Maine Partners in Nursing – Innovative Ideas Grant “Home Healthcare Curricular Integration Initiative”

Purpose Describe the Maine Partners in Nursing – Innovative Ideas Grant: “Home Healthcare Curricular Integration Initiative” Grant goals Implementation Progress to date

Maine Partners in Nursing Education and Practice Five priorities for Maine include: Develop and implement nursing core competencies for the Nurse of the Future Create paths for innovation in nursing education Re-imagine nursing education and practice as we reflect on future patient needs Involve a broad coalition of stakeholders Build bridges and partnerships between education and practice to develop models for entering and re-entering nursing practice.

Background Opportunity identified –Professional Advisory Committee Collaboration on proposal for Innovative Ideas proposal: – Development and Marketing –Clinical Education Coordinator HHVN awarded $1,000 grant

Grant Value Increasing population of elder residents in Maine Patients want to remain in their own homes Movement toward more cost-efficient healthcare Identified need for home health education in nursing curriculum

Grant Goals Introduce home health care into the nursing student curriculum Collaboration with Maine nursing school faculty Innovative process : on-line education Companion learning to clinical placements Home health education to promote home healthcare as a viable future professional choice

Collaboration HomeHealth Visiting Nurses nursing education program partnerships: –Southern Maine Community College –St. Joseph’s College –University of New England –University of Maine –University of Southern Maine

On-Line Modules Home Care Institute maintains a Core Library of computer-based training home health modules –Approved for nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center Three modules for the grant: –Home Care: Beyond the Basics –OASIS-C Basics –Home Health Covered Services

Pilot Spring Semester 2012 University of Southern Maine students Nursing Care of the Older Adult in the Community –Instructor – Linda Samia –HHVN clinical educator guest lecturer (3/22/12) Nursing Summit (3/21/12)

Next Steps Communicate module availability at other partner institutions for fall semester 2012 Explore sustainability