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- Developing Interprofessional Education and Practice in Oral Health
- Importance of Oral-Systemic Health in Older Adults
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- Oral Health for the Older Adult Living in the Community
- Elder Abuse in the United States
- Geriatric Syndromes
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- Student-Led Geriatric Nursing Conference: Evidence in Practice
- Teaching Oral Health Care for Older Adults
- Using Case Study Betsy to Understand Down's Syndrome & Dementia
- Using Cinema to Enhance Teaching Issues Related to Older Adults
- Using the Monologue of Doris Smith to Understand Situational Decision-Making
- Caring for the Caregiver
- Caring for the Older Adult at Risk for Falling
- Coordinating and Managing Care During Transitions Among Care Settings
- End-of-Life Decision Making for Older Adults: Competent and Compassionate Care
- Myths of Aging
- Using Continuing Care Retirement Communities to Enhance a Better Understanding of Older Adults
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ACE.S Unfolding Cases
An unfolding case is one that evolves over time in a manner that is unpredictable to the learner. New situations develop and are revealed with each encounter. Every ACE unfolding case uses the highly regarded unfolding case model developed for Advancing Care Excellence for Seniors (ACE.S) . Each case includes the following:
- A first-person monologue that introduces the family and the complex problems they are facing.
- Simulation scenarios designed to help students practice assessing function and expectations of their patient(s), with links to appropriate evidence-based assessment tools. Suggestions for debriefing are included.
- An innovative final assignment that asks students to finish the story .
- Instructor toolkits with suggestions on how to use the various components of the unfolding cases and incorporate them into the curriculum.
These unfolding cases combine the power of storytelling with the experiential nature of simulation scenarios. They are intended to create a robust, meaningful experience for students, one that provides a simulated experience of continuity of care and that will help them integrate the Essential Knowledge Domains and Nursing Actions into their practice of nursing. We hope you will give them a try! Standardized/Simulated patients are recommended for all ACE simulations. If you are not already familiar with the Association for Standardized Patient Educators Standards of Best Practice, we encourage you to review them.
Learn more about unfolding cases by visiting the How to Use an Unfolding Case page.
Sherman "Red" Yoder
Nln leadership development program for simulation educators project mapping the ace.s unfolding cases to the aacn essentials.
Project Disclaimer: Simulation leadership projects are a requirement for the Leadership Development Program for Simulation Educators. All projects are then placed within SIRC for the benefit of the nursing education community. Inclusion of this specific project does not constitute an endorsement by the NLN of the AACN Essentials.
Unfolding Cases with Older Adults from Other ACE Programs
Butch sampson (ace.v), eugene shaw (ace.v), ertha williams (ace.z), george palo (ace.z), judy and karen jones (ace.z), mike walker (ace+).
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