Krames And American Association Of Critical-Care Nurses (AACN) Donate Patient Education System To Nursing School
Yardley, PA – As part of their ongoing commitments to support health literacy and to improve nursing and patient education, Krames and the American Association of Critical Care Nurses (AACN) have partnered to bring the best in patient education to nursing students across the country. Under the auspices of the AACN Technology for Nursing Schools Initiative, Krames is donating access to its Krames On-Demand electronic print-on-demand patient education system to nursing students. The program is being piloted at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) School of Nursing.
"Everyday my team talks to nurses who wish they had more exposure to patient education tools like Krames during their training," explained Jean Neiner, Senior Vice President of Sales and Marketing at Krames. "Now, thanks to the AACN Technology for Nursing School program, we have a means of exposing nursing students to the principles of effective patient education developed under the guidelines of Health Literacy. We believe providing nursing students at UCSF with the Krames state-of-the-art electronic patient educations system will strengthen their ability to care for patients once they enter the workforce."
The Technology for Nursing Schools program offers corporations the opportunity to partner with AACN in making unique and forward-reaching contributions that help student nurses work with current patient care technology before they begin their clinical experience. The Krames system provides Internet-based content that can be customized for patients and printed as needed. Within the system are 2,200 topics, in both English and Spanish, created in conjunction with practicing specialists to provide accurate, up-to-date information on everything from conditions and procedures to self-care and preventive care.
"So many of our members got into nursing to take care of people," said Debbie Brinker, RN, MSN, CCRN, CCNS, President of AACN. "Patient education is such an important part of the caring equation and plays an integral part in patient satisfaction. Unfortunately, with the demands of learning anatomy, medicine, and critical care, exposure to patient education during training tends to be limited. We are thrilled that Krames is able to use our Technology for Nursing Schools Initiative to make this important subject available to students."
"We are honored that Krames has chosen UCSF School of Nursing to receive the Krames On-Demand donation as part of the AACN Technology for Nursing Schools Initiative." explained Dorrie Fontaine, RN, DNSc, FAAN, Associate Dean for Academic Programs. "We are so impressed with the program and the content that we actually plan on incorporating use of Krames On-Demand into our Master's curriculum for Clinical Nurse Specialists and Nurse Practitioners."
SOURCE: Krames And American Association Of Critical-Care Nurses (AACN)