Senior Program Officer Rachael Watman and NHCGNE Executive Director J. Taylor Harden Pens Article in
Senior Program Officer Rachael Watman, MSW of the John A. Hartford Foundation and Executive Director J. Taylor Harden, PhD, RN, FGSA, FAAN of the National Hartford Center of Gerontological Nursing Excellence (NHCGNE) at the Gerontological Society of America (GSA) recently published the lead article in the latest issue of The Gerontologist titled, "The National Hartford Center of Gerontological Nursing Excellence: An Evolution of a Nursing Initiative to Improve Care of Older Adults."
Senior Program Officer Rachael Watman, MSW of the John A. Hartford Foundation and Executive Director J. Taylor Harden, PhD, RN, FGSA, FAAN of the National Hartford Center of Gerontological Nursing Excellence (NHCGNE) at the Gerontological Society of America (GSA) recently published the lead article in The Gerontologist lastest issue titled, "The National Hartford Center of Gerontological Nursing Excellence: An Evolution of a Nursing Initiative to Improve Care of Older Adults."
The article traces the origins of the current membership-based National Hartford Center from its origin in the Building Academic Geriatric Nursing Capacity (BAGNC) Initiative under the leadership of two seminal individuals in the field of nursing, Claire M. Fagin, PhD, RN, and Patricia G. Archbold, DNSc, to its move to The Gerontological Society of America to become a self-sustaining, autonomous unit.
According to the article: "Current needs, challenges, lessons learned, and strategies of the National Hartford Center are examined within the context of sustainability, which has become paramount as Hartford Foundation funding ends in 2016. Despite the auspicious beginnings of the National Hartford Center, system change has been slow. There remains a strong need to continue to grow the field of gerontological nursing and aging sciences. We are working diligently to drive health system reform, and develop and support gerontological nursing leaders and members of the National Hartford Center as exemplars for innovation in care of older adults."
The full article can be accessed on The Gerontologist website.
