Individualized Care for at Risk Older Adults

描述（申请人提供）：自2007年启动以来，高危老年人个性化护理，美国国家护理研究所（NINR）资助的NRSA机构培训计划，总部设在宾夕法尼亚大学护理学院（宾大护理）已经成功地培养了一批新的护理科学家（6名博士毕业生和10名博士后研究员），他们现在正在积极从事学术事业，推进与过渡和衰老相关的科学。另外七名学生预计将在未来两年内完成护理博士学位。该更新应用程序的主要目标是培养更多的高素质的护士科学家，他们将产生，传播和翻译新知识，独特的重点是改善护理经验，健康和生活质量的不断增长的慢性病老年人的结果，因为他们经历了健康和医疗保健的常见和困难的转变。除了准备学者解决与协助这一日益多样化和脆弱的人口实现其健康目标相关的重大人类和经济挑战，这种更新将：利用项目教师在科学方面的强大基础，建立在两个宾夕法尼亚护理研究中心的教职员工之间的合作基础上（新考特兰过渡与健康中心和老龄化综合科学中心），采用创新的跨专业指导和培训模式，吸引整个宾夕法尼亚州的杰出学者，为学员提供无与伦比的机会学习复杂和新兴的研究方法，并把一个新的重点放在准备未来的学者谁可以严格翻译科学对临床实践和卫生政策的影响。在这五年的更新期间，每年将任命四名博士前学生和四名博士后研究员。拟议的培训计划的目标与NINR的每个战略重点以及卫生与公众服务部的战略目标相一致，即优化患有多种慢性病的个人的健康和生活质量

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