Integration of Experiential Learning Activities in Care of Older Adults

Susan Ellis-Hermansen (Instructor and Learning Resource Coordinator) and Ann Sossong (Asst. Professor of Nursing) will purchase simulation kits, board games, and a model to help integrate gerontological nursing content into existing courses. For students to fully appreciate the experience of aging and how this impacts delivery of nursing care, they need experiential learning, which this grant will add to several required nursing courses, affecting at least sixty students a year. Educating the next generation of nurses to be knowledgeable about aging is especially important in Maine, which has an aging population and a shortage of highly-trained nurses.