National Hartford Centers of Gerontological Nursing Excellence Names New Officers

The National Hartford Centers of Gerontological Nursing Excellence (NHCGNE) has announced the election of new officers to its Board of Directors. NHCGNE’s mission is to enhance and sustain the capacity and competency of nurses to provide quality care to older adults through faculty development, advancing gerontological nursing science, facilitating adoption of best practices, fostering leadership, and designing and shaping policy.

The National Hartford Centers of Gerontological Nursing Excellence (NHCGNE) has announced the election of new officers to its Board of Directors. NHCGNE’s mission is to enhance and sustain the capacity and competency of nurses to provide quality care to older adults through faculty development, advancing gerontological nursing science, facilitating adoption of best practices, fostering leadership, and designing and shaping policy.

These officers join Theresa Harvath, PhD, RN, CNS, FAAN (Hartford Center of Gerontological Nursing Excellence, Oregon Health & Science University School of Nursing), whose term as secretary will expire next year.

The NHCGNE Coordinating Center is located at The Gerontological Society of America. Since 2000, this program has had the generous backing of the John A. Hartford Foundation, augmented with monies from The Atlantic Philanthropies and the Mayday Fund. These partners have invested over $80 million in national efforts to build academic gerontological nursing capacity through their support. The program has supported over 200 predoctoral and postdoctoral nursing scholars who have stimulated excitement about the field among nursing students and practicing nurses. They are the leaders who will shape future care for older persons.

NHCGNE Executive Director J Taylor Harden, PhD, RN, FGSA, FAAN, offered “a special welcome to our new board member and officers. I applaud them for their dedication, leadership and service to NHCGNE and look forward to their innovation.”