How To Try This

This month a new initiative has been announced from the collaboration between the Hartford Institute of Geriatric Nursing and the American Journal of Nursing.

This initiative will translate the evidence-based geriatric assessment tools in the Try This assessment series into cost-free, web-based resources including demonstration videos and a corresponding print series featured in the AJN.

The videos are 30 minutes total, or less, and can be viewed in their entirety--or in chaptered formats when time is an issue and a quick refresher on assessments or best practices is needed. Beyond demonstrating assessments, videos also provide viewers with tips on how to deal with challenges faced when administering various assessments; interdisciplinary approaches to dealing with problems; and best practices in communicating and utilizing findings to inform patients, families, and the plan of care.

This series can be viewed, downloaded, and shared without any fees. Articles include detail on the issue addressed by the Try This tool, case studies, psychometric properties of the tool, and describe when and how to use the assessment. Information in the articles is also organized for ready access by novice to expert clinicians. Articles may be printed and copied for educational use without copyright fees.

CEs are available for both the articles and the videos.

The first two series are:

Fulmer SPICES: a framework for assessing older adults

Geriatric Depression Scale: Short Form

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