Education Competencies

American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN)

Link: http://www.aacn.nche.edu/

Additional competencies as it relates to clinical nurse specialists, advanced practice family and women’s nurse practitioners, and interprofessional collaboration are also available at the AACN website.

• Recommended Baccalaureate Competencies and Curricular Guidelines for the Nursing

Care of Older Adults

• Adult-gerontology primary care nurse practitioner competencies

• Adult-gerontology acute care nurse practitioner competencies

Retooling NP and CNS curricula

Provides implementation guide for adult-gerontology education requirements

Brochure

Geriatric Nursing Education consortium (GNEC)

Founded in 2005 by John Hartford Foundation and implemented by AACN with the purpose of providing faculty resources to integrate geriatric curricula into baccalaureate and graduate nursing programs.

Link: http://www.gnecresources.com