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Excursions / Field Trips will be set up with different companies, for students of all majors. Organizations from all areas will be considered. Trips will be organized for classes, departments, and colleges, with overlap between each. Various companies will be chosen by departmental interest. The students will get the chance to job shadow people from their area of study, and from other disciplines. As a prelude to this experiential learning, employees from such a company will come to the University and talk to student groups.
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'''<span style="font-size:largemedium">Situation (About Tech’s Nursing Program and Connection with I&E)</span>'''
<span style="font-size:x-largesmall">At the heart of the TTU nursing program lies the constant teaching of improving patient care and health care outcomes. In the clinical setting, many students see a need for innovation or an area for improvement. They empathize with current nurses and healthcare workers on the problems they face every day, but they lack the basic understanding of I&E concepts and resources to help improve the identified problems.</span>
'''<span style="font-size:medium">Background and Assessment (Resources)</span>''' <span style="font-size:small">The I&E Ecosystem Landscape Canvas of Tennessee Technological University and the Cookeville community looks promising when it comes to the number of student organizations (45+) capable of fostering I&E. Yet, when focused in on nursing students, when it comes to the basic question, “Do you know about I&E at Tech?” The most common answer is no. This overwhelming lack of awareness of I&E needs to be addressed in order to further innovation. If this level of awareness remains the same, the equipment will remain unimproved, and innovation will not be reaching the fullest potential within healthcare. This is why my primary goal is to increase awareness of I&E within the Nursing School at TTU, specifically with those nursing students that experience and recognize areas of improvement in the clinical setting every day.</span> '''<span style="font-size:medium">Recommendations (The Plan)</span>''' '''1. Introduce I&E early on to all nursing majors: Upper and Lower Division''' '''Each nursing class will receive a survey at the beginning of the semester. Starting with Spring 2017''' (January 2017) '''2. “Health Make-a-thons”''' (March 2017, May 2017) '''3. “How To: Bedside Innovation” Sessions''' (February 2017, April 2017) '''4. Accessibility to Resources and Awareness of Existing Resources''' (Implementation Spring 2017) '''Flyers, Posters about the iCube and iMakerspace''' '''Supply carts of supplies in the Nursing building for easy access to prototype ideas''' '''5. Involve Faculty''' '''6. Incorporate I&E within existing courses''' '''Promote/Expand nursing courses that already focus on I&E (i.e. “Clinical Immersion at Disciplinary Interfaces”)''' </ol>
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