Developing Family Care & Communication Skills in Simulation
Free Webinar for IFNA Members!
Description
Objectives:
- Familiarization with the Van Gelderen Family Care Rubric (VGFCR).
- Apply rubric to simulation video assessing family care and communication skills.
- Explore the potential applications of the VGFCR.
The Van Gelderen Family Care Rubric (VGFCR) was developed to provide nurse educators with a research-based tool to measure the family communication and assessment skills of healthcare students and staff during the debriefing stage of simulation. The rubric focusses on and measures the skills needed for optimum family nursing practice. The evidence-based constructs were developed from a comprehensive literature review originally conducted in 2015 and updated in 2018. An international, multi-site research study has validated the Van Gelderen Family Care Rubric and found this tool to be reliable for use with practicing nurses and students.
Participants attending the webinar will be introduced to the family-focused care and communication constructs of the rubric. Participants will observe a simulation video which was conducted at Children’s National Medical Center during the IFNC14 pre-conference workshop. Participants will have opportunity to apply the rubric using an online survey. This will be followed by a facilitated discussion on how the rubric can frame feedback for learners. Finally, we will discuss how this tool could be incorporated into their own simulation and educational programs.
Target Audience
This program is particularly relevant for all nursing educators interested in learning more about a research-based tool to measure family communication and assessment skills
of healthcare students and staff during the debriefing stage
of simulation.
Presenters
Amanda Garrow PhD, RN
Simulation Education Specialist, Children’s National Health System
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, The George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences
Amanda Garrow PhD, RN is a Simulation Education Specialist at Children’s National Health System and Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at The George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences in Washington DC. The focus of her work is inter-professional in situ simulation which emphasises important concepts such as communication and teamworking skills and a focus on enhancing patient safety and quality improvement. She is an experienced nurse educator who has served as a faculty member in both under graduate and post graduate nursing education in the United Kingdom. Her doctoral degree was conferred by the University of Manchester in the United Kingdom and explored the use of simulation in under graduate nurse education. Her clinical background is in Pediatric Emergency where she practiced as an Emergency Nurse Practitioner.
Stacey Van Gelderen DNP, MS, RN, PHN
Associate Professor, Minnesota State University, Mankato
Dr. Stacey Van Gelderen is an associate professor at Minnesota State University, Mankato, USA. She earned her Doctor of Nursing Practice degree from St. Catherine University in Minnesota. For the past 20 years, Dr. Van Gelderen’s teaching and clinical practice focus includes working with the obstetric, neonatal and pediatric populations. Dr. Van Gelderen serves on the IFNA Education Committee and Simulation, Technology and Informatics Sub-committee. Her research interests include developing a family focused electronic health record called SAFE-HR and recent international, multi-site research study validating the Van Gelderen Family Care Rubric to assist educators in developing nursing staff and students’ family care and communication skills.
This continuing nursing education activity was approved by the Ohio Nurses Association, an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation. (OBN-001-91) Assigned ONA #22752.
Please contact Debbie at [email protected], with any questions.
