Austin
Nation,
PhD, RN, PHN
Assistant Professor
California State University, Fullerton School of Nursing
Austin Nation, PhD, RN, PHN is a graduate of the University of California, San Francisco – School of Nursing, Community Health Systems. He has been a nurse for over 35 years and is currently an Assistant Professor in the School of Nursing at California State University (CSU), Fullerton. His past research was with understanding substance use and HIV among young Black men who have sex with men (MSM), funded by the Substance Abuse Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)/ American Nurses Association (ANA) Minority Fellowship Program. He is exploring LGBTQ+ health care and mental health care access in Orange County, California.
Presenting at the Nexus Summit:
The purpose of this experience was to expose pharmacy and nursing students to leadership and patient advocacy skills within an interprofessional team. The experience allowed students to immerse into an interactive environment during remote learning through a virtual simulation. It also assessed students’ self-perception of leadership ability, patient advocacy skills, understanding the role of other professions, and interprofessional communication skills pre- and post-simulation activity.Interprofessional teams of pharmacy and nursing students participated in a virtual simulation interacting…