Table 3 Learning Objectives, Modules, and Teaching Methods in the IGNITE Program

• Learners will be able to describe the normal physiological changes associated with aging and their impact on functional abilities.

• Learners will identify common health conditions related to aging and their effects on functional abilities.

• Learners will apply person-centered care principles in the nursing care of older adults

Module 1: Introduction to Aging and Functional Changes in the Older Adults

• Watching videos

• Lectures

• Learners will conduct a comprehensive nursing assessment for older patients with arthritis, including evaluating pain and functional status.

• Learners will create a nursing care plan tailored to the specific needs of older patients with arthritis, focusing on pain management, exercise programs, and pharmacological treatments.

• Learners will implement evidence-based nursing interventions to enhance independence, mobility, and quality of life in older arthritis patients.

Module 2: Nursing for Older Adults with Arthritis

• Older adults experience simulation

• Reflective journaling

• Lectures

• Learners will understand diagnostic methods and nursing care strategies for dysphagia.

• Learners will design dietary plans and provide care for individuals with dysphagia.

• Learners will undergo a cognitive and emotional transformation regarding dysphagia and craft personal nursing narratives.

Module 3: Nursing for Older Adults with Dysphagia

• Lectures

• Group discussions

• Presentation with personal insights

• Reflective journaling

• Learners will differentiate between mild cognitive impairment and dementia in older adults.

• Learners will elucidate a nursing model for improving cognitive functions in older adults.

• Learners will boost nursing competence for enhancing cognitive function in older adults with mild cognitive impairment using robotic aids.

• Learners will develop and execute strategies to improve cognitive function in older adults with mild cognitive impairment, utilizing robotic aids

Module 4: Preventing Cognitive Impairment

• Lectures

• Group discussions

• Presentation with personal insights

• Reflective journaling

• Learners will define, classify, and explain the symptoms, behaviors, management, and nursing care of dementia.

• Learners will comprehend and articulate the definition and four components of person-centered dementia care.

• Learners will indirectly experience death and transition cognitively and emotionally.

Module 5: Person-centered care for older persons with dementia

• Lectures

• Practicing with assistive care robots

• Reflective journaling

• Learners will navigate ethical dilemmas associated with death and develop a new framework for end-of-life care.

• Learners will experience a cognitive and emotional shift in end-of-life and pre-dying care, leading to the creation of personal nursing narratives.

Module 6: End of life

• High-fidelity simulation

• Reflective journaling

• Lectures