NICHE 2006 - Best Practices in the Care of Older Adults
November 6 & December 4
NICHE stands for
Nurses Improving Care for Health System Elders
COURSE DESCRIPTION: The NICHE model of care provides evidence-based tools to assist caregivers in meeting the specific needs of the elder population, with the goal of improving patient outcomes, safety and quality of life; using methods for the hospitalized elderly patient that
can ultimately be carried over to the home, clinic or nursing home/assisted living setting. This three-day NICHE workshop is designed to enhance the knowledge, skills and attitudes of nurses who care for older adults. Teaching techniques will include lecture, case studies, small group discussion and demonstrations of geriatric assessment techniques. Contact hours from this course can be used towards ANCC Gerontological Nurse Certification.
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NICHE stands for
Nurses Improving Care for Health System Elders
NICHE: The program was started in 1992 by the Hartford Institute, to not only increase the public’s awareness of issues pertaining to the elderly, but to provide nurses caring for them with the best and most innovative knowledge and skills to do so.
Nationally, there are 186 hospitals in the United States and Canada, and one hospital in The Netherlands, participating in the NICHE program. Virginia Mason began its program in 2000 and was the first medical center in Washington state to have such a program.
GRN: The NICHE program proposes the Geriatric Nurse model of elder care. Nurses attend educational workshops, like this one, to learn about the current Best Nursing Practices in the Care of Older Adults. Upon completion of the workshop series, participants agree to modify their nursing practice to reflect evidence-based best practices in the care of elders, and to serve as resources for other nurses, nursing assistants, physicians and other health care workers in their home hospital units and/or clinics.
For more information on NICHE model of care or the Geriatric Resource Nurse program, go online to www.hartfordign.org
Acknowledgements:
This workshop utilizes materials provided by Partners for Dissemination of Best Nursing Practices in Care for Older Adults. The materials were prepared by the John A. Hartford Foundation Institute for Geriatric Nursing, Division of Nursing, School of Education, New York University, New York. COURSE REQUIREMENTS
1. Manager’s approval is required for VMMC staff.
2. Must be an RN or LPN
3. Attendance at all 3 of the course
AGENDA
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ACCREDITATION:
Virginia Mason Medical Center Clinical Education Department #PA-30/March/09 is an approved provider of continuing education by the Washington State Nurses’ Association, an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.
CNE credits & certificates will be issued each session. The GRN pin will be given upon completion of all three course days.
Session One: 7.3 contact hours
Session Two: 7.7 contact hours
Session Three: 7.4 contact hours
NICHE 2006 PLANNING COMMITTEE
Deb Beauchaine, MN, ARNP
Director, Geriatric Services, VMMC
Cathi Dodson, MN, RN, CGRN
CNE Education Specialist, VMMC
Sandy Maloof, RN, GRN
General Internal Medicine, VMMC
Patricia Noritake Matsuda, PT, DPT
Coordinator of Clinical Systems & Quality, OMR, VMMC
Clinical Instructor, UW
Mary Shelkey, PhD, ARNP
Geriatric Specialist,
Palliative Care Nurse Practitioner, VMMC NICHE 2006 FACULTY
Kim Amrine, BS, PT
Physical Therapy, VMMC
Deb Beauchaine, MN, ARNP
Director, Geriatric Services, VMMC
Nancy Boesen, LPN
Department of Urology & Renal Transplant, VMMC
Deb Heinricher, MN, ARNP
Manager, GI and ACE Units, VMMC
Denise Klein, BA
Executive Director, Senior Services, Seattle, WA
Barbara Lancaster, BA, RDH
Dental Hygienist, Health Educator, Bellingham, WA
Jacci Mahrt, COTA/L, LMP
Physical Therapy, VMMC
Sandy Maloof, RN, GRN
General Internal Medicine, VMMC
Patti Noritake Matsuda, PT, DPT
Coordinator of Clinical Systems & Quality, PMR, VMMC
Clinical Instructor, UW
Dana Nelson-Peterson, MN, RN
Administrative Director, Hospital Operations, VMMC
Ann Marie O’Neill, MSN, ARNP
Director, Palliative Care Services, VMMC
Mary Shelkey, PhD, ARNP
Geriatric Specialist,
Palliative Care Nurse Practitioner, VMMC
Caroline Shelton, RN, CRRN
ACE Unit, VMMC
Sally Stewart, MSW, LICSW
Care Resource Management, VMMC
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