A Summary of the February 2010 Forum on the Future of Nursing Education (2010) / Chapter Skim
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4 Where to Teach
4 Where to Teach
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; and Rose Yuhos, executive director of the Area Health Education Center of Southern Nevada. The armchair discussion examined several unique, successful models of nursing education that have transcended traditional classroom models of education.
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The competencies that are integrated into the curriculum were identified based on an analysis of emerging health care needs and alternative scenarios of how the practice of nursing could change to address those needs. For example, the curriculum includes two courses in the management of chronic illnesses, reflecting the changing demographics of Americans and the need to help students gain competencies in those areas.
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out on four of our campuses and evaluating the outcomes," Tanner noted. Advancing Community College and University Partnerships Tanner offered three recommendations for the committee's consideration: • Create new nursing education systems that use existing resources in community colleges and universities and provide for common prerequisites, a competency-based nursing curriculum, and shared instructional resources; • Convene one or more expert panels to develop a model prelicen sure curriculum that can be used as a framework by faculty in community college–university partnerships.
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. Relationships Among Institutions Establishing baccalaureate degree programs within the community college system required significant collaboration among institutions within the public university system, Holcombe noted.
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. These nurses fill vital roles, including leadership positions, staff clinicians, clinical nurse leaders, nurse informaticians, clinical nurse specialists, and nurse practitioners.
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Its primary goals are to develop partnerships with academic nursing institutes, expand the number of faculty for baccalaureate programs, establish partnerships to enhance faculty development, and increase baccalaureate enrollment to increase the nursing supply, not solely for the VA, but for the country at large. It also was aimed at encouraging interprofessional programs and increasing the retention and recruitment of VA nurses.
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Advancing Academic-Practice Partnerships In her concluding remarks, Rick offered the committee recommendations for advancing nursing education. Educational programs must prepare nurses for varied levels of complex roles, with degree-granting strategies designed to address defined competencies and parity with partners in health care teams, said Rick.
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However, in states without medical schools, health science institutions are beginning to apply for and develop AHEC programs. The centers have developed their clinical practice model around a medical education model, but are moving toward a clinical practice model that is more community focused.
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Advancing Interdisciplinary Collaboration Yuhos had two recommendations for the committee to consider in regard to enhancing nursing education through the use of interdisciplinary collaboration: • Identify and promote evidence-based clinical training models that include nursing students as part of the interdisciplinary team; and • Identify and promote evidence-based interdisciplinary faculty development and clinical training models that include nurses as part of the interdisciplinary team.
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Tanner said that successful interprofessional education requires a strategic initiative that has both grassroots support and support from university leadership and administration. She noted that a great deal of grassroots work has been done with regional Oregon AHECs to establish interprofessional clinical experiences for health professional students in rural settings.
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