J Nurs Educ. 2014 Jul 1;53(7):387-94. doi: 10.3928/01484834-20140619-09.
Nurses of the 21st century are unprepared to care for the increasing older adult population's mental health care needs. Nursing schools across the country struggle to identify and infuse geropsychiatric nursing content into curricula. In 2008, the John A. Hartford Foundation partnered with the American Academy of Nursing to fund a 4-year project, the Geropsychiatric Nursing Collaborative (GPNC). In 2011, four schools of nursing were selected to participate in the GPNC consultation project. This article describes two major challenges that schools currently face as they work to infuse geropsychiatric nursing content into nursing curricula and the solutions offered. Core geropsychiatric nursing competencies and content were identified to assist curriculum mapping, and examples of faculty resources for teaching about depression, dementia, and delirium were outlined. Incorporation of geropsychiatric nursing content is critical for preparing our future workforce to meet the increasing mental health care needs of older adults.
21 世纪的护士无法满足日益增长的老年人群体的心理健康护理需求。全国的护理学校都在努力确定并将老年精神病护理内容融入课程。2008 年，约翰·A·哈特福德基金会与美国护理学院协会合作，资助了一个为期 4 年的项目，即老年精神病护理协作组织（GPNC）。2011 年，有四所护理学院被选中参加 GPNC 咨询项目。本文描述了学校在努力将老年精神病护理内容融入护理课程时目前面临的两个主要挑战，以及提出的解决方案。确定了核心老年精神病护理能力和内容，以协助课程映射，并概述了关于抑郁、痴呆和谵妄教学的教师资源示例。融入老年精神病护理内容对于培养我们未来的劳动力以满足老年人日益增长的心理健康护理需求至关重要。
