(47) Opening the Digital Front Door for Greater Health Equity and Access to Care: Advancing Quality Public Health Nursing Education, Practice, and Outcomes Through Innovative Use of Telehealth Simulation and Experiential Training.

Wednesday, June 14, 2023

5:00 PM – 6:30 PM EDT

Lead Author(s)

Lisa A. Davenport, Ph.D, RN, CEN

Clinical Associate Professor
University of Tennessee
Kingsport, Tennessee, United States

Susan H. Hébert, PhD, RN, CHSE (she/her/hers)

Assistant Dean of Simulation
University of Tennessee
Knoxville, Tennessee, United States
MP

Meghan Parson, MPH, BSN, RN, CHPN

eTHRIVE Project Manager
University of Tennessee
Morrow, Ohio, United States
SB

Stephen Blackstock, Telehealth & Disaster Manager

Telehealth & Disaster Manager
Remote Area Medical
Rockford, Tennessee, United States
XL

Xueping Li, Ph.D.

Professor, Dan Doulet Faculty Fellow; Director, iLab (Ideation Laboratory); Co-Director, HITS Lab
University of Tennessee
Knoxville, Tennessee, United States

Disclosure(s):

Lisa A. Davenport, Ph.D, RN, CEN: No financial relationships to disclose

Susan H. Hébert, PhD, RN, CHSE: No financial relationships to disclose

Meghan Parson, MPH, BSN, RN, CHPN: No financial relationships to disclose

Stephen Blackstock, Telehealth & Disaster Manager: No financial relationships to disclose

Upon completion, participants will be able to summarize at least one facilitator and one challenge for integrating telehealth simulation experiences for undergraduate students and practicing nurses.
Upon completion, participants will explore at least one of the four innovative simulation-based eLearning modules developed to expand the capacity of RN to BSN students and the rural Appalachian RN workforce to use telehealth.
Upon completion, participants will be empowered to share at least one way to transform nursing education by exposing students and practicing nurses to telehealth and digital diagnostic tools that can enhance assessment and care.