The John A. Hartford Foundation Institute for Geriatric Nursing at New York University

The only one of its kind in the country, the Hartford Institute, part of the Division of Nursing at New York University’s Steinhardt School of Education, features programs in practice, education, research, and policy.

These nationally acclaimed efforts include the dissemination of model geriatrics-enhanced nursing curricula, high quality teaching materials, and practitioner-friendly assessment tools (including the Try This Assessment Series). The Hartford Institute also offers the NICHE program to improve hospital-wide care to older adults, an on-line gerontological nursing certification review course, the Hartford Institute/AJN Geriatric Nursing Research Scholars Program, the Nurse Competence in Aging initiative, and the “Nursing Counts” newsletter published in the American Journal of Nursing. All of these efforts are designed to strengthen both the individual nurse’s competence and the systems in which nurses learn and work.

Web site: www.hartfordign.org