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Volume 5, Issue 8(Suppl) J Nurs Care 2016
ISSN: 2167-1168 JNC, an open access journal
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Euro Nursing 2016
October 17-19, 2016
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15th Euro Nursing & Medicare Summit
October 17-19, 2016 Rome, Italy
Starting steps, then and now: Implementation of a simulation technology electronic informatics
preparatory system
Suzanne K Guzelaydin
University of Michigan-Flint, USA
The presentation will discuss implementation of an innovative clinical practice program that integrated computerized
simulation, an electronic health record, point-of-care handheld health reference and telehealth resources throughout an
undergraduate nursing curriculum. The STEPS program created a student-centered learning environment that combined the
quality and safety education for nurses (QSEN) elements with informatics essentials for the undergraduate nursing students’
first introduction to clinical fundamentals. This foundation was integrated throughout the undergraduate nursing curriculum,
targeting learning objectives to develop student critical thinking and decision making skills appropriate to their academic level
(sophomore, junior and senior). Simulation case scenarios introduced students to progressive complexities of care and engaged
them in active-learning situations exploring health care issues across the life span. Scenarios provided student experiences in
acute care and community based settings. Core essentials of informatics were utilized in every simulation case scenario. Students
gained proficiency in using technology systems to promote, support and improve patient and staff safety, interdisciplinary
communication and the provision of patient centered care. Students learned the skills of navigating an electronic health record
(data entry, retrieval, communication, aggregation and evidence based practice decision making), use of point-of–care hand
held reference resources and telehealth methodologies in the delivery of care. Lessons learned by the project team in bringing
the project to life will be discussed along with recommendations for avoiding pitfalls in implementation. Approaches used to
build partnerships and support for the project from both internal and external perspectives will be examined.
Biography
Suzanne K Guzelaydin has completed her MS from the University of Michigan in 1982. Currently, she is a Lecturer II Faculty at the University of Michigan-Flint.
In 2008, she was funded for a 3 year Nurse Practice, Education and Retention grant from the Health Resource Service Administration (HRSA). She has given
presentations at National League of Nursing, American Academy of Nursing and Infusion Nurse Society Nation Conventions.
Suzanne K Guzelaydin, J Nurs Care 2016, 5:8(Suppl)