Infusing Geropsychiatric Nursing into Curricula - Resources for Teaching Key Concept IV.F. (Quality Improvement Initiatives)
Quality mental health care for older adults must be a priority. Nurses play an important role in developing, implementing, evaluating and maintaining quality health initiatives. This may include the implementation and evaluation of new evidence-based protocols within a continuous quality improvement project model. Attention to improving overall health care for older adults with mental illness and cognitive impairment within a quality framework is critical.
This product contains resources that address the following:
- Long term care
- Health care initiatives
Increase knowledge regarding nurse-led quality health care initiatives.
Each of the 27 products based on the Key Concepts provides access to curriculum/teaching materials to assist faculty to infuse the geropsychiatric nursing competency enhancements into course objectives, teaching strategies, didactic content, and/or clinical experiences of relevant educational programs. These include entry level and advanced practice nursing programs in psychiatric-mental health, adult/gerontological, family, women’s health or acute care, or stand-alone geropsychiatric nursing or continuing education courses. The resources may be adapted for use with a range of learners, as indicated in each description. Each resource has been identified as appropriate to teaching the Key Concept and is described in detail.