American Association of Neuroscience Nurses (AANN)
Geriatric Activities
Publications and Position Statements
Presentations, Workshops, and Seminars
Special Interest Groups
Publications and Position Statements
Presentations, Workshops, and Seminars
- Presented sessions on topics related to competent care of the elderly:
- Being with End-of-Life: the Personal, the Professional, and the Organizational (2001, Plenary Session)
- End-of-Life Nursing Education (2001, Pre-conference Workshop)
- Breaking Bad News at the End of Life (2001, Concurrent Session)
- Traumatic Brain Injury in the Golden Years (2001, Concurrent Session)
- End-of-Life Controversies at the Bedside (2001, Concurrent Session)
- Neurobics Fact or Fiction: Fight Cerebral Flab, Exercise Your Brain (2002, Concurrent Session)
- The Dilemma of Dementia (2002, Concurrent Session)
- Offer a preconference workshop at the 2005 AANN meeting including:
- Integrative review of body systems and physical assessments focused on neurological consequences
- Age-specific diagnostic tests and interpretation
- Pharmacological issues for the aging neuroscience patient
- Behavioral management for the aging neuroscience patient
- Caring for the patient with dementia.
- Closed Head Injury in the Elderly (2005, Concurrent Session)
- Neurologic Examination of the Older Adult (2005, Concurrent Session)
Special Interest Groups
- Develop a geriatric special focus group with a list serve and on-site meetings at the annual AANN conference.
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For more information about AANN Geriatric Activities please contact:
Mary Elizabeth Johnson, MN, RN, CNRN, ARNP, BC
Email: [email protected]
or
Amy Perrin Ross, RN, MSN, CNRN
Email: [email protected] |