UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — The Tressa Nese and Helen Diskevich Center of Geriatric Nursing Excellence (CGNE) will host six seminars during its annual fall series to forward the center’s vision that every older adult deserves the highest quality of evidenced-based care and well-being that respects individual goals and preferences.
The seminars provide an opportunity for participants to increase their knowledge about aging, geriatrics, and gerontology as well as explore issues related to care and quality of life for older adults.
The CGNE Seminar Series Fall 2024 is presented in collaboration with Age-Friendly Care, PA; the Center for Nursing Research; and the Office for Outreach and Professional Development at Penn State’s Ross and Carol Nese College of Nursing.
All are encouraged to attend — nurses and other health care professionals, clinical providers, students, and interested community members. The series is free and advance registration is required.
Sessions are held from noon to 1 p.m. on Thursdays during the semester. Contact hours are available for RNs who hold a valid license and complete the necessary requirements.
This season’s educational topics and details are:
Sept. 5 — "WE ARE in Pain: A Program of Inclusive Research on Osteoarthritis Pain in African American Older Adults"
- Staja “Star” Booker, assistant professor, College of Nursing, University of Florida
Sept. 26 — "AI and ChatGPT in Delirium and Caregiver Research"
- Yong K. Choi, assistant professor, Department of Health Information Management, School of Health and Rehabilitation Science, University of Pittsburgh
Oct. 3 — "Challenges and Solutions Building an Age-Friendly University: A Case Example"
- Laura N. Gitlin, adjunct professor, Hopkins School of Nursing; distinguished university professor, dean emerita; executive director, Age-Well Collaboratory; College of Nursing and Health Professions, Drexel University
Oct. 17 — "Ageism: Uncovering the Invisible ‘-ism’"
- Timothy W. Farrell, professor of medicine and interim geriatrics division chief, associate chief for age-friendly care, Spencer Fox Eccles School of Medicine at the University of Utah; physician investigator, VA Salt Lake City Geriatric Research, Education, and Clinical Center; and chair, American Geriatrics Society Ethics Committee
Nov. 7 — "Health Risk? How Correctional Officers Assess Risk and Understand Health"
- Kristin Merss, postdoctoral trainee, University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Nursing
Dec. 5 — "Integrating Age-Friendly Care into Primary and Long-Term Care: The 4Ms Framework"
- Erin Kitt-Lewis, CGNE associate director of education; associate research professor, Penn State Ross and Carol Nese College of Nursing; and Jenny Knecht-Fredo, doctoral student; Age-Friendly Health System, Education, and Resource coordinator for Long-Term Care RISE 3.0, Penn State Ross and Carol Nese College of Nursing.
Register for any or all events in the virtual series.
The Nese College of Nursing is approved as a provider of nursing continuing professional development by Pennsylvania State Nurses Association, an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation. Each one of these Nursing Continuing Professional Development programs has been submitted for 1.0 contact hours for participants who hold a valid RN license and attend the entire program; partial contact hours are not awarded.
CGNE offers seminars like this during spring and fall semesters annually. Check out past seminars on our YouTube playlist, and visit the CGNE website for more about the center.