Faculty of Nursing and Education are collaborating to obtain a U.S. Department of Health and Human Services grant to improve graduate nursing education.

Faculty from Purdue University’s School of Education and the School of Nursing in the College of Health and Human Sciences have received a grant from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) to help train registered nurses on opioids. . Educational use disorder (OUD). The program will use massive open online course (MOOC) platforms to deliver training.
Karen J. Foley (PI), professor of nursing in the School of Nursing, and Wanju Huang (co-PI), clinical assistant professor of learning design and technology in the School of Education, will collaborate on an advanced practice nursing program through a Massive Open Online Course ( APROUD-MOOC) Provide education on opioid use disorder. ”
The three-year, $726,000 grant aims to integrate substance use disorder education into Purdue University’s nursing curriculum to make substance abuse education more accessible. Funding will be used to update a current MOOC designed to provide cross-level nursing education (NSUE-MOOC) and create a new MOOC designed to provide nurses with best practice knowledge to accurately assess and deliver OUD medications to individuals (APROUD-MOOC). ).
Juan is an important part of the interdisciplinary team. She helped develop the first online substance use education course for nursing students, “Educating Nurses on Substance Use through Massive Open Online Courses (NSUE-MOOC).” Mr. Huang will also assist in the development of teaching materials for the creation of APROUD-MOOC. Project Director Foley has led the SAMHSA, NSUE-MOOC, and APROUD-MOOC projects.
Huang, Foley, and their team developed seven NSUE-MOOC modules that were published through the SAMHSA Network of Addiction Technology Transfer Centers, an international interdisciplinary network for addiction treatment and recovery professionals.
The project provides real-world instructional design opportunities, and Huang will hire learning design and technology students to assist in the design and development of instructional modules.
In addition to Foley and Huang, the project team includes Libby Harris, project coordinator; Nicole Adams, Nursing and Public Relations Specialist Leah Gwin, Family Nurse Practitioner and Gerontological Nurse Practitioner Program Liaison Lindsey Becker, Pediatric Nurse Practitioner and Public Relations Specialist; in the Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner program.
Willella Burgess, director of the Center for Educational Learning and Research in the School of Education, and Luke Ingersoll, research assistant, will evaluate the effectiveness of the program, documenting its results to use as guidance for further project improvements and decision-making.
“Professor Huang’s collaborative project is an example of researchers working together to create innovative educational resources for nurses working to combat opioid abuse,” said Janet Alsup, director of curriculum and instruction in the School of Education.
“In the United States alone, 190 people die every day from an opioid overdose,” she said. “The situation becomes even more complex as dangerous drugs are mixed with opioids.”