Going Virtual: Transitioning an Older Adult Community Health Clinical Course to Online During COVID-19

Nursing students in a community health course implemented a quality improvement project with active older adults (AOA). This article describes a process for transitioning an in-person community health quality improvement (QI) project to online.

To communicate with AOA, students created a blog, "Healthy Living From Home," that enabled communication among the AOA, partner organizations staff, and students. A quick response code was created that linked to the 6-week program. At the end of the 6 weeks, participants were asked to complete a survey.

Data collected from the QI project website tracked more than 1,000 visits to the blog. Participants rated project enjoyment, helpfulness, and educational content as 4.5 on a 5-point Likert scale.

Using a multifocal online format to engage with AOA was successful and can continue to be used in the future. [.