Knowledge and Skills Framework - Principles of Best Practice for the Older Person
Welcome to the NZNO College of Gerontology Nursing Knowledge and Skills Framework. This knowledge and skills framework supports nurses who are working with older adults/ kaumātua to plan their careers and continuing professional development.
It was developed and is maintained by the College of Gerontology Nursing, a college of the New Zealand Nurses Organisation Tōpūtanga Kaitiaki o Aotearoa (NZNO).
Who can use this framework?
This framework is for registered nurses who work primarily with older adults/ kaumātua in any setting. It is also for employers and educators providing professional development training for gerontology and non-specialist nurses, and for managers, assessors and workforce development specialists looking to analyse and assess gerontology nurses’ skills.
The Geriatric 5Ms
The GERIATRIC 5Ms support nurses to use the framework. The 5Ms are a simplified communication framework which describe core geriatrics competencies in a way that aims to be comprehensible and memorable for those outside of the field.
The 5Ms are:
- Matters most
- Mind
- Mobility
- Medications
- Multi-Complexity
We have permission to use the GERIATRIC 5Ms model as follows:
You have authors' permission to use The Geriatric 5Ms for educational purposes with attribution to the authors and without changes. Include the following copyright statement in all materials: Copyright © 2017 Frank Molnar, Allen Huang, Mary Tinetti. 2017. May be used for educational purposes with full attribution and no alterations.