UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — The Tressa Nese and Helen Diskevich Center of Geriatric Nursing Excellence (CGNE) will host seven seminars during its annual spring series to forward the center’s vision that every older adult deserves the highest quality of evidenced-based care and well-being that respects individual goals and preferences.
The CGNE Seminar Series Spring 2023 is presented in collaboration with the Center for Nursing Research and Age-Friendly Care, PA at Penn State’s Ross and Carol Nese College of Nursing. The seminars provide an opportunity for participants to increase their knowledge about aging, geriatrics, and gerontology as well as explore issues related to care and quality of life for older adults.
All are encouraged to attend — nurses and other health care professionals, clinical providers, students, and interested community members. The series is free and advance registration is required. Sessions are held from noon to 1 p.m. on Thursdays during the semester.
This season’s educational topics and details are:
Jan. 26 — "Infection Control Strategies in Long-Term Care: Lessons Learned from the COVID-19 Pandemic"
- Dr. Nicole Osevala, interim chief, Division of Geriatric Medicine, and assistant professor of medicine and geriatrics, Penn State College of Medicine; medical director, Penn State Health Post-Acute Care Service; and lead physician with South Central RISE
Feb. 2 — "Compassionate Care for Persons with HIV/AIDS at the End of Life"
- Dr. Kiernan Riley, assistant professor, nursing, School of Public Health and Natural Sciences, Fitchburg State University
- Megan Lucey, BSN student (fourth year), Ross and Carol Nese College of Nursing, Penn State Scranton
Feb. 16 — "Exploring Skilled Nursing Facility Nursing Staff Perceptions of Social Context, Stress of Conscience, and Burnout Amid the COVID-19 Pandemic"
- Logan Sweeder, Ph.D. graduate student, Penn State Ross and Carol Nese College of Nursing
March 2 — "Socio-Contextual Factors Related to Health and Well-Being in Diverse Older Adult Communities"
- Dr. Alyssa Gamaldo, associate professor of human development and family studies, Penn State College of Health and Human Development
March 16 — "Concepts & Considerations in Caring for the Hospitalized Geriatric Trauma Patient"
- Jasmine King, acute care nurse practitioner, Division of Geriatric Medicine, Department of Medicine, Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center
April 6 — "Long-Term Care Staff and Resident Risk Perceptions During COVID-19 Public Health Crisis"
- Dr. Liza Behrens, assistant professor, Penn State Ross and Carol Nese College of Nursing
- Dr. Joan G. Carpenter, assistant professor, organizational systems and adult health, University of Maryland School of Nursing; health scientist, Corporal Michael J. Crescenz VAMC-Philadelphia
April 27 — "Diabetes Management in Older Adults"
- Dr. Michelle Boakye, postdoctoral fellow, Villanova University; Boakye is a 2022 alumna of Penn State, where she earned a doctorate in nursing.
Register here for any or all events in the series. Most sessions will be offered virtually via Zoom, with the Jan. 26 event planned in a hybrid format (in person at the Nursing Sciences Building on the University Park campus and online).
The Nese College of Nursing is approved with distinction as a provider of nursing continuing professional development by the Pennsylvania State Nurses Association Approver Unit, an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation. Each one of these Nursing Continuing Professional Development programs has been submitted for 1.0 contact hours for participants who hold a valid RN license and attend the entire program; partial contact hours are not awarded.