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JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF NURSE PRACTITIONERS
Volume 33, Issue 5, Pages 391-397Publisher
LIPPINCOTT WILLIAMS & WILKINS
DOI: 10.1097/JXX.0000000000000303
Keywords
Competency; curriculum; nurse practitioner; rural health; telehealth
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- Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) [D09HP28685]
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Telehealth plays a vital role in improving access to healthcare, but many nurse practitioner students graduate without adequate academic preparation in telehealth, making them feel unprepared to use it in practice. Developing evidence-based competencies and curriculum in telehealth can significantly enhance students' confidence and skills in this area, demonstrating the importance of incorporating telehealth concepts into the curriculum for nurse practitioner students.
Telehealth improves access to health care and has seen rapid expansion in recent years. Nurse practitioner (NP) students are expected to be able to use telehealth to provide health care on graduation; however, many programs of study do not include telehealth in the academic preparation of students. As a result, students feel unprepared to use telehealth to provide care to patients. To meet this need, a land-grant institution developed evidence-based competencies and curriculum to educate NP students in the area of telehealth. Curriculum included presentations, assignments, and simulation in the area of telehealth. Participants included 156 female and 15 male family nurse practitioner (FNP) students. Using a Likert scale from 1 (very unprepared) to 4 (very prepared), students indicated their knowledge and skill level for each telehealth competency area before and after the content delivery. Each competency demonstrated a significant increase in FNP student confidence and ability when comparing the pretest and posttest mean (p = .000). Outcomes of the project demonstrated the importance of including telehealth concepts into the curriculum for NP students to meet the needs and expectations of health care systems.
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