Brief
Mobilizing Gerontological Nursing Education The GNEC Podcast Project Melissa Aselage, MSN, RN, FNP-BC
Abstract Capturing
baccalaureate
nursing
student interest in gerontological nursing content can be challenging. Using technology, a joint project based on the Geriatric Nursing Education Consortium (GNEC) modules produced podcasts focused on nine major topics of care for older adults: atypical presentation, cancer, critical thinking, dementia, diabetes, geriatric resources, heart disease, intensive care, and interdisciplinary teams. © 2010/Photos.com
Each podcast lays a foundation of content for faculty to build on in the classroom and at the bedside.
About the Author
Ms. Aselage is a John A. Hartford Building Academic Geriatric Nursing Capacity (BAGNC) Scholar (2009-2011), Lecturer, University of North Carolina Wilmington, Wilmington, North Carolina, and doctoral student, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina. The author discloses that she has no significant financial interests in any product or class of products discussed directly or indirectly in this activity. The author acknowledges the generous support of the John A. Hartford Foundation’s Building Academic Geriatric Nursing Capacity award program. Address correspondence to Melissa Aselage, MSN, RN, FNP-BC, John A. Hartford BAGNC Scholar (2009-2011) and Lecturer, University of North Carolina Wilmington, 601 South College Road, Wilmington, NC 28403; e-mail:
[email protected]. Accepted: April 30, 2010 Posted: June 22, 2010 doi:10.3928/00989134-20100527-01 Journal of Gerontological Nursing • Vol. 36, No. 7, 2010
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reparing students to meet the demands of the workforce caring for older adults is a national need (Institute of Medicine, 2008). Learning is no longer limited to the four walls of a classroom. The Internet has markedly expanded access to information, and students need information technology skills to continue to access information as lifelong learners (Skiba, Conners, & Jeffries, 2008). As a faculty member, I began to podcast my own gerontological
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nursing lectures to undergraduate nursing students in an effort to test their use of technology. Students reported listening while they walked their dog on the beach, exercised, cooked dinner, and rode in their cars. The podcasts seemed to be a way to incorporate learning into their lives and generate an interest in gerontological nursing content. I had the opportunity to share a podcast proposal during a site visit for the St. Louis Geriatric Nursing Education Consortium (GNEC). This was the beginning of a joint project among the American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN) GNEC, the New York University Hartford Institute for Geriatric Nursing, and the University of North Carolina Wilmington (UNCW). As the project began, baccalaureate nursing students completing a stand-alone gerontology course at the UNCW School of Nursing were asked to volunteer to help create two podcasts using the GNEC case study interwoven with didactic content in an “evolving case study” format (Aselage, Brock, et al., 2009; Aselage, Cox, et al., 2009). A third podcast was created in a “talk show” format with interviews of two gerontological nursing experts for the Geriatric Resources module (Aselage, Mezey, & Gray-Miceli, 2009). In the summer of 2009, the faculty presenters at the GNEC meeting in Philadelphia recorded content based on the original GNEC white papers (Balas, Casey, & Happ, 2008; Chyun, Coviello, & Stephen, 2008; Evans, 2008; McDonald & Gray-Miceli, 2008; Overcash, 2008; Wexler & Siegler, 2008). These podcasts, each less than 30 minutes in length, introduce the topics: cancer, dementia, diabetes, heart disease, intensive care unit care, and use of interdisciplinary teams (Aselage & Beckie, 2009;
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Aselage & Happ, 2009; Aselage & Jefferson, 2009; Aselage & Overcash, 2009; Aselage & Puentes, 2009; Aselage, Wexler, & D’Amico, 2009). Nursing instructors can build on the podcast lecture content and use the accompanying case studies in the classroom with students. A total of nine GNEC podcasts are currently available at http://consultgerirn. org/resources/gnec_podcasts/. References
Aselage, M., & Beckie, T. (Producers). (2009). Assessment and management of heart disease related to complex care of older adults [Audiovisual podcast]. Retrieved from the ConsultGeriRN.org website: http://consultgerirn.org/resources/gnec_ podcasts/ Aselage, M., Brock, L., Buchanan, C., Cray, D., Edwards, L., Gaines, S., et al. (Producers). (2009). Atypical presentation in older adults with complex illness [Audiovisual podcast]. Retrieved from the ConsultGeriRN.org website: http://consultgerirn.org/resources/gnec_ podcasts/ Aselage, M., Cox, A., Cox, R., Bodnar, A., Grimsley, K., Hardin, M., et al. (Producers). (2009). Critical thinking related to complex care of older adults [Audiovisual podcast]. Retrieved from the ConsultGeriRN. org website: http://consultgerirn.org/ resources/gnec_podcasts/ Aselage, M., & Happ, M.B. (Producers). (2009). Assessment and management of older adults with complex illness in the critical care unit [Audiovisual podcast]. Retrieved from the ConsultGeriRN. org website: http://consultgerirn.org/ resources/gnec_podcasts/ Aselage, M., & Jefferson, V. (Producers). (2009). Assessment and management of type II diabetes in older adults with complex care needs [Audiovisual podcast]. Retrieved from the ConsultGeriRN. org website: http://consultgerirn.org/ resources/gnec_podcasts/ Aselage, M., Mezey, M., & Gray-Miceli, D. (Producers). (2009). Geriatric resources [Audiovisual podcast]. Retrieved from the ConsultGeriRN.org website: http:// consultgerirn.org/resources/gnec_ podcasts/ Aselage, M., & Overcash, J. (Producers). (2009). Assessment and management of cancer related to older adults with complex care needs [Audiovisual podcast]. Retrieved from the ConsultGeriRN. org website: http://consultgerirn.org/ resources/gnec_podcasts/ Aselage, M., & Puentes, W. (Producers). (2009). Complex care needs in older adults
with dementia: Background and general interventions [Audiovisual podcast]. Retrieved from the ConsultGeriRN. org website: http://consultgerirn.org/ resources/gnec_podcasts/ Aselage, M., Wexler, S., & D’Amico, C. (Producers). (2009). Interdisciplinary teams for older adults with complex care needs [Audiovisual podcast]. Retrieved from the ConsultGeriRN.org website: http://consultgerirn.org/resources/gnec_ podcasts/ Balas, M.C., Casey, C.M., & Happ, M.B. (2008). Assessment and management of older adults with complex illness in the critical care unit. Retrieved from the Hartford Institute for Geriatric Nursing website: http://hartfordign.org/uploads/ File/gnec_state_of_science_papers/gnec_ critical_care.pdf Chyun, D.A., Coviello, J., & Stephen, S. (2008). Assessment and management of heart disease related to complex care of older adults. Retrieved from the Hartford Institute for Geriatric Nursing website: http://hartfordign.org/uploads/ File/gnec_state_of_science_papers/gnec_ heart_disease.pdf Evans, L. (2008). Complex care needs in older adults with common cognitive disorders. Section A: Assessment and management of dementia. Retrieved from the Hartford Institute for Geriatric Nursing website: http://hartfordign.org/uploads/ File/gnec_state_of_science_papers/gnec_ dementia.pdf Institute of Medicine. (2008). Retooling for an aging America: Building the health care workforce. Retrieved from the National Academies Press website: http://books. nap.edu/openbook.php?record_id=12089 McDonald, K., & Gray-Miceli, D. (2008). Assessment and management of type 2 diabetes in older adults with complex care needs. Retrieved from the Hartford Institute for Geriatric Nursing website: http:// hartfordign.org/uploads/File/gnec_state_ of_science_papers/gnec_type_2_diabetes. pdf Overcash, J. (2008). Assessment and management of cancer related care of older adults with complex care needs. Retrieved from the Hartford Institute for Geriatric Nursing website: http://hartfordign. org/uploads/File/gnec_state_of_science_ papers/gnec_cancer_care.pdf Skiba, D.J., Conners, H.R., & Jeffries, P.R. (2008). Information technologies and the transformation of nursing education. Nursing Outlook, 56, 225-230. Wexler, S.S., & Siegler, E.L. (2008). Models of care and inter-professional care related to complex care needs of older adults. Retrieved from the Hartford Institute for Geriatric Nursing website: http://hartfordign. org/uploads/File/gnec_state_of_science_ papers/gnec_interdisciplinary_care.pdf
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