School of Nursing - University of Minnesota

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center director:
Jean Wyman, PhD, APRN-BC, GNP, FAAN
mission:
To improve the health, quality of life,
and delivery of quality nursing care to
aging adults of diverse cultures.
for more information
or to join the Gero Nursing listserv:
E-mail: geronursing@umn.edu
www.nursing.umn.edu/CGN
center for
gerontological nursing
Visiting Scholar presents guidelines
for pain management
L-R: Keela Herr; Darlene Lindahl, Hartford
BAGNC Predoctoral Scholar (mentored by
Linda Chlan, Jean Wyman, and Keela Herr).
In April, the center hosted Keela Herr, PhD, RN, FAAN, AGSF, professor and chair of adult and
gerontology at the University of Iowa College of Nursing, as the AAPM/Pfizer Visiting
Professor. Herr is a noted international expert in evidence-based guidelines for pain
management in older adults and end-of-life curricula. During her visit, she gave three
presentations on the challenges of pain and aging:
• Appropriate management of pain in older adults
• Best practice recommendations for pharmacologicalmanagement of pain in
older adults
• Recognition and assessment of pain in cognitively impaired adults
All three presentations are available online, with American Nurses Credentialing Center
(ANCC) continuing education contact hours available. To access these presentations and
obtain information about receiving contact hours, visit www.nursing.umn.edu/
HartfordCenter.
Kudos
Fang Yu, PhD, GNP-BC, RN, assistant
professor, received a two-year grant from
the American Health Assistance Foundation
as a part of the foundation’s Alzheimer’s
Disease Research program. This program
focuses on the exploration of treatment
options and learning how to live with or
care for someone with the disease. As
principal investigator, Dr. Yu will evaluate
the effects of exercise as a potential
treatment for people with mild to
moderate Alzheimer’s disease who still live
in the community. She also received a grant
from the University of Minnesota Academic
Health Center Seed Grant Program. This
project will validate clinical measures of
executive function of U.S. veterans.
Joseph Gaugler, PhD, associate professor
and McKnight Presidential Fellow, was
awarded funding from Eli Lilly and
Company for his research on the
association between behavioral
disturbances and nursing home admissions
in patients with Alzheimer’s disease.
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