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							Preparing Volunteer Nurses for
  Public Health Emergencies
        Betsy Weiner, Ph.D., R.N., B.C., FAAN
          Senior Associate Dean for Educational
            Informatics and
          Professor in Nursing and Biomedical Informatics
          School of Nursing
          Vanderbilt University
          Nashville, TN
         Research Aims for AHRQ Grant

   For Medical Reserves Corps (MRC) volunteer
    nurses, face to face vs. online learning will be
    compared
       To determine effectiveness
       To determine efficiency
       To define user characteristics that predict selection
        and completion of learning programs
       To determine the adequacy of technology
        integration in learning emergency response content
      Volunteer and Inactive Nurses

   Not currently working
    for responding
    organization
   Desire to learn
   Responding through
    local response
    structure via Medical
    Reserve Corps
Key Message to Nurses

             Theme of all modules
              is surge capacity
             Limitation of
              resources
             Planning is essential
             Be part of the plan!
                Value Shift: Triage

   Most good for the
    greatest number of
    people
   Critically ill patients
    are not always first;
    may be provided
    palliative care
   First module: The
    Tipping Point
               Unique Aspects

   Competencies created by International
    Nursing Coalition for Mass Casualty
    Education (INCMCE)
   Based on national “How People Learn”
    framework in conjunction with Little Planet
    Learning, Inc.
             How People Learn

   Students come with preconceptions
   Must have factual knowledge, but know
    how to organize and retrieve
   Must take control of own learning
   Learning environments must be learner-
    centered, knowledge-centered, assessment-
    centered, and community-centered
How People Learn Cycle
www.incmce.org