Two new weeklong education programs — the Nurse
Educator Academy and the Patient Safety Academy — are
the latest in a series of innovative and timely Johns
Hopkins Nursing offerings developed through a unique
partnership between the university's
School of Nursing
and the hospital's
Department of
Nursing.
The Nurse Educator Academy, which is scheduled for
Jan. 16 to 21, addresses the crushing need for nursing
faculty to educate the nurses of tomorrow and the growing
demand for staff to educate today's practicing nurses. The
Patient Safety Academy, to be held Feb. 27 to March 3,
meets the urgent need to prepare nurses to lead
interdisciplinary initiatives that will reduce medical
errors and increase patient safety.
Both programs offer learning experiences that reach
beyond a traditional classroom education.
The skill-building Nurse Educator Academy is geared
toward nurses seeking to master teaching skills and can be
taken for academic credit or continuing education contact
hours. Current or aspiring nurse educators will learn
contemporary teaching techniques and strategies, experience
the next generation of teaching technologies, enhance
presentation skills, convert education theory into practice
and, ultimately, demystify the elements of the teaching
process.
The Patient Safety Academy is designed for those who
will develop safety initiatives in their organizations:
nurse administrators, nurse executives, clinical nurse
specialists and leaders, staff nurses and nurses in
advanced practice and risk management. The curriculum
prepares participants to identify and prioritize
organizational safety issues, design a safety improvement
plan and develop skills and knowledge to become an
effective safety champion.
These new academies and other Johns Hopkins Nursing
educational offerings focus on a multidisciplinary approach
and feature experts from across the Hopkins facilities,
including the hospital; the schools of Nursing, Medicine,
Public Health and Professional Studies in Business and
Education; and JHPIEGO. The academies are presented through
the Institute for Johns Hopkins Nursing, the joint JHU
School of Nursing and the JHH Department of Nursing entity
that was formed to promote and support nursing excellence
and to foster communication and collaboration between
nursing education and nursing practice.
To learn more about the Nurse Educator Academy, go to
www.ijhn.jhmi.edu/NurseEducator/
default.html.
For more information about the Patient Safety Academy, go
to
www.ijhn.jhmi.edu/PatientSafetyAcademy/default.html.