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Nurses interested in promoting and sustaining person-directed care and culture change in nursing homes now have a new resource called “Nurse Competencies for Nursing Home Culture Change” (pdf), which identifies specific skills that nurses need to develop to make changes. Read the full story

Nursing and culture change leaders at PHI training

National leaders in gerontological nursing education and culture change participated in a two-day PHI Coaching Supervision^SM seminar in New York City in early June. Read the full story

The Honor Society of Nursing, Sigma Theta Tau International (STTI), launched the Center for Nursing Excellence in Long-Term Care^TM this June to help meet the demand for health care providers — especially nurses — that has been created by the aging of the population worldwide. Read the full story

A report titled Nurses Involvement in Nursing Home Culture Change: Overcoming Barriers, Advancing Opportunities has been released by The Hartford Institute for Geriatric Nursing at New York University College of Nursing.

The paper summarizes a 2008 expert panel discussion convened by the Hartford Institute for Geriatric Nursing in collaboration with the Coalition for Geriatric Nursing Organizations and the Pioneer Network.  PHI Director of Organizational Culture Change Susan Misiorski represented Pioneer Network and PHI at the discussion. Read the full story