Nursing Home Series: Nursing Practice in Nursing Homes
Price
Credits
0.5 Nursing Continuing Professional Development Contact Hours
Target Audience
- Faculty
Description
This course describes nursing organization, leadership and governance in nursing homes, differentiates among nursing staffing: actual and recommended, and analyzes the delivery of nursing care in nursing homes.
Overview
These modules are directed to nursing faculty in schools of nursing, other academic programs preparing health care professionals, and supervisory staff in nursing homes. It will provide criteria to maximize student clinical rotations in nursing homes to allow students to care for older adults with complex and overlapping illnesses over a sufficient period of time, with exposure to and interaction with health care teams, and with faculty supervision that fosters the student’s appreciation of both the complexity of the care and the opportunities to achieve improvements that promote quality of life. Included is a special focus on introducing resident directed care and culture change, and an emphasis on maximizing the mutuality between academic settings and nursing homes.
Learning Outcomes
After completing this course, you will be able to:
- Describe nursing organization, leadership and governance in nursing homes
- Differentiate among nursing staffing: actual and recommended
- Analyze the delivery of nursing care in nursing homes