College of Nursing Holds Year’s First Clinical Immersion
(From left) Erin McMahon, EdD, CNM, FACNM, nurse-midwifery specialty coordinator, is handed a newborn baby manikin for skin-to-skin contact by nurse-midwifery students Julia Chan and Annie Giang. Dr. McMahon was wearing a birth simulator and Giang was “catching” the birth while Chan assisted.
The University of Arizona College of Nursing held the first of three yearly clinical immersion sessions for its Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) students in early January. About 120 students from all DNP specialties participated in the immersion over five days. Many of the hands-on skill focused sessions were held at the Arizona Simulation Technology and Education Center (ASTEC) and with standardized patients in the Objective Structured Clinical Examination center.
Clinical immersions are designed to help DNP students develop specialty-specific clinical skills. College of Nursing faculty from all DNP specialties support the workshops, which are designed to develop essential clinical skill competencies. “Upon completion of the clinical immersions students are prepared to continue to enhance clinical skills under the supervision of preceptors in clinical environments,” said Hyewon Shin, DNP program coordinator.
“Clinical immersions are critical to the program success,” said Erin McMahon, EdD, CNM, FACNM, director of the nurse-midwifery program for UArizona Health Sciences and specialty coordinator for the College of Nursing. “Students come to campus and are able to develop skills and professional communication that they can bring to the clinical setting. The use of simulation allows us to send a stronger student out to our preceptors and clinical settings.”
DNP nurse-midwifery student Annie Giang, RN, said the experience was helpful in preparing her for upcoming clinical rotations. “Having the simulations in ASTEC really helped me engage in my learning. I thought it was very helpful to have standardized patients to simulate a patient visit in the office. I am looking forward to the next clinical immersion,” Giang said.
Nurse Anesthesiology Doctor of Nursing Practice student Jaimie Hardy practices a spinal block while assistant clinical professor Sarah Torabi, DNP, CRNA, and fellow students Miguel Valencia and Sebastian Maderazo watch.
UArizona College of Nursing Doctor of Nursing Practice students try their skills at wound suturing during the first clinical immersion of the year.
Doctor of Nursing Practice nurse-midwifery student Annie Giang interviews a standardized patient while chaperone Maureen Bike observes during the college’s first clinical immersion session of the year.
(From left) Doctor of Nursing Practice nurse-midwifery student Julia Chan learns how to guide a baby out of the birth canal with the support of Erin McMahon, EdD, CNM, FACNM, nurse-midwifery specialty coordinator at the College of Nursing.
Nurse Anesthesiology Doctor of Nursing Practice students practice intubation technique during the UArizona College of Nursing clinical immersion at the Arizona Simulation Technology and Education Center.
(From left) Cameron Wylie and Eric Rain, Doctor of Nursing Practice students in the nurse anesthesiology specialty, run a simulated ultrasound guided central venous access placement during the UArizona College of Nursing clinical immersion in January.
Doctor of Nursing Practice student Solymar Arias-Ortiz interviews a standardized patient to discover why the patient is having migraines as part of the College of Nursing clinical immersion.
(From left) Doctor of Nursing Practice nurse-midwifery student Julia Chan watches as Elise Erickson, PhD, MSN, an assistant professor in the College of Nursing, demonstrates fundal massage on a manikin during the college’s first clinical immersion of the year.
(From left) Tarnia Newton, DNP, FNP-C, an assistant clinical professor in the College of Nursing, and Deana Smith, a health care simulation educator for the Arizona Simulation Technology and Education Center, review the anatomage table for the College of Nursing clinical immersion.
Allan Hamilton, MD, FACS, executive director of the Arizona Simulation Technology and Education Center, demonstrates a field dressing for Doctor of Nursing Practice students during their clinical immersion.
Doctor of Nursing Practice students took part in their first clinical immersion of the year in early January at the Arizona Simulation Technology and Education Center.
Erin McMahon, EdD, CNM, FACNM, nurse-midwifery specialty coordinator at the College of Nursing, demonstrates suturing techniques for Doctor of Nursing Practice in nurse-midwifery students (from left) Annie Giang and Julia Chan.
(From left) A standardized patient answers questions while assistant clinical professor Ambur Lindstrom-Mette, DNP, FNP-C, RN, oversses the interactions with Doctor of Nursing Practice students Diana Hubbell and Isabel Diamon during their clinical immersion.
Cameron Wylie, a Doctor of Nursing Practice student in the nursing anesthesiology specialty, gets guidance from assistant clinical professor Christopher Herring, DNP, CRNA, while practicing an ultrasound guided procedure during the college’s clinical immersion.
UArizona College of Nursing assistant clinical professor Sarah Torabi, DNP, CRNA, reviews the instruments needed for a spinal tap with Doctor of Nursing Practice students during their first clinical immersion of the year.
Assistant clinical professor Lisa Kiser, DNP, CNM, WHNP, explains the position of the uterus in the pelvis with Doctor of Nursing Practice – nurse-midwifery student Annie Giang during the college’s first clinical immersion of the year.