Acute Care Geriatric Nurse Network

British Columbia's Clicical Nurse Specialists in Geriatrics, Gerontology, Geropsychiatry, Geriatric Rehabilitation, and Nurse Continence

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Links + Resources >> Gerontology Education + Certification

 

Certification - Gerontology

- Normal aging & Age-Related Change

-   Pretest myths of aging – T or F questions/answers

-   Aging, Disuse or Disease – summary handout

-   Normal Changes of Aging – 1 page summary

-   Age-related changes – 1 page summary

-   Normal Age-Related changes – system, physiological change, expected S & S, Nursing implications

-   Gathering “pearls” of knowledge for Assessing – Nursing 2010 article

-   Typical vs Atypical presentation of illness in Older Adult – 1 page summary

-   Successful & Health Aging – powerpoint

-   Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs – 1 page handout

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Selkirk College (Castlegar) - 1 year distance education certificate in Gerontology - see also selkirk.ca/programs/hhs/Health/gerontology/

Canadian Nurses Association - information on certification and gerontology certification exam - April 2007 (PDF).

UBC Care of Elders Interdisciplinary Learning Modules

Care_for_Elders_Poster_2007_outline - Poster summarized the modules available from the UBC Care of Elders Interdisciplinary Learning Modules

Summary for website - Marcia

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