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Blood, Sweat, and Tears: The Development of the Clinical Learning Center for Nursing Education. Lori Clay, MSN, RN, CPN Clinical Learning Center Coordinator Arkansas State University. Problem. Donald W. Reynolds Foundation Grant 12 – Month Faculty Position Why Me?. Solution.
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Blood, Sweat, and Tears: The Development of the Clinical Learning Center for Nursing Education Lori Clay, MSN, RN, CPN Clinical Learning Center Coordinator Arkansas State University
Problem • Donald W. Reynolds Foundation Grant • 12 – Month Faculty Position • Why Me?
Solution • Practice What We Teach • Look Before You Leap (Jarzernsky and McGrath, 2008) • Daunting Task (Starkweather and Kardong-Edgren, 2008) • Diffusion of Innovation: Embedding Simulation into Nursing Curricula (Starkweather and Kardong-Edgren, 2008)
The Beginning • Knowledge • Aware of innovation and how it functions • Persuasion • Favorable or unfavorable attitude • Decision • Engages in activities that lead to a choice • Implementation • Puts to use • Confirmation • Evaluation
Outcomes • Continual Process • Success • Trials and Tribulations
Where We Are Now • Innovators • 2.5% • Early Adopters • 13.5% • Early Majority • 34% • Late Majority • 34% • Laggards • 16%