title: An Australian pediatric nursing education experience.
abstract: A glimpse at an innovative Australian clinical teaching program provides us with insight on alternative learning experiences in which student pediatric nurses learn essential communication skills with well children in kindergarten classes prior to caring for ill ones whose behaviors have changed due to hospitalization. In addition to the benefits for students, pediatric nurse educators in Australia have been able to develop closer ties to the community as well as influence the government to amend the Department of Education school curricula to include a greater health promotion component, to be achieved in cooperation with university nurses.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Thyer
mesh_terms: D001315:Australia; D002648:Child; D003479:Curriculum; D004508:Education, Nursing, Baccalaureate / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D007373:Interinstitutional Relations; D010371:Pediatric Nursing / Q000193:education*; D012574:Schools