the New York University Hartford Institute for Geriatric Nursing, which produced the original "Try This" geriatric nursing assessment series, considered the gold standard for assessing health issues of older adults like dementia and falls. Funding will be used to: develop and publish 30 Web-based demonstration videos and 30 complementary articles in the American Journal of Nursing; broadly disseminate the articles and video products to community college nursing faculty, students, and graduates through sessions at key nursing conferences; promote access to the assessments for use in staff development and continuing education of practicing nurses; and evaluate the products and their dissemination.