Individualized Care for at Risk Older Adults

描述(由申请人提供)：自2007年启动以来，针对高危老年人的个性化护理，一个由国家护理研究所(NINR)资助的机构NRSA培训计划，总部设在宾夕法尼亚大学护理学院(宾夕法尼亚护理学院)，已经成功地培养了一支新的护士科学家队伍(6名博士毕业生和10名博士后研究员)，他们现在积极从事学术生涯，推进与过渡和老龄化相关的科学。另有7名学生预计将在未来两年内完成护理博士学位。这一续签申请的主要目标是培训更多高素质的护士科学家，他们将产生、传播和转化新知识，并将重点放在改善不断增长的慢性病老年人的护理体验、健康和生活质量结果上，因为他们正在经历健康和医疗保健领域常见和困难的过渡。除了让学者准备好应对与帮助日益多样化和脆弱的人群实现他们的健康目标相关的重大人类和经济挑战之外，这次续签还将：利用项目教职员工在科学方面的强大基础，建立在宾夕法尼亚护理大学两个研究中心(新考特兰过渡与健康中心和老龄化综合科学中心)教职员工之间建立的合作关系，采用创新的跨专业指导和培训模式，吸引宾夕法尼亚大学的杰出学者，为学员提供无与伦比的机会学习尖端和新兴的研究方法。并将新的重点放在培养未来的学者上，这些学者能够严格地转化科学，对临床实践和卫生政策产生影响。在这五年的续签期间，每年将任命四名博士后研究生和四名博士后研究员。拟议培训计划的目标与NINR的每个战略优先事项以及卫生与公众服务部优化多种慢性病患者的健康和生活质量的战略目标保持一致

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Since launched in 2007, Individualized Care for At-Risk Older Adults, a National Institute of Nursing Research (NINR)-funded institutional NRSA training program based at the University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing (Penn Nursing) has successfully prepared a cadre of new nurse scientists (six PhD graduates and 10 postdoctoral research fellows) who now are actively pursuing scholarly careers and advancing science related to transitions and aging. An additional seven students are expected to complete their doctoral degrees in nursing within the next two years. The primary goal of this renewal application is to train additional highly qualified nurse scientists who will generate, disseminat and translate new knowledge with a unique focus on improving the care experience, health and quality of life outcomes of a growing population of chronically ill older adults as they experienc common and difficult transitions in health and healthcare. In addition to preparing scholars to address the significant human and economic challenges associated with assisting this increasingly diverse and vulnerable population to achieve their health goals, this renewal will: capitalize on the strong foundation in science contributed by program faculty members, build upon an established collaboration between faculty members in two of Penn Nursing's research centers (the New Courtland Center for Transitions and Health and the Center for Integrative Science in Aging), employ innovative inter-professional mentorship and training models that engage preeminent scholars throughout Penn, offer trainees unparalleled opportunities to learn sophisticated and emerging research methods, and place a new emphasis in preparing future scholars who can rigorously translate science to have an impact on clinical practice and health policy. During this five year renewal, four pre-doctoral students and four postdoctoral research fellows will be appointed annually. The goals of the proposed training program align with each of NINR's strategic priorities as well as the Department of Health and Human Services' strategic goal of optimizing the health and quality of life for individuals with multiple chronic conditions