Clinical Excellence: Preparing Multigenerational Nursing Students for the Current Workplace
Start Date
8-11-2024 11:00 AM
End Date
8-11-2024 11:50 AM
Abstract
Title: Clinical Excellence: Preparing Multigenerational Nursing Students for the Current Workplace
Objective.
The purpose of this session is to understand critical influences that affect educating multigenerational students in the classroom and adequately preparing them for the current workforce. To effectively function in a team, nurse students need to understand the generations that they are studying and will work with in healthcare. Educators must be able to prepare each generation for this role.
Background.
One of the challenges of today’s health care workforce is learning how to collaborate with and appreciate the unique preferences, habits, and behaviors of colleagues who grew up in different times than they did. With each generation comes differences in attitudes, ideologies, beliefs, financial responsibilities, and work habits. As educators, the aim is to educate the modern learner in a multigenerational classroom and ensure they are adequately prepared for the workforce.
Methods.
A scoping literature review was conducted using the various computerized databases. Citations were limited by language to English and by subject to the exploration of the phenomenon Results.
Implications
It is the role and responsibility of educators to promote and encourage intergenerational connections by building a corporate culture of caring that capitalizes on the strengths of everyone from every generation.
Discussion
Educators can no longer teach the way they were taught because that healthcare system no longer exists. The nurse educator must engage nursing students of all generations to develop the core interprofessional competencies that prepares them to provide competent care and teamwork.
Learning Outcomes
The learner will be able to:
- recognize the needs of other generations and understand their perspectives.
- link the generations and promote intergenerational understanding and respect.
- understand the value that every generation brings to the classroom and challenge biases to be more inclusive.
- show respect each other's experiences and differences in opinion
- utilize interpersonal skills and learn to communicate freely and pleasantly in an inclusive learning environment.
Track
Belonging, Equity, Diversity & Inclusion
Clinical Excellence: Preparing Multigenerational Nursing Students for the Current Workplace
Title: Clinical Excellence: Preparing Multigenerational Nursing Students for the Current Workplace
Objective.
The purpose of this session is to understand critical influences that affect educating multigenerational students in the classroom and adequately preparing them for the current workforce. To effectively function in a team, nurse students need to understand the generations that they are studying and will work with in healthcare. Educators must be able to prepare each generation for this role.
Background.
One of the challenges of today’s health care workforce is learning how to collaborate with and appreciate the unique preferences, habits, and behaviors of colleagues who grew up in different times than they did. With each generation comes differences in attitudes, ideologies, beliefs, financial responsibilities, and work habits. As educators, the aim is to educate the modern learner in a multigenerational classroom and ensure they are adequately prepared for the workforce.
Methods.
A scoping literature review was conducted using the various computerized databases. Citations were limited by language to English and by subject to the exploration of the phenomenon Results.
Implications
It is the role and responsibility of educators to promote and encourage intergenerational connections by building a corporate culture of caring that capitalizes on the strengths of everyone from every generation.
Discussion
Educators can no longer teach the way they were taught because that healthcare system no longer exists. The nurse educator must engage nursing students of all generations to develop the core interprofessional competencies that prepares them to provide competent care and teamwork.