Showcase Presenter: Oral Health Nursing Education and Practice

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    Showcase Presenter: Oral Health Nursing Education and Practice

    Showcase title:

    OHNEP: the Nursing Voice for Interprofessional Oral Health Education and Practice

    Presenter Bios:

    Judith Haber, PhD, APRN-BC, FAAN

    • The Ursula Springer Leadership Professor in Nursing, NYU Rory Meyers College of Nursing

    Dr. Judith Haber is the Ursula Springer Leadership Professor in Nursing at the NYU Rory Meyers College of Nursing (NYURMCN). She is the NYURMCN leader of interprofessional education and practice, with a special focus on oral-systemic health, collaborating with interprofessional partners at NYU College of Dentistry and School of Medicine. She is the Executive Director of a national nursing oral health initiative, the Oral Health Nursing Education Practice (OHNEP) Program, funded by the DentaQuest and Washington Dental Service Foundations, and the Principal Investigator on the HRSA-funded program Teaching Oral-Systemic Health (TOSH). She is a member of the Steering Committee of the National Interprofessional Initiative on Oral Health (NIIOH), a member of the Technical Expert Panel that developed the 2015 Qualis Health White Paper, Oral Health: An Essential Component of Primary Care, and a member of the Pacific Dental Services Oral-Systemic Health Advisory Board. She was a member of the HRSA Expert Panel that developed the 2014 Interprofessional Oral Health Core Competencies for Primary Care Providers. Dr. Haber has consulted, presented and published widely on interprofessional education and oral-systemic health issues. She is also a recognized expert in evidence-based practice and coauthor of an award winning nursing research text, Nursing Research: Methods and Critical Appraisal for Evidence-based Practice, now in its 8th edition and translated into five languages.

     

    Erin Hartnett, DNP, APRN-BC,CPNP

    • Program Director, Oral Health Nursing Education and Practice and Teaching OralSystemic Health, NYU Rory Meyers College of Nursing

    Erin Hartnett, DNP, APRN-BC, CPNP is the Program Director for the NYU College of Nursing’s oral health programs: Oral Health Nursing Education and Practice (OHNEP) and Teaching Oral Systemic Health (TOSH). Dr. Hartnett has developed a national interprofessional oral health nursing curriculum and has coordinated many oral health interprofessional experiences with NYU Nursing, Medical and Dental schools. Dr. Hartnett is involved in promoting oral health in the local, national and global community. She is a member of the New York City Department of Health Oral Health Task Force, the Advisory Committee for the AAPD Oral Health in Primary Care and the Alliance for a Cavity Free Future. She is a consultant for many colleges and universities who are developing interprofessional oral health programs. She has developed an oral health education program for the Nurse Family Partnership. She has also assisted the Alaska Primary Care Association and the Global Oral Health scholar from Tanzania to develop a culturally sensitive oral health program. Dr. Hartnett is a pediatric nurse practitioner with extensive clinical experience in pediatric and adolescent primary care and pediatric neuro-oncology. Dr. Hartnett received a BSN from Georgetown University, an MS in Nursing Education from Wagner College, an MSN/PNP from Seton Hall University and a Doctor of Nursing Practice (2011) from NYU. Most recently, Dr. Hartnett specialized in pediatric neuro-oncology at NYU Hassenfeld Center for Children with Cancer and Blood Disorders where she initiated and coordinated the pediatric oncology dental program. Dr. Hartnett received the national 2012 DNP Capstone Award from the American Association of Colleges of Nursing, the 2012 New York Times Nurse Innovator Award and the 2012 NYU Medical Center Advanced Practice Award for this program.

    Content Description:

    The Oral Health Nursing Education and Practice (OHNEP) Program is a workforce-redesign initiative committed to advancing the integration of oral health into the nursing profession in educational and clinical settings. This national initiative aims to develop a nursing workforce equipped with the interprofessional oral health competencies to recognize the importance of oral health promotion and disease prevention as an integral component of nursing practice. OHNEP supports the collaborative of nurse practitioners, midwives, registered nurses, and licensed practical nurses as key stakeholders on interprofessional teams across the health system that promote national efforts to expand oral health access, reduce oral health disparities, and improve oral health and overall health outcomes across the lifespan.

    The mission of the OHNEP Program is to:

    • Implement and evaluate the impact of a replicable interprofessional model for integrating interprofessional oral health competencies through faculty development and curriculum integration in undergraduate and graduate nursing programs as well as “best practices” in clinical settings
    • Disseminate its interprofessional oral health model and best practices nationally
    • Develop a nursing workforce that is knowledgeable about the relationship between oral and systemic health
    • Develop a nursing workforce that is collaborative-practice ready to integrate interprofessional oral health competencies into their clinical practice

    OHNEP advocates, educates, creates and promotes resources that primary care clinicians can use to improve the quality of oral health care in their patients. The OHNEP website serves as a knowledge center and portal for best practices.

    Tools and resources found on the OHNEP website include:

    • The Interprofessional Oral Health Faculty Toolkit, an innovative, web-based, open source product intended to facilitate the integration of oral-systemic health content and interprofessional clinical competencies into associate, baccalaureate, and master’s-level nursing and midwifery curricula. The Toolkit, developed by the Competencies, and either the NONPF Core Competencies for Nurse Practitioners, the ACNM Core Competencies for Basic Midwifery Practice, the AACN Essentials of Baccalaureate Education for Professional Nursing Practice, or the NLN Outcomes and Competencies for Graduates of Practical/Vocational, Diploma, Baccalaureate Programs in Nursing.
    • Publications from OHNEP and interprofessional colleagues, including the seminal article Putting the Mouth Back in the Head: HEENT to HEENOT, published in the American Journal of Public Health, that advocates for an increase in interprofessional oral health workforce capacity in order to decrease oral health disparities.
    • Healthy People 2020 modules that introduce interprofessional learners from medical, nursing, pharmacy, occupational therapy and public health backgrounds, to the Healthy People 2020 oral health goals and strategies to achieving them.
    • Oral Health Patient Facts, developed in partnership between the OHNEP Program and the American College of Physicians, are patient-focused educational resources disseminated in primary care offices to help improve oral health literacy.
    • Webinars, focused on clinical issues and strategies specific to improving oral health, presented by interprofessional panels of experts, including the 4-part geriatric oral health series.
    • Interprofessional case studies that foster interprofessional student teams to create a collaborative care plan for patients with oral and systemic health needs.
    • Interprofessional oral health blended learning modules focused on oral health care for pregnant women and their babies.
    • Interprofessional education videos, including MedEd Portal presentations on mechanically ventilated adults and those with Parkinson’s Disease, and PowerPoint presentations that delineate the role of interprofessional healthcare providers in promoting oral and overall health.
    • All 4 Oral Health Blog, social media channels and e-newsletters that engage national and international stakeholders in raising professional and consumer oral health awareness.

    Learner Objectives:

    1. Nursing and other primary care participants will advance the quality and safety of patient-centered care by developing interprofessional relationships with dental colleagues for collaboration and referral.

    2. Participants will build increased interprofessional oral health workforce capacity by communicating and collaborating with an expanding community of interprofessional oral health educators, policy makers, clinicians and community oral health champions.

    3. Participants will be able to increase oral health access, decrease disparities and ultimately improve oral health outcomes in their communities.