Submitter Information

Author: Marian Nowak, DNP, MPH, RN, CSN
Title: Assistant Professor
Institution: UMDNJ/Rutgers School of Nursing
Email: nowakmk@umdnj.edu

Competency Category(s)
Patient-Centered Care, Teamwork and Collaboration

Learner Level(s)
Pre-Licensure ADN/Diploma, Pre-Licensure BSN

Learner Setting(s)
Classroom

Strategy Type
General Strategy

Learning Objectives

Through participation in this activity students will:

• Performs ADL of a
  simulated geriatric patient ( affective domain)

• Demonstrate how to overcome
  common barriers of physically limited senior citizens. (kinetic domain).

• Describe nursing
  interventions used to for care for elderly in a community setting. (cognitive
  domain).

• List appropriate
  strategies to assist elderly live in a safe, independent and emotionally
  enriching environment (cognitive domain).       

Strategy Overview

This activity provides the learner valuable information about the challenges and safety
issues often encountered by physically impaired senior citizens during
activities of daily living. Students have an opportunity to experience life as
a senior citizen living with physical challenges.

The focus of this
activity is to educate students about the QSEN competencies as they apply to a
geriatric population. Students learn to assist a geriatric patient within a
community context. In this activity, students “walk into” a typical day in the
life of a physically challenged senior citizen.

Nursing support measures go far
beyond the hospital setting. Student nurses soon realize nurses support
patients in many ways: physically (i.e. medications and treatment), emotionally
(i.e. through touch, words of comfort) and spiritually (i.e. supporting their
spiritual beliefs and prayer).

During this activity students read
a case study, then practice the role of a nurse caring for a senior citizen.
They also role play using many realistic classroom “props” to simulate life as
a physically challenged older person. Lastly they reflect on the learning
activity.

Submitted Materials

Additional Materials

Evaluation Description

A “Minute Paper” was used prior to the activity which evaluated students KSA.
Informal evaluation was accomplished by noting discussion about their
experience and through the post activity “Minute Paper”.  The faculty member will review the minute
papers content and provide feedback to further assist the student in meeting
clinical objectives and that promote QSEN competencies.

The skills outlined in post activity discussion were included in the cumulative
exam with a 94 correct response rate on questions that relate to this content.