title: Preparing tomorrow's nursing home nurses: the wisconsin long term care clinical scholars program.
abstract: Preparing future nurses to care for the growing population of older adults has become a national priority. The demand for long term care services is expected to double between 2000 and 2040, yet the field remains stigmatized as an undesirable place for highly skilled nurses to work. Recent efforts to increase student preparation in geriatrics have been shown to improve student attitudes toward working with older adults and increase knowledge, but long term care settings remain unattractive to students. This article reports on the development, implementation, and evaluation of The Wisconsin Long Term Care Clinical Scholars Program, a nursing home internship for baccalaureate nursing students. The program couples a paid nursing home work experience with an evidence-based long term care nursing curriculum. The program increased student preparation and interest in working both with older adults and in nursing homes, while increasing the capacity of nursing homes to provide a positive student experience.
authors.affiliation: a School of Nursing , University of Wisconsin-Madison , Madison , Wisconsin , USA.
authors.forename: Kim
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Nolet
authors.forename: Tonya
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Roberts
authors.forename: Andrea
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Gilmore-Bykovskyi
authors.forename: Rachel
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Roiland
authors.forename: Colleen
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Gullickson
authors.forename: Brenda
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Ryther
authors.forename: Barbara J
authors.initials: BJ
authors.lastname: Bowers
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D002983:Clinical Competence; D004493:Education / Q000379:methods; D005851:Geriatric Nursing / Q000193:education / Q000379:methods; D006707:Homes for the Aged; D006801:Humans; D008134:Long-Term Care / Q000379:methods / Q000523:psychology; D009735:Nursing Homes; D015397:Program Evaluation; D013338:Students, Nursing / Q000523:psychology*; D014922:Wisconsin
keywords: content analysis; geriatric education; internship; long term care; nursing education