In completion of this course, nursing and academic facilities will be able to select nursing homes as clinical placements for nursing students, design student placements in nursing homes in light of student learning goals, and organize student exposure to resident-directed care and culture change.

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.