Infusing Geropsychiatric Nursing into Curricula - Resources for Teaching Key Concept IV.D. (Advocacy)
Advocacy is an important role for the professional nurse and it is essential to promote geriatric mental health for individual patients as well as at the population level. Nurses are well positioned to promote mental health care through professional and community organizations that influence health of older adults. This may be achieved in a variety of ways. For example, nurses may advocate for older adults with mental health issues at the local, state, regional and national level to reduce the impact of stigma on services for prevention and treatment of mental health and to promote well being in this vulnerable group. Advocacy is often necessary within the healthcare team to influence planning and implementation of care for older adults with mental health issues; nurses have the knowledge to engage in this role effectively.
This product contains resources that address the following:
- Advocacy
- Policy
- Public Health
- Disaster Preparedness
- Nursing home work environment
Increase awareness of leadership positions within professional organizations for the behavioral and mental health needs of older adults.
Each of the 27 products based on the Key Concepts provides access to curriculum/teaching materials to assist faculty to infuse the geropsychiatric nursing competency enhancements into course objectives, teaching strategies, didactic content, and/or clinical experiences of relevant educational programs. These include entry level and advanced practice nursing programs in psychiatric-mental health, adult/gerontological, family, women’s health or acute care, or stand-alone geropsychiatric nursing or continuing education courses. The resources may be adapted for use with a range of learners, as indicated in each description. Each resource has been identified as appropriate to teaching the Key Concept and is described in detail.