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ECLEPs Developed Materials
Aging in Oregon Understanding Long Term CareEducational Power Point Presentations
Developed by ECLEPs Grant Partners and OHSU School of Nursing Partners, full versions updated July 2011 with video links. Individual video slides also available for download below.
Module 1 Demographics and Definitions
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Module 2 The Oregon System
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Module 3 Finance
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Module 4 Culture Change & The Emerging Role of the Nurse in LTC
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Individual Slides with Video Links
Instructions: To view videos,download, then right click on name of interviewee (in yellow) and select open hyperlink, or you can click view slideshow then select the yellow hyperlink.
Slide 1 Watch and listen to nurses share their thoughts on working with an older population, describe how they got started working in long term care, and why they do it.
Slide 2 Nurses share their experiences of a typical day in long term care.
Slide 3 A long term care nurse describes the challenges of supporting the needs of Medicaid patients.
Slide 4a Nurses who are working in long term care share their thoughts about the rewards and challenges of this role.
Slide 4b Nurses who are working in long term care share their advice for nursing students
Age Related Changes Flyer
Download double sided flyer
A visual overview of age related changes by organ system includes consequences of functional and phsiologic changes. Please download and share.Color coated, laminated copies are available by request for ECLEPs Partners.
PHI Cheat Sheet
Developed by ECLEPs Team. For easy reference and use on a clipboard, or other handy place!
The cheat sheet bullets the Primary Coaching Skills including key descriptors of each skill, and provides a step approach to Presenting the Problem.
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Gerontology Enduring Understanding Ideas
This document was developed in June 2010 OCNE faculty from Rogue Community College and Oregon Health & Science School of Nursing Ashland/Klamath Falls faculty. The purpose of this document is to list of essential concepts related to geronotologic nursing that fit within the chronic illness courses.
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Learning Activities Developed for use in Long-Term Care and Assisted Living Settings
These resources and activities have been developed for use by students in Long Term Care settings.Assessment of Older Adults in Assisted Living Facilities
Developed by Dr. Joanne Noone of Oregon Health and Science University, hosted on the OCNE LARGO Website and available for download here.
Download Assisted Living Assessment Forms
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Concept Based Dementia Activity
Developed by Terry Ross of Oregon Health and Science University
The purpose of this learning activity is to provide the student with an opportunity to experience a therapeutic relationship with a resident who has dementia.
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Download Seminar Instructions
Download Grading Guidelines
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Culture Change Project
Developed by Anna Lewis MSN, RN of Rogue Community College.
This assignment reflects a four day rotation for 2nd year nursing students in long term care. It is a culture change journey to enhance students' perception of older adults and the transition to alternative living situations. This rotation is also designed to increase awareness and desirability of working with residents in alternate health care settings.
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Environmental Assessment of Older Adults Learning Activity.
Students identify and assess ways in which the environment impacts function.
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Functional Assessment of Older Adults Learning Activity.
Prepares students to use the Katz Basic Activities of Daily Living Scale and Instrumental Activities of Daily Living Scale (Lawton & Brody. Students Identify functional abilities and limitations of the older adults and demonstrate competencies in functional assessment of the older adults.
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Fall Prevention Project Learning Activity.
Students visit an older adult over one quarter or semester, conduct falls risk assessment and other relevant assessments for older adults, identify risk factors and make nursing recommendations based on research.
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Medication Cabinet Audit Learning Activity.
Students work with an older adult and inventory their medicine cabinet, complete a nursing assessment, analyze the information obtained for potential and actual drug interactions, and develop a teaching plan.
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OlderAdultFocus.org
The second edition of the Older Adult Focus CD-ROM is now available for FREE. This is a excellent resource developed by ECLEPs Partners to assist nurses, other health professionals, and others who work with older adults to develop and evaluate nine competencies for working with older adults.
Population-based Care Conference
Developed by Cyndee McDaniel, RN, MS, of OHSU School of Nursing.
Population-based Care is intended to prepare registered nurses in the practice of community and public health nursing enabling them to contribute to the overall public health mission of assuring conditions conducive to health.
The 4-credits (120 hours) of clinically-focused activities include 80 hours in a community nursing service project either at an partner agency or guided by course faculty in the community. Assignments are made based on agency availability, student learning, and faculty assessment. Students are expected to spend 8-10 hours a week in the community engaged in this community nursing service project. Students present their project for peer review at a community practice conference during the 10th week of the term.This clinical assignment has been successfully conducted by students in ECLEPS partner settings in skilled nursing and assisted living facilities.
Download PDF to read examples of projects presented at the Summer 2011 conference.
Sensory Changes Learning Activity. Using a self-contained kit of materials student can simulate various sensory changes.
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Transitions: Older Adults and Different Health Care Settings Learning Activity. Students work with or observe an older adult and their family member
(or caregiver) during a time that they are being discharged from one
setting to another. Utilizing a worksheet the student explores all of the
issues that should be taken into consideration by nursing to assure a
smooth transition, particularly communication between facilities and the
older adult’s functional status.
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Articles
Best Practices Initiative Nurturing Partnerships that Promote Change.
Harvath, T.A., Flaherty-Robb, M., White, D.L., Amann Talerico, K. and Hayden, C. (2007). Journal of Gerontological Nursing, 33(11): 19-26.
Partners in Caregiving in a Special Care Environment: Cooperative Communication Between Staff and Families on Dementia Units.
Robinson, J., Curry, L., Gruman, C., Porter, M., Henderson, C. R., Pillemer, K. (2007). The Gerontologist, 47(4): 504-515.
Evidence Based Practice Resources
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)Evidence Based Practice Centers (EPC) reports, clinical guidelines, and much more.
American Journal of Nursing- Nursing Center
Many evidence based practice resources.
CDC Fall prevention resources
Consult GeriRN
Online resources for care of older adults. Many are evidence based.
E-Ageing, Western Australian Centre for Health Aging
E-Ageing provides education and resources about the aging process and associated diseases, a very interactive and well designed web resource.
Evidence-Based Nursing: Guide and Tools
A list of links to evidence based health care information from McMaster University.
John H Hartford Foundation - Institute for Geriatric Nursing
Try This A series of assessment tools provide knowledge of best practices in the care of older adults(Try this).
Joanna Briggs Institute Best Practice in Allied Health
Best Practice: Evidence-based information sheets.
National Guidelines Clearinghouse
A public resource for evidence-based clinical practice guidelines
Nursing Best Practice Guidelines
From the Registered Nurses Association of Ontario, in-depth guidelines for a variety of conditions.
Oncology Nursing Society Evidence-Based Practice Resource Area
Includes guides to identify critically appraise and use evidence to solve clinical problems and in developing evidence-based practice protocols.
RCN Clinical Guidelines
From the Royal College of Nursing
University of Anchorage Alaska Health Sciences Information Services
Resources related to EBP, includes a quantitative and qualitative evidence hierarchy.
Online Tutorials/Users Guides
Evidence Based Medicine: Finding the Best Clinical Literature
From the University of Illinois at Chicago Health Sciences Library this guide is designed to assist health care professionals and students become effective and efficient users of the medical literature.
Evidence Based Nursing
An overview of EBN from the University of Minnesota
Searching the Medical Literature for the Best Evidence
A tutorial from the University of North Carolina Health Sciences Library designed to teach you how to select and search key resources to locate evidence-based information for clinical decision-making.
Continuing Education Resources
MedEd Today
Online education for health professionals
Medscape
Many resources, several resource centers, articles, continuing education and more…
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