SPECIAL SESSION: Framework for Simulation & Emerging Technologies for Point-of-Care Transformation

Description/Overview: The demand to transform healthcare has major implications for every faculty member. Technology and simulation will play a significant role in the transformation of practice at the point of care( where the hands of those who give and receive care meet). The faculty of this decade face a challenge never experienced by their predecessors. It is no longer enough to bridge the gap between education and reality but it is essential that faculty prepare a student to live in, and lead the work to create a transformed healthcare system. The unique challenge is that the preparation is not for today's reality but tomorrow's transformed reality which will be accountable for evidenced based, interdisciplinary, integrated, individualized care across the continuum that is based on a professional practice framework. The lessons learned from over 260 rural, community and university clinical settings engaged in point of care transformation and the impact it has on students, faculty and new graduates will provide insights into the strategy that uses a professional practice framework to guide the design, development, content, and evaluation of simulation and technology in nursing education.