The John A. Hartford Foundation Institute for Geriatric Nursing at the Division of Nursing of New York University seeks to shape the quality of the health care that elderly Americans receive by promoting the highest level of competency in the nurses who deliver that care. By raising the standards of nursing care, the Hartford Institute aims to ensure that people age in comfort and with dignity. It initiates programs in education, practice, research, and policy and consumer education.
The American Association of Colleges of Nursing is the national voice for university and four-year-college education programs in nursing'the nation's largest health care profession. Representing more that 500 member schools of nursing at public and private institutions nationwide, AACN's educational, research, governmental advocacy, data collection, publications, and other programs work to establish quality standards for bachelor's-and graduate degree nursing education, assist deans and directors to implement those standards, influence the nursing profession to improve health care, and promote public support of baccalaureate and graduate nursing education, research, and practice.
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Contact: Susan Amesse
hartford.ign@nyu.edu
212-998-5152
New York University Division of Nursing
24-Oct-1999