FW-HTF-P: Supporting Nurse Workforce Development in Future Senior Care Facilities Using Intelligent Immersive Virtual Reality

在美国不断增长的老龄化人口预示着对高级护理护理的需求不断增加。这项人类技术前沿工作的未来（FW-HTF）规划项目将探索老年护理护理的未来，以及如何将智能沉浸式虚拟现实（IIVR）用作在老年护理机构工作的护士和其他医疗保健专业人员的培训平台。IIVR是一种很有前途的技术，通过集成人工智能技术扩展和推进现有的沉浸式VR，并有可能以低成本提供高留存率的高效培训解决方案。IIVR可用于护士培训，以弥合当前护士技能与未来需求之间的差距。研究人员还研究了如何减少在高级护理机构的护士培训中使用IIVR的障碍。因此，本研究支持的高级护理护士队伍的发展，并探讨方法，以适应转型技术，准备护士，以满足未来的高级护理需求，提高未来的高级护理服务的质量，这项工作的总体目标是加强未来的培训和保留护士在高级护理设施。为了实现这一目标，一个由在IIVR、认知科学、老年护理以及数据分析和建模方面具有专业知识的专业人士组成的融合团队将调查：1）老年护理设施的未来护理要求以及IIVR已经或可以利用的程度（未来的工作）; 2）当前高级护理护士和未来要求之间的技能差距，以及IIVR如何弥合这一差距（未来工作者）; 3）为了解未来高级护理护士的培训需求而构建的IIVR平台（未来技术）。来自高级护理设施、高级护理技术提供商、政府机构、护理学校和VR解决方案提供商的利益相关者将参加多学科访谈、调查和圆桌会议。这些利益相关者的讨论，以及定量分析（例如，统计分析，文本挖掘）和IIVR原型开发和评估将突出使用IIVR培训在高级护理机构工作的护士的潜力和风险。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并被认为值得通过使用基金会的智力价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估来支持。

The growing aging population in the United States presages an increasing need for senior care nursing. This Future of Work at the Human Technology Frontier (FW-HTF) planning project will explore the future of nursing in geriatric care and how Intelligent Immersive Virtual Reality (IIVR) can be used as a training platform for nurses and other health care professionals working in senior care facilities. IIVR is a promising technology that expands and advances existing immersive VR by integrating Artificial Intelligence technologies and has the potential to provide an efficient training solution with a high retention rate at low cost. IIVR might be used in nurse training to bridge the gap between current nurse skills and future requirements. The investigators also examine how to reduce barriers to utilizing IIVR in nurse training in senior care facilities. Thus, this research supports the development of the senior care nurse workforce and explores methods to adapt transforming technologies to prepare nurses to fulfill future senior care needs and enhance the quality of future senior care services.The overarching goal of this work is to enhance future training and retention of nurses working in senior care facilities. To achieve this goal, a convergent team of professionals with expertise in IIVR, cognitive science, senior care, and data analysis and modeling will investigate: 1) Future nursing requirements in senior care facilities and the degree that IIVR has been or can be exploited (Future Work); 2) The skillset gap between current senior care nurses and future requirements and how IIVR might bridge this gap (Future Workers); and 3) An IIVR platform constructed to understand the training needs of future senior care nurses (Future Technology). Stakeholders from senior care facilities, senior care technology providers, government agencies, nursing schools, and VR solution providers will participate in multidisciplinary interviews, surveys, and roundtables. These stakeholder discussions, together with quantitative analysis (e.g., statistical analysis, text mining) and IIVR prototype development and evaluation will highlight both the potential and risks of using IIVR for training nurses working in senior care facilities.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.