title: Using Docudrama in a New Graduate Nurse Residency Program: Stepping Into the Lives of Families Experiencing Dementia.
abstract: Hospitals are increasingly implementing residencies to help ensure that new graduate nurses are prepared to provide safe and effective care. At the Cleveland Clinic, a docudrama focused on ethical concerns in living with dementia was implemented into a 6-month pilot new graduate nurse residency program. Outcomes suggest that the docudrama helped nurse residents gain empathy and understanding through stepping into the lives of families experiencing dementia.
authors.forename: Jeanne Merkle
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Sorrell
authors.forename: Christine
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Szweda
mesh_terms: D017028:Caregivers / Q000941:ethics* / Q000523:psychology*; D003479:Curriculum; D003704:Dementia / Q000451:nursing*; D004324:Drama; D004511:Education, Nursing, Graduate / Q000379:methods* / Q000458:organization & administration; D005190:Family / Q000523:psychology*; D006801:Humans; D007397:Internship, Nonmedical / Q000379:methods*; D008093:Literature, Modern; D009820:Ohio; D010865:Pilot Projects; D013663:Teaching / Q000379:methods*; D014481:United States