NYU Clinical Faculty Resources

Integrating Care of Older Adult Patients in Student Clinical Rotations in Hospitals: Resources for Clinical Faculty

The Hartford Institute and the American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN) have prepared two modules specifically created to help clinical nursing faculty teaching undergraduate nursing students in hospitals to integrate care of older adults. Using a use a case-study design with an “evolving case” progression, the 2 modules take a faculty member through a typical clinical day on a medical/surgical unit and provide tips on how to integrate content on assessment and dementia into the clinical assignment, the pre-conference, bedside teaching, post-conference, charting and clinical evaluation.

Modules:

Recommended Tutorial

We recommend that you also view a tutorial of ConsultGeriRN.org. This tutorial (approximately 6 minutes) will review the major geriatric nursing resources referred to in the modules. View Tutorial

Webinar

On October 13, 2010, AACN and the Hartford Institute offered a free one hour Webinar to foster discussion on when and how to use these modules. For information and to register for the webinars go to http://www.aacn.nche.edu/Education/gercomp.htm

Nursing Homes as Clinical Sites for Nursing Students

These online learning modules, developed by the Hartford Institute and the American Association of Colleges of Nursing, are designed to help faculty select and use nursing homes for undergraduate student clinical placement, with a special focus on nursing homes involved in resident-directed care and culture change.


Module 1.  Nursing Homes, the Basics: background on the structures, processes and outcomes that guide nursing home (NH) delivery of care; how NHs are monitored and reimbursed by federal and state government; NH staff and resident characteristics.

Module 2. Nursing Practice in Nursing Homes: nurse hierarchy, leadership and governance; actual and recommended nurse staffing; delivery of nursing services

Module 3. Resident-Directed Care and Culture Change in Nursing Homes: the concepts of resident-directed care and NH culture change, including the benefits of choosing culture change NHs as clinical placement sites; guidelines for evaluating a NHs adoption of resident-directed care and culture change
 
Module 4. Structuring Student Placements in Nursing Homes: strategies to assist faculty: select NHs; how the nursing home setting provides a unique opportunity to maximize learning objectives; structure student placements to meet learning objectives; maximize student exposure to resident-directed care and culture change; identify and access resources on NHs.

Module 5. Introducing Resident-directed Care and Nursing Home Culture Change: A Case Study: strategies to structure student clinical experiences in culture change NHs, and to integrate principles of culture change – resident-directed care - into clinical experiences in traditional NHs.

Module 6. Nursing Home (NH) Preparation/Readiness as a Clinical Site: Created for NHs to assist them in positioning themselves as clinical training sites for nursing students

WEBINAR SERIES
Free webinars are available for clinical faculty to foster discussion on when and how to use nursing homes as clinical placements and review the modules specifically designed to help faculty select and use nursing homes for undergraduate student clinical placement. The modules, developed by the Hartford Institute and the American Association of Colleges of Nursing, help nursing faculty maximize their use of nursing homes as clinical training sites, with a special focus on nursing homes involved in resident-directed care and culture change

Featured Series Speakers: Mathy Mezey, EdD, RN, FAAN, Sarah Greene Burger, RN-C, MPH, FAAN, Ethel L. Mitty, EdD, RN, Hartford Institute, Christine Mueller, PhD, RN, FAAN, University of Minnesota, School of Nursing, Laurie Dodge Wilson, MSN, RN, ANP-BC, GNP-BC, AACN

Webinars for Modules 1 - 6 are archived at http://www.aacn.nche.edu/Faculty/FacultyLink/webinararchive.htm. Continuing education units are provided.