title: Using a standardized patient learning activity to teach baccalaureate nursing students about dementia care.
abstract: This department profiles an effort by faculty to integrate geriatric content into the baccalaureate curriculum, as a standardized patient experience. This content was developed for use in the senior-level psychiatric/mental health clinical course to increase the awareness and competencies of students in dealing with this aging patients with dementia.
authors.affiliation: Author Affiliations: Associate Professor (Dr Webster) and Professor (Dr DiBartolo), Department of Nursing, Salisbury University, Maryland.
authors.forename: Debra
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Webster
authors.forename: Mary C
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: DiBartolo
mesh_terms: D002983:Clinical Competence; D003704:Dementia / Q000451:nursing*; D004508:Education, Nursing, Baccalaureate / Q000458:organization & administration*; D005851:Geriatric Nursing / Q000193:education*; D006801:Humans; D007858:Learning; D015402:Nursing Education Research; D015403:Nursing Evaluation Research; D015404:Nursing Methodology Research; D013338:Students, Nursing / Q000523:psychology; D013663:Teaching / Q000379:methods*