22 AgeWISE Nurses Graduate, Next Cohort Begins July 20

The following 22 nurses graduated from the AgeWISE Geropalliative Care Nurse Residency Program at Methodist Hospital on June 29, bringing the total number of AgeWISE nurses at Methodist to 164.

Twenty of the new graduates represent eight nursing units, the care management department and patient care services at Methodist Hospital. This is the first time Methodist Women’s Hospital was included, and two graduates are nurses from the Methodist Women's Hospital fourth floor GYN unit.

Within the next six months, the nurses will sit for certification in either Gerontological Nursing or Hospice and Palliative Care Nursing, or in their unit specialty as an outcome of the residency.

 

Cohort #9 AgeWISE Graduates

6N Progressive Care Unit Danielle Opitz Alex Anthone Nevada Schnatz Sarah Bell 6S Oncology Surgery Unit Sarah Retana Lauren Moheng 7N Critical Care Unit Madison Cooper 7S Acute Care for Elders Lynn Houston Emily Johansen Katie Carnahan Christina Queen 8N Ortho/Neuro Unit Laura Beck Amy Fitzgerald

8S Medical Surgical Unit Kenzie Thompson Kiley Oberhauser 9N/S Cardiac Unit Jenny Fisher Susie Riley Care Management Kirsten Engelken Stacey Jones Administrative Coordinator Jean Vipond Women’s Hospital 4th Floor GYN/Medical Surgical Dianne Heath Brittney Gearhart

About the AgeWISE Program

The AgeWISE program promotes the crucial role nurses play in making the hospital experience better and safer for older patients. Methodist Hospital now has 164 AgeWISE nurses on staff infusing Geropalliative care nursing principles throughout the hospital.

Methodist Hospital continues to be a national leader in AgeWISE and has graduated more AgeWISE nurses than any of the original six pilot hospitals selected in 2010. This program is a collaborative between the hospital and our department of nursing at Nebraska Methodist College.

AgeWISE nurses report gaining enhanced knowledge in geropalliative care to provide more specific and sensitive care to their patients, as well as a sense of empowerment and increased confidence when having difficult conversations with patients, families, and physicians related to geropalliative care.  

Cohort #10 Begins July 20

A new cohort of 18 AgeWISE nurse residents begins July 20, 2016. The residents spend two days per month in classroom seminars and at various community clinical sites. They learn knowledge and skills in Geropalliative Care which enhances their confidence and empowers them to provide evidence-based care to older adults and their families.

Cohort #10 AgeWISE Residents

4 South Katie Pearson Ashley Colburn   6 North Hannah Atkins Lora Berentschot Kim Cabriales 6 South Brooke Kubicek Nikki Andreesen   7 South Anna Day Makenzie Driver Anna Johnson

8 North Tiffany Pettit Cora Vytlas 8 South Cat Wolpert Erica Soderling   9 N/S Robyn Colan Erin Ryan   WH ED Heather Stofer   Service Executive Sue Rohlfs

Upcoming Geriatric Education

AGES: AgeWISE Geriatric Education Seminars: July 12 & Oct. 18

To empower nurses and interprofessional staff to learn and implement best practices in geropalliative care, a quarterly CEU program called AGES (AgeWISE Geriatric Education Seminars) is available through at Nebraska Methodist College. The upcoming sessions are July 12 and October 18.

To register or for more information, click here. 

NICHE-AgeWISE Collaborative: August 26

Methodist will host a regional gerontological nursing conference entitled NICHE-AgeWISE Collaborative: Best Practices in Gerontological Care on August 26. This program will provide best practices in the care of older adults across the continuum of care. Keynote speaker Keela Herr, PhD, RN, AGSF, FAAN Professor and Associate Dean for Faculty in the College of Nursing at the University of Iowa will present on geriatric pain management.

To register or for more information, click here.

Questions?

To learn more about AgeWISE, contact Deborah Conley at @email.