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

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

4. 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.

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

6. 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

7. 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

8. 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

9. 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

10. 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)

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