HGNI: The Geriatric Nurse Educator, Leadership and the Nurse Educator Role
The John A. Hartford Center of Geriatric Nursing at Penn State
This is the fifth video in The Geriatric Nurse Educator: A Career for a Lifetime video series, a series of geriatric nursing recruitment videos. This video "Leadership and the Nurse Educator Role" focuses on the nursing faculty shortage with an emphasis placed on the shortage of nursing faculty with an expertise in geriatric nursing. The video highlights the positive aspects of a teaching career and the challenges inherent within the role.
Discuss what it means to be a geriatric nurse.
Discuss the benefits of being a nurse educator.
Dicuss the benefits of being a nurse scientist and researcher.
The 2008 IOM Report: Re-tooling for an Aging America brought to national attention the critical need for development of the health care workforce so all are prepared to care for the next generation of older adults. While all health care workers need the knowledge and skills to deliver basic care to older adults, there is also a huge void in the number of nurses who have expertise in geriatric nursing. These individuals are needed to adequately care for the most complex cases and to train other health care providers. This need for geriatric nursing faculty was the impetus for the development of The Geriatric Nurse Educator: A Career for a Lifetime video series. Each of the videos in the series have slightly different messages. To view the rest of the series, please visit http://www.hhdev.psu.edu/hartford/educators.html
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