College of Nursing, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, USA.
College of Nursing, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, USA.
J Prof Nurs. 2019 May-Jun;35(3):228-239. doi: 10.1016/j.profnurs.2019.01.007. Epub 2019 Jan 25.
The number of Americans ages 65 and older is projected to more than double over the next four decades and to equal nearly one-fourth of the entire population by 2060. Recognizing that the health care workforce in the United States is not sufficiently prepared to meet the care needs of this growing population, the National Academy of Medicine has recommended curricular enhancements for health professional educational programs. To meet this challenge, the University of South Florida College of Nursing applied curriculum mapping principles and concepts to examine and align Family Nurse Practitioner and Adult-Gerontology Primary Care Nurse Practitioner program curricula for congruence with Partnership for Health in Aging multidisciplinary geriatric competencies. Through this process, we developed a geriatric-specific curriculum map and threaded geriatric-specific content, learning experiences, and learning assessment strategies to promote attainment of all 23 competencies. Given the growing role that nurse practitioners are projected to play in the delivery of primary care for older adults in the future, it is imperative that colleges and schools of nursing provide students with learning experiences to support attainment of the knowledge and skills graduates will need to care for older adults in practice. The techniques and strategies described here represent our approach.
预计在未来四十年内，美国 65 岁及以上人口数量将增加一倍以上，到 2060 年，这一数字将接近总人口的四分之一。由于认识到美国的医疗保健劳动力尚未充分准备好满足这一不断增长的人口的护理需求，美国国家医学院已建议对卫生专业教育计划的课程进行加强。为了应对这一挑战，南佛罗里达大学护理学院应用课程映射原则和概念，检查并调整家庭护士从业者和成人老年初级保健护士从业者课程，以符合老龄化多学科老年能力的健康老龄化伙伴关系。通过这个过程，我们开发了一个特定于老年病学的课程图，并将特定于老年病学的内容、学习经验和学习评估策略串联起来，以促进所有 23 项能力的实现。鉴于预计未来护士从业者在为老年人提供初级保健方面将发挥更大的作用，护理学院和学校必须为学生提供学习经验，以支持毕业生在实践中照顾老年人所需的知识和技能的获得。这里描述的技术和策略代表了我们的方法。
