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Transitional Care Experience in Home Health: Exposing Students to Care Transitions Through Scenarios and Simulation
Diane M Ellis1, Colleen Meakim, Patricia Prieto
1About the Authors Diane M. Ellis, MSN, RN, CCRN, is a clinical assistant professor, Villanova University College of Nursing, Scholar, Edmund J. Safra Visiting Nurse Faculty Program at the Parkinson's Disease Foundation, Villanova, Pennsylvania. Colleen Meakim, MSN, RN, CSHE, is director, Simulation and Learning Resource Center, Villanova University College of Nursing. Patricia Prieto, MBA, BSN, RN, CHSE, is a clinical skills specialist, Villanova University College of Nursing. Melissa O'Connor, PhD, MBA, RN, COS-C, is an assistant professor, Villanova University College of Nursing; associate faculty in the Center for Transitions in Health at the University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing. For more information, contact Professor Ellis at Diane.Ellis@villanova.edu.
Abstract:
Chronically ill older adults are at risk for avoidable adverse events especially during care transitions, the transfer to one care setting or one level of care to another. Because of the expected increase in the older adult population, increased demand for transitional care is anticipated. Despite the consistent call for expanded competencies in care transitions, nursing education has not incorporated these concepts into nursing curricula. To fill this gap, Villanova University developed patient care scenarios and simulations incorporating standardized patients to demonstrate the needs, risks, and potential complications associated with transitioning patients from acute care to home.
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