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Preparing tomorrow's nursing home nurses
— the Wisconsin Long Term Care Clinical Scholars Program | | Author(s) | Kim Nolet, Tonya Roberts, Andrea Gilmore-Bykovskyi |
| Journal title | Gerontology and Geriatrics Education, vol 36, no 4, October-December 2015 |
| Publisher | Taylor and Francis, October-December 2015 |
| Pages | pp 396-415 |
| Source | http://www.tandfonline.com |
| Keywords | Nursing ; University education ; Nursing homes ; Medical care ; Long term ; Students ; Attitude ; Projects ; Evaluation. |
| Annotation | Preparing future nurses to care for the growing population of older adults has become a national priority in the U.S. The demand for long term care services is expected to double between 2000 and 2040, yet the field remains stigmatised as an undesirable place for highly skilled nurses to work. Recent efforts to increase student preparation in geriatrics have been shown to improve student attitudes toward working with older adults and increase knowledge, but long term care settings remain unattractive to students. This article reports on the development, implementation and evaluation of The Wisconsin Long Term Care Clinical Scholars Program, a nursing home internship for baccalaureate nursing students. The programme couples a paid nursing home work experience with an evidence-based long term care nursing curriculum. The programme increased student preparation and interest in working both with older adults and in nursing homes, while increasing the capacity of nursing homes to provide a positive student experience. (JL). |
| Accession Number | CPA-150918244 A |
| Classmark | LQ: V7M: LHB: LK: 4Q: XN: DP: 3E: 4C |
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