Continuing Education Opportunities

Successful care of older adults requires nurses and nurse administrators who command a strong geriatric knowledge base and excellent leadership skills to supervise, and delegate responsibility to a culturally diverse paraprofessional staff. Here are some compelling reasons to join the GNIE Institute:

Reflective Practice is a Necessary Component of Nursing Re-certification: As of July 1, 2006, the North Carolina Board of Nursing expects you to engage in Reflective Practice. Essentially, it requires you to learn from experience and pro-actively generate change, The GNIE Institute will guide you through your own reflective practice. In this program, you will look at areas of professional responsibility, knowledge-based practice and collaboration by assessing your practice to develop a personal learning plan to implement change.

Students will likely be working with geriatric patients: 80% of nursing school graduates will work with older adults! In practice they will need in-depth understanding of the specialized needs of the geriatric population. As a result of an aging population, we now have a healthcare system in desperate need of nurses who not only understand evidence-base geriatric syndrome management buy have the leadership skills to supervise care delivery in a culturally diverse workforce. The GNIE Institute provides a platform for you to develop learner-centered teaching strategies, lessons and materials that are grounded in adult learning theory. Participation in the GNIE Institute will enhance curricular and clinical teaching both in the classroom and online methods.