Date: 11/18/08
Contact: Eric Jome
Mennonite College of Nursing at Illinois State University has received the Outstanding School of Nursing Communications Award in recognition of its effective Web site and print communications. The award is presented by the American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN) in collaboration with the John A. Hartford Foundation Institute for Geriatric Nursing and New York University.
The communications award, part of the 2008 Awards for Excellence in Gerontological Nursing Education, recognizes Mennonite College of Nursing's effective use of Web and print-based communications to convey the College's commitment to high-quality nursing care for vulnerable and underserved older adults. Mennonite's Web site highlights two new initiatives specifically focused on preparing nurses at the graduate level to practice and conduct research with older adults.
Printed materials reflect a positive view of aging and the importance of providing high-quality geriatric nursing care. Annual reports highlight important initiatives that involve nursing care of aging adults. In particular, the Teaching Nursing Home Project, funded by the Illinois Department of Health, is designed to transform long-term care throughout Illinois by encouraging students to choose careers in those facilities.
"This is an award that will bring continued national exposure to the college and university," said Sara Campbell, interim dean of Mennonite College of Nursing. "It is the collaboration of many that resulted in Mennonite receiving this award. Numerous people in the college as well as University Marketing and Communication and Institutional Web Support Services contributed to this honor."
The Awards for Excellence in Gerontological Nursing Education, now in their eleventh year, recognize nurse faculty and model baccalaureate and graduate nursing programs that encourage the highest standards of gerontological nursing education.
New for 2008, the Outstanding School of Nursing Communications Award recognizes schools of nursing that use collateral materials to display a positive image of older adults. Through Web site images, brochures, and other printed materials, the awarded school prominently represents older adults across the continuum of care and demonstrates that older adults are included in the full range of patient populations.
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