Creating a Gerontological Nursing Digital Repository Within a Learning Management System.

Area of Science:

• Nursing Education
• Gerontological Nursing
• Curriculum Development

Background:

• Faculty face challenges in delivering competency-based gerontological nursing education.
• Multiple course sections and varied faculty necessitate standardized, high-quality learning materials.

Purpose of the Study:

• To create a peer-reviewed, curated repository of gerontological learning materials.
• To address the need for consistent and effective instructional resources in gerontological nursing.

Main Methods:

• Reviewed syllabi for prelicensure and RN-to-baccalaureate gerontological nursing courses.
• Utilized Stufflebeam's CIPP model and the Learning Object Review Instrument to evaluate eLearning materials.
• Completed a crosswalk between syllabi and American Association of Colleges of Nursing geriatric competencies.

Main Results:

• Identified valuable eLearning materials through systematic review and faculty consensus.
• Organized and placed curated content into the learning management system.
• Established a framework for evaluating and integrating gerontological nursing resources.

Conclusions:

• The developed repository serves as a model for enhancing gerontological nursing curricula.
• This initiative can be replicated by faculty in other specialty areas for curriculum improvement.
• Provides readily available, multifaceted instructional resources to support nursing education.