Infusing Quality Matters into a Clinical Nursing Course Meredith

Infusing Quality Matters into a Clinical Nursing Course Meredith Troutman-Jordan PhD, RN, PMHCNS-BC Associate Professor College of Health and Human Services-School of Nursing

Objectives: Describe the process of revising a clinical nursing course with hybrid online delivery to meet Quality Matters standards. NUnu5rs 4420 Source: http://www.wpunj.edu/irt/ctlt/qm/index.dot

NURS 4420-Development of competencies necessary for the practice of psychiatric mental health nursing. Emphasis is on the use of self in relationships, psychiatric nursing assessment, nursing interventions with clients and working as a member of the health care team. A variety of clinical settings are used. Originally the course was comprised of eight hours spent in a clinical setting and onlineNUnu5rs discussion 4420 boards. Each week- 8 hours clinical time, discussion board reflection, times 14 weeks. Strengths and limitations Considerable clinical exposure Disconnect between hands on clinical activities and learning

Increased interaction between student and teacher Reinforce clinical and didactic learning Helped identify further areas of exploration/consideration: The course would have been more effective had the course coordinator assigned a specific topic (maybe something that was not covered in depth in class) for the instructor to teach a short lesson on. I would have also liked to have been verbally quizzed on my client's medication in order to help me make connections from class. I learned a lot in this class and was able to really refine my communication skills, which I am very grateful for.

Questions? Thank you Meredith Troutman-Jordan PhD, RN, PMHCNS-BC Associate professor, School of Nursing UNC Charlotte [email protected]