UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — The Tressa Nese and Helen Diskevich Center of Geriatric Nursing Excellence (CGNE) kicked off its annual fall seminar series Aug. 31 with a presentation on “Diabetes Management in Older Adults,” featuring Penn State alumna, Dr. Michelle Boakye, who recently completed her post-doctoral fellowship at Villanova University.
The CGNE Seminar Series Fall 2023, which includes five more sessions, 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 remaining educational topics and presenters are:
Sept. 21 — ”Polypharmacy and Deprescribing: Where Do We Start and How Do We Do It?”
- Dr. Beth Ann White, associate teaching professor and coordinator of the Family Nurse Practitioner and Adult Gero Primary Care Nurse Practitioner programs, Penn State Ross and Carol Nese College of Nursing
Oct. 26 — ”Deciphering the Interplay: Psychological and Physiological Stress Impacts on Cognitive Impairment — Opportunities for Early Risk Detection and Prevention”
- Dr. Juliana Souza-Talarico, associate professor, Iowa College of Nursing
Nov. 16 — ”Clinical Factors Associated with the Quality of Interactions Between Staff and Hospitalized Patients with Dementia”
- Dr. Anju Paudel, assistant professor, Penn State Ross and Carol Nese College of Nursing
Nov. 30 — ”Aging Inequalities Among Black Older Adults: Research, Practice, and Policy Recommendations”
- Dr. Kellee White Whilby, associate professor, Health Policy and Management, University of Maryland School of Public Health; program director, Health Equity Concentration; and assistant director, Maryland Center of Health Equity
Dec. 7 — ”The Chaos of Care: Treatment Burden in Older Adults with Bladder Cancer”
- Dr. Tullika Garg, associate professor, Department of Urology, Penn State Cancer Institute, Penn State College of Medicine and Penn State Health
Register here for any or all events in the series. Most sessions will be offered virtually via Zoom, with the Dec. 7 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 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.