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Gerontological Community-Academic Partnership For An Msn Internship, Francine Serafin-Dickson
Gerontological Community-Academic Partnership For An Msn Internship, Francine Serafin-Dickson
Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) Projects
The growing population of older adults beckons nursing education to evolve and prepare the future nursing workforce with skills and knowledge to coordinate care for the community-dwelling older adult (gerontological) population. The purpose of this project is to develop, implement, and evaluate academic partnerships with agencies serving community-dwelling older adults for the Master of Science in Nursing (MSN) Clinical Nurse Leader (CNL) students. The formation of Community-Academic Partnerships (CAP) offers the opportunity for an experiential learning internship in combination with a gerontological curriculum. The curriculum is integrated into the CNL role courses and internship, focusing on person-centered interactions with older …