Sara
Stainthorpe,
DNP, CRNP, AGPCNP-BC
Director, Adult-Gerontology Primary Care Nurse Practitioner Program, Co-Lead AVIT
Thomas Jefferson University
Sara Stainthorpe is the Director of the Adult-Gerontology Primary Care Nurse Practitioner Program and Co-Lead of the Alzheimer's Interprofessional Training Program (AVIT) at Thomas Jefferson University in Philadelphia. She also practices in a primary care office in Oley, Pennsylvania. With over 10 years of experience as both a primary care nurse practitioner and educator, Sara has a passion for preventive medicine, chronic disease management, motivational interviewing, interprofessional education, and simulation. She holds a BSN degree from Cedar Crest College in Allentown and both MSN and DNP degrees from Thomas Jefferson University.
Presenting at the Nexus Summit:
Alzheimer’s and dementia related diseases (ADRD) are a fast-growing cause of death and disability in older adults worldwide (WHO, 2025) projected to increase to 13.85 million in the US by 2060 (Rajan, et al., 2021). It is imperative to prepare future healthcare professionals in interprofessional team-based care models to meet the complex needs of this growing population (Ibsen & Eriksen, 2022). Simulation through the metaverse provides the benefits of immersive VR with novel resolutions that overcome previously cited technological limitations (Zhang et al., 2022). With infinite space and…