NEW YORK UNIVERSITY, RORY MEYERS COLLEGE OF NURSING
WHO Collaborating Centre for Gerontological Nursing Education
DIRECTORS
Eileen Sullivan-Marx
Nancy Van Devanter
STAFF
Thomas Freedman
TERMS OF REFERENCE
TOR 1
Collaborate with PAHO/WHO, WHO Collaborating Centres, and nursing organizations in Latin America and the Caribbean to complete a Resource Guide of Competencies in Healthy Aging and Care of Older Adults for nurses and other health professionals suitable for modification and adoption by region, culture and educational level.
TOR 2
Increase the capacity of nurses and health care providers in Latin American and the Caribbean to implement evidence-based competencies in the promotion of healthy aging and care of older adults by collaborating in the translation of competencies for relevance to health professionals, regions, and cultures.
TOR 3
Collaborate with WHO/PAHO, WHO Collaborating Centres, and nursing organizations in Latin America and the Caribbean to promote models of competency –based, inter- professional education on evidence-based practices in healthy aging and care of older adults in Latin America and the Caribbean.
ANNUAL REPORT 2021
- Conducted a Needs assessment regarding Healthy aging and Care of the older adult in 15 Eastern Caribbean region and Jamaica, and Trinidad Tobago.
- Analysis of Needs Assessment and Development of a report to be shared with participants and with PAHO.
- The psychosocial impact on frontline nurses of caring for patients with Covid-19 during the first wave of the pandemic in New York City (Accepted by Nursing Outlook 4/15/2021).
- Study of Nurses from 4 NYC teaching hospitals regarding their experience working in the first phase of the Covid pandemic.
- Presentation of findings from the above study to Nursing leadership at Langone Health Center.
- Submission of two additional papers from the Covid NYC nurses study-currently under review.