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Preparing Volunteer Nurses for Public Health Emergencies

Preparing Volunteer Nurses for Public Health Emergencies. Betsy Weiner, Ph.D., R.N., B.C., FAAN Senior Associate Dean for Educational Informatics and Professor in Nursing and Biomedical Informatics School of Nursing Vanderbilt University Nashville, TN. Research Aims for AHRQ Grant.

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Preparing Volunteer Nurses for Public Health Emergencies

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  1. Preparing Volunteer Nurses for Public Health Emergencies Betsy Weiner, Ph.D., R.N., B.C., FAAN Senior Associate Dean for Educational Informatics and Professor in Nursing and Biomedical Informatics School of Nursing Vanderbilt University Nashville, TN

  2. Research Aims for AHRQ Grant • For Medical Reserves Corps (MRC) volunteer nurses, face to face vs. online learning will be compared • To determine effectiveness • To determine efficiency • To define user characteristics that predict selection and completion of learning programs • To determine the adequacy of technology integration in learning emergency response content

  3. Volunteer and Inactive Nurses • Not currently working for responding organization • Desire to learn • Responding through local response structure via Medical Reserve Corps

  4. Key Message to Nurses • Theme of all modules is surge capacity • Limitation of resources • Planning is essential • Be part of the plan!

  5. Value Shift: Triage • Most good for the greatest number of people • Critically ill patients are not always first; may be provided palliative care • First module: The Tipping Point

  6. Unique Aspects • Competencies created by International Nursing Coalition for Mass Casualty Education (INCMCE) • Based on national “How People Learn” framework in conjunction with Little Planet Learning, Inc.

  7. How People Learn • Students come with preconceptions • Must have factual knowledge, but know how to organize and retrieve • Must take control of own learning • Learning environments must be learner- centered, knowledge-centered, assessment- centered, and community-centered

  8. How People Learn Cycle

  9. www.incmce.org

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