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Advance Directives
Age Related Changes
Assessing Cognition
Atypical Presentation
Critical Care
Delirium
Dementia
Depression
Elder Mistreatment and Abuse
Ethnogeriatrics and Cultural Competence for Nursing Practice
Falls
Family Caregiving
Frailty and its Implications for Care - NEW!
Function
Healthcare Decision Making
Hydration Management
Iatrogenesis
Mealtime Difficulties
Medication
Nutrition in the Elderly
Oral Healthcare
Pain
Palliative Care
Physical Restraints
Pressure Ulcers & Skin Tears
Sensory Changes
Sexuality Issues in Aging
Sleep
Substance Abuse
Urinary Incontinence
need help stat:
My patient is/has…
A drug side effect
Abrupt change in mental status
Acute Intoxication
Acute Pain
Agitated or restless
Confused
Expressing suicidal thoughts
Falling
Frequent physical complaints
Leaning in chair
Multiple medications
Not in agreement with plan of care
Pulling out tubes
Refusing to eat/drink
Refusing Treatment
Sleep problems
Sudden change in Function
Unable to control urine (new vs chronic)
Weight Loss
American Association of Neuroscience Nurses
Learn More About AANN
Website:
www.aann.org
Geriatric Activities Contact:
Mary Elizabeth Johnson, MN RN CNRN ARNP BC
E-mail:
mary-e-johnson@uiowa.edu
Amy Perrin Ross, RN MSN CNRN
E-mail:
aperrinros@aol.com
Geriatric Activities
Developed the product: Neurologic Assessment of the Older Adult: A Guide for Nurses -
http://www.aann.org/pubs/guidelines.html
Developed pre-conference workshop on management for aging neuroscience patient and promoted self-study of pre-conference workshop through CD-ROM
Created geriatric Special Focus Group (SFG)
Established a geriatric concurrent session track at the annual educational conference
specialty practice
Associations
Academy of Medical-Surgical Nurses (AMSN)
American Academy of Ambulatory Care Nursing (AAACN)
American Academy of Nurse Practitioners (AANP)
American Academy of Nursing Expert Panels on Acute and Critical Care, Aging, and Quality (AAN)
American Association of Critical-Care Nurses (AACN)
American Association of Legal Nurses Consultants (AALNC)
American Association of Neuroscience Nurses (AANN)
American Association of Nurse Anesthetists (AANA)
American Association of Nurse Assessment Coordinators (AANAC)
American Association of Spinal Cord Injury Nurses (AASCIN)
American College of Nurse Practitioners (ACNP)
American Heart Association, Council on Cardiovascular Nursing (CVN)
American Holistic Nurses Association (AHNA)
American Nephrology Nurses' Association (ANNA)
American Organization of Nurse Executives (AONE)
American Psychiatric Nurses Association (APNA)
American Society for Pain Management Nursing (ASPMN)
American Society of Ophthalmic Registered Nurses (ASORN)
American Society of PeriAnesthesia Nurses (ASPAN)
American Thoracic Society Nursing Assembly (ATS)
Asian American/Pacific Islander Nurses Association, Inc. (AAPINA)
Association for Radiologic and Imaging Nursing (ARIN)
Association of Nurses in AIDS Care (ANAC)
Association of periOperative Registered Nurses (AORN)
Association of Rehabilitation Nurses (ARN)
Association of Women's Health, Obstetric & Neonatal Nurses (AWHONN)
Center for American Nurses (CAN)
Dermatology Nurses Association (DNA)
Emergency Nurses Association (ENA)
Gerontological Advanced Practice Nurses Association (GAPNA)
Health Ministries Association (HMA)
Home Healthcare Nurses Association (HHNA)
Hospice and Palliative Nurses Assoc. (HPNA)
Infusion Nurses Society (INS)
Lighthouse International (LI)
National Alaska Native American Indian Nurses Association (NANAINA)
National Association of Clinical Nurse Specialists (NACNS)
National Association of Directors of Nursing Admin./LTC (NADONA/LTC)
National Association of Hispanic Nurses (NAHN)
National Association of Nurse Massage Therapists (NANMT)
National Association of Orthopaedic Nurses (NAON)
National Association of Pediatric Nurse Practitioners (NAPNAP)
National Black Nurses Association (NBNA)
National Gerontological Nurses Association (NGNA)
National Nursing Staff Development Organization (NNSDO)
National Organization of Nurse Practitioner Faculties (NONPF)
National Student Nurses Associations (NSNA)
Nurse Healers - Prof. Associates International (NH-PAI)
Oncology Nursing Society (ONS)
Philippine Nurses Association of America Foundation (PNAAF)
Preventive Cardiovascular Nurses Assoc. (PCNA)
Society for Vascular Nursing (SVN)
Society of Otorhinolaryngology and Head-Neck Nurses, Inc. (SOHN)
Society of Pediatric Nurses (SPN)
Society of Urologic Nurses and Associates (SUNA)
Wound, Ostomy and Continence Nurses Society (WOCN)
REASN Products
Scopes and Standards Guidelines
Specialty Nursing Association Global Vision Statement on Care of Older Adults
Technical Assistance Binder