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Respondents suggest curricular improvements such as more coursework on patient communication (including critical conversations before clinical and interwoven with clinical practice), gerontology, molecular, ICD-10 coding, professionalism, using simulations, and project management.

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"Maybe the nursing students do that instead of just having the hands-on care. You maybe also need to add a nursing management piece where they actually have a semester or two to prepare them that, as a registered nurse, they will be a manager." Southeast
"I would agree that the curriculum doesn't prepare the nurses for long-term care. And I think we, as long-term care providers, would be willing to be a resource to the colleges if they wanted some help in offering a course or at least getting more knowledge in that." Southeast
"At our hospital, we have some training for a lot of our staff that's ongoing. It's called Crucial Conversations. There's also a part of it that's called Crucial Confrontations that we have literature about, but we haven't actually taught yet. But what I hear in terms of feedback from the staff is that it's been extremely helpful. Not only in the workforce, but in their personal lives as well. It's something that could be very helpful for schools, I would think just from the feedback that we've gotten and from how many people we've got going through that class. Lots and lots. So it seems like that might something that would be helpful and prepare them for the types of things that they will encounter in the workplace." Southeast
"Employer 1: If an institution of higher education were to weave into the curriculum verbal communication, crucial conversations, critical conversations—from a curriculum standpoint—would you see that happening early in one's academic pursuit? Or just prior to entering the workforce? Where would it be most beneficial? And again, when we talk about health care, we've got everything from the phlebotomy, which is maybe an eight-week course, versus your RNs and LPNs that are two-year programs, four-year programs, or more. So, I know that's a broad question, but generally speaking if there was a way to address that in the curriculum and actually make that part of the health care curriculum for health care providers and workers, where would you see that being the most beneficial in their academic setting? Where's it going to stick and have the most impact when they actually come into the workforce?

Employer 2: I think it would be helpful before their clinical experiences.

Employer 3: Before their clinical.

Employer 2: Because they're going to be communicating with people, with co-workers, and with other people out there, too. And that kind of setting, at that point, might be then a good place for them to practice some of those skills."		 Southeast
"You can be trained, but it's a question of whether you'll use it. I think you have to tie patient communication skills back toż—f you do that training just before they go to a clinical—that they should be circling back and getting feedback on that. Where did you use it? It's a good program, but if you never use it, it's nothing. So, that's where you have to make it practical." Southeast
"Employer 1: So, not just providing the training, but then going back—either during or after they're going through their clinical aspect—and bringing them back into the classroom and saying, 'Give me examples of how you are using it. What have you learned? What worked and what didn't?' That kind of thing.

Employer 2: Yeah. It should be comparable to the clinical training. Maybe you should be bringing that back as well. What are the experiences? I mean, there's the clinical specific and then there's everything else. And everything else shouldn't be treated any different."		 Southeast
"To have emerging experiences or a course about gerontology." Southeast