Initiatives

Nursing Education, Practice, Quality, and Retention (NEPQR) Simulation Education Training (SET) Program

NEPQR SET Overview FACTS Academy

The purpose of the Vanderbilt Nursing Education, Practice, Quality, and Retention (NEPQR) Simulation Education Training (SET) Program is to enhance nurse education and strengthen the nursing workforce through two pathways. First, we increase faculty skills, knowledge, and use of simulation during the Faculty Academy for Clinical Teaching in Simulation (FACTS Academy). Second, by increasing training opportunities for nursing students using simulation-based technology, we will achieve the goal of increasing the number and capacity of nursing students to address healthcare needs and improve patient outcomes of rural and/or medically underserved populations.

Goals & Objectives

The goal of the NEPQR-SET program is to increase the number and capacity of nursing students by addressing the health care needs and improving patient outcomes of rural and/or medically underserved populations.

  • Objective 1: Develop Partnerships

    Expand academic-clinical partnerships to create experiential learning opportunities that prepare nursing students to efficiently address health equity for rural and underserved populations

  • Objective 2: Provide Simulation Training

    Enhance training for faculty with a 3-day SET Faculty Academy to prepare faculty in using simulation-based technology

  • Objective 3: Establish interprofessional NEPQR-SET Training

    Using the International Nursing Association for Clinical Simulation and Learning (INACLS) competencies, plan, develop, select and test a collaborative interprofessional NEPQR-SET of virtual, manikin, and standardized patient simulations

  • Objective 4: Develop Evaluation Metrics

    Develop evaluation metrics to test level two sub-competencies for the NEPQR-SET using virtual, manikin, and standardized patient simulations

  • Objective 5: Integrate Simulation Education

    Integrate simulation education focused on promoting health equity and cultural competence in the clinical priority areas of Behavioral/Mental health including Homelessness, Maternal and Child Health, and Aging Populations

  • Objective 6: Increase Diversity of the Nursing Workforce

    Increase the diversity of the nursing workforce to better address the needs of the populations they serve by recruiting and supporting students and faculty, including those from diverse populations.

Team

  • JoEllen Holt, DNP, APRN, CCNS, CEN, CHSE, CSSBB

    JoEllen Holt, DNP, APRN, CCNS, CEN, CHSE, CSSBB

    Project Director

  • Angela McNelis, PhD, RN, FAAN, ANEF, CNE

    Angela McNelis, PhD, RN, FAAN, ANEF, CNE

    Program Evaluator

  • Julia Steed, PhD, RN, APRN, FNP-BC

    Julia Steed, PhD, RN, APRN, FNP-BC

    FNP Leadership Liaison

  • Mary Lauren Pfieffer, DNP, FNP-BC, CNE, CPN

    Mary Lauren Pfieffer, DNP, FNP-BC, CNE, CPN

    Project FNP Academic Nursing Faculty Coordinator

  • Jessica Walker, DNP, APRN, PMHNP-BC

    Jessica Walker, DNP, APRN, PMHNP-BC

    Behavioral Health and Homelessness Academic Nursing Faculty Coordinator

  • Dean Pamela Jeffries, PhD, RN, FAAN, ANEF, FSSH

    Dean Pamela Jeffries, PhD, RN, FAAN, ANEF, FSSH

    Simulation Education Faculty Lead

  • Carrie Plummer, PhD, ANP-BC

    Carrie Plummer, PhD, ANP-BC

    Interprofessional Education Academic Nursing Faculty Coordinator

  • Ruth Kleinpell, PhD, ACNP-BC, FAAN, FAANP, FNAP, MCCM

    Ruth Kleinpell, PhD, ACNP-BC, FAAN, FAANP, FNAP, MCCM

    Grant Implementation Scientist

  • Angel Anthamatten, DNP, RN, APRN, FNP-BC, CNE

    Angel Anthamatten, DNP, RN, APRN, FNP-BC, CNE

    Key Faculty

  • Sarah Uroza, PharmD – Lipscomb University

    Sarah Uroza, PharmD – Lipscomb University

    PharmD Student Simulation Coordinator

  • Calvin Gruss, MD, MS, MSACI

    Calvin Gruss, MD, MS, MSACI

    Medical Student Simulation Coordinator

  • Kim DeFreece

    Kim DeFreece

    Program Manager

Partners

Academic Partner

Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC)

  1. Provide a dedicated faculty member to the SET project
  2. The LU faculty will be responsible for coordinating student simulation schedules.
  3. The LU faculty will participate in team meetings as set forth by the work plan.
  4. The LU faculty will participate in person at the all-student simulation experiences where LU students will be participating (planned in-person activities are 3-5 days in the Spring semester for the 2023-2026 academic years.
Academic Partner

Lipscomb University College of Pharmacy

  1. Provide a dedicated faculty member to the SET project
  2. Comply with HRSA requirements for key personnel certification and regulatory conditions
  3. The VUSOM faculty will be responsible for coordinating student simulation schedules.
  4. The VUSOM faculty will participate in all-team meetings as set forth by the work plan
  5. The VUSOM faculty will participate in person at the all-student simulation experiences where VUSOM students will be participating (planned in-person activities are 3-5 days in the Spring semester for the 2023-2026 academic years.

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