No Flu 4 U

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No Flu 4 U
Collaborative Project Abstract
Students Give the Flu Immunizations

• This collaborative project was to prevent
  influenza on the MSUM campus in Northern
  Minnesota and to promote the flu vaccination by
  offering the immunization in various campus
  locations.
• The collaborative project included students and
  faculty in the School of Nursing and Healthcare
  Leadership (i.e., nursing and community health)
  and students and staff at the campus health and
  wellness center (i.e., wellness educators).

Presenters Carolyn Townsend, MSN, RN Gina
Aalgaard Kelly, MS, PhD Minnesota State
University Moorhead
Results
Problem
Goal 2 Service Learning
Marketing To Parents

• The Nursing Department became aware of students
  lack of flu immunizations last year when two of
  our clinical sites were quarantined because of
  flu.
• Faculty had encouraged students to get a flu shot
  because of risk factors such as stress, lack of
  sleep, not eating properly, and shared living
  spaces.
• However, low numbers of nursing students had
  gotten the flu shot putting them at risk in the
  clinical setting.

• The service learning piece was done in
  conjunction with the student Wellness Educators
  from Hendrix Health Center who did presentations
  educating students on how to stay healthy. And
  promote the opportunities to obtain the
  vaccination (via mobile clinics).
• The mobile clinics were in Hendrix (student
  health clinic), Comstock Memorial Union (student
  union at MSUM), and an affiliate campus of
  Minnesota State Community and Technical College,
  also in Moorhead, Minnesota.
• One method was to get the information out through
  the monthly publication of The Flush which is
  posted on the back of every bathroom door in the
  dormitories.
• The Community Health students got involved during
  the marketing and poster campaign for preventing
  the flu in the greater community.
• Other promotion materials were disseminated
  through creating and mailing postcards to all
  on-campus MSUM students and postcards were sent
  to the parents or guardians of freshmen students.
  

Background
Marketing To Students

• Furthermore, our department had just experienced
  a reorganization which brought the Community
  Health program and Health Services Administration
  program into the Nursing School.
• The application for the Institute of
  Inter-professional Prevention Education was
  circulated in Spring 2008 which was a perfect
  opportunity for our school to demonstrate the
  rationale behind the reorganization of our
  school.
• The realignment was intended to form closer ties
  between programs with similar goals and missions,
  promoting opportunities for crossover in
  curriculum content and service learning
  opportunities.

Marketing Posters Table Tents
Goal 3 Access and Assessment
Conclusions
Collaboration Team

• The final piece was to offer expanded
  opportunities to receive the flu vaccine in a
  variety of settings with the supervised nursing
  students performing the injections and the
  Community Health students assisting with record
  keeping and assessments.
• At the clinics students were required to sign an
  informed consent before receiving the vaccination
  and were asked to complete a short questionnaire
  which included the following assessment
  questions age, gender, living location, flu shot
  history and why is the student getting the flu
  shot?

• This collaborative project was successful with
  preventing influenza on the MSUM campus.
• The promotion of the flu vaccination by offering
  the immunization through on campus clinics was
  also successful because we increased student
  immunizations from last year.
• The collaborative project did include students
  and faculty in nursing, community health and
  wellness educators.

• Carolyn E. Townsend, MSN, RN
• Assistant Professor of Nursing, School of
  Nursing and
• Healthcare Leadership and Team Leader
• Gina Aalgaard Kelly, MS, PhD
• Assistant Professor of Community Health, School
  of
• Nursing and Healthcare Leadership
• Lynn Peterson, MSW
• Peer Education Program Advisor, Hendrix Health
• Carol Grimm, MMA
• Director of Hendrix Health Center

Baseline Data and Findings
Student Collaboration

• The majority of participants were under
• 20 years old.
• The majority of participants were
• freshmen and sophomores students
• The majority of participants, almost 2/3,
• were female students.
• Just slightly more participants lived off
• campus than on campus.
• The majority of participants, 3/4, stated
• this was their first flu shot.
• The majority of participants got the flu
• shot because they saw campus ads and
• family influence.

3 Project Goals / Phases
Future Collaboration

• Hlth 200 and NURS 110 Students Research and
  Promotion Project
• Research What is influenza? What are the types
  of influenza and symptoms? Who is at risk? How
  can it be prevented through immunization and
  other preventative measures?
• Indentify What are the key points about
  influenza? What should people know about the
  disease? (i.e., Top 10).
• How should and can you effectively disseminate
  your message? What are the other public health
  campaigns for influenza?
• Create the Media (i.e., brochure, commercial,
  radio adds, public service announcements, website
  add, facebook, posters, etc.)
• Present your Promotional material to peers in the
  class and together identify the top three
  campaign promotions.

• The first goal was to increase the college
  communitys awareness of flu prevention and
  secondly to increase student learning via service
  the community by implementing flu vaccination
  clinics in accessible locations.
• Nursing students were introduced to the use of
  vaccination as prevention in their introductory
  Foundations of Nursing class. This was both a
  lecture and lab class that the practical hands on
  skill can be accomplished.
• The Community Health students didactic component
  will be introduced wellness prevention within the
  community in a 200 level course (Health Promotion
  and Education). This course focused on promoting
  healthy practice in the community.

• Future collaborations on the MSUM campus could
• be to include students and faculty from other
  health
• services programs at MSUM including Health
• Services Administration and Gerontology.
• Future collaborations into the broader community
  of
• Fargo-Moorhead area could include senior
  centers,
• long-term care facilities, public schools and
  daycares.

Funded by APTR and