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Virtual Resources for Nursing Education and Practice
Virtual Nursing Clinical Education
Eastern Michigan University nursing faculty, with support from the MDHHS-ONP, developed five unique simulation products to aid nursing educators across the State of Michigan in implementing alternative clinical experiences. These educational materials aim to prepare nursing students to deliver culturally sensitive care by increasing awareness of multiple social determinants of health:
- Health literacy
- Evaluating patient/family/community level factors related to health, access and barriers to healthcare, and developing effective communication strategies and nursing interventions.
The University of Michigan School of Nursing, with support from the MDHHS-ONP, has created several distinct resources to enhance virtual nursing education.
- Facilitator Guide to Using the XR Innovation for Healthcare Videos: Caring for Patients who are Deaf or hard of hearing (umich.edu)
- This series of immersive 360 videos were created to support health care providers in their care of patients who are Deaf or hard of hearing.
- Blok, A. C., Bach-Stante, D., Merlotti, A., Schoville, R., Jones, H., Davis, K., ... & Aebersold, M. (2023). Educational 360-video development for clinical practice improvement toward Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing Population. Clinical Simulation in Nursing, 83, 101436.
- Additional resource: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecns.2023.101436
- Caring for Military Veterans | nursingnixr (umich.edu)
- Caring for veterans from all branches of the military can create opportunities to honor those who have served our country. This resource will help those who work with our veterans learn about some best practices in communicating and delivering care.
- Through the eyes of | University of Michigan School of Nursing (umich.edu)
- Developed by nurses for healthcare professionals working with underserved populations in community settings, this immersive training program advances cultural humility, empathy, & implicit bias awareness among nursing students and community staff/volunteers.
The following webinar recording provides professional development to educators embarking on the exciting journey of using virtual simulations in education and training.
Academic Practice Partnership Demonstration (2020-2021)
This project was implemented at multiple ambulatory care practice locations by Wayne State University, with support from the MDHHS-ONP, to develop a replicable, immersive, technologically supported clinical education experience for nurse practitioner (NP) students in three geographically distinct and complex practice-based environments in medically underserved or health professional shortage areas of Michigan. Distance robotic clinical evaluation methodology using Double Robotic and TytoCare products were used to support efficient, tele-present oversight of the clinical placements.
- MDHHS ONP Advanced Practice Partnership Demonstration: 2021 Evaluation Report
- MDHHS ONP Advanced Practice Partnership Demonstration: 2020 Evaluation Report
Virtual Nursing Clinical Skills Assessment and Remediation
Ferris State School of Nursing faculty and staff, in partnership with four practice institutions and with support from the MDHHS-ONP, developed the following resource for nursing students and practicing nurses. The included videos may be used for new learning or remediation in cardiac arrest, de-escalation (crisis intervention), and immunization delivery.