Project Design
The project will introduce and assess three components:
1. Student clinical placements into LTC will occur with faculty instructor supervision.
2. Clinical skill upgrades for LTC staff will occur at each partnered facility. The clinical skill
domains requiring upgrade will be identified by each LTC facility.
- Skill competencies will reflect best practice and nursing home quality indicators
(QI) derived from Minimum Data Set (MDS) assessment data. The MDS is part of
the federally mandated process for clinical assessment of all residents in
Medicare or Medicaid certified nursing homes. This process provides a
comprehensive assessment of each resident's functional capabilities and helps
nursing home staff identify health problems. Resident Assessment Protocols
(RAPs), are part of this process, and provide the foundation upon which a
resident's individual care plan is formulated.
3. The Preceptor Training Program consisting of:
Phase 1: Program Development
- The preceptor training program will be developed in collaboration with partners. The
program will consist of an expressive component (e.g. leadership; nurturing critical thinking;
empowerment) and a cognitive component (e.g. overview of geriatric nursing past, present
and future; financial picture of care; how data and research drive LTC; culture of the
workplace). Train-the-trainer approach will also be used.
Phase 2:
Certified trainers training
- Each LTC Facility will select exemplary RNs [n=2] to participate in the initial master training
program inclusive of clinical skill upgrade facilitated by nursing faculty instructor.
Phase 3: Preceptor / preceptee program
Preceptor/ preceptee training will be conducted by the certified trainers with coaching from the
master trainer. |
