title: Expanding community health nursing roles to meet health-care needs of frail elderly. An adult learning model.
abstract: The increased training needs for community health nurses (CHNs) working with frail elderly offer a variety of challenges in staff development. Santa Clara County addressed these challenges with an innovative model, and geriatric assessment skills building program presented to 40 CHNs. The model uses a team teaching approach, a preceptorship and adult learning theory, making it readily adaptable to a variety of community health settings.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Couser
authors.forename: B A
authors.initials: BA
authors.lastname: Moehrlin
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Deitrich
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Hess
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D003152:Community Health Nursing / Q000193:education* / Q000379:methods; D004509:Education, Nursing, Continuing; D015577:Geriatric Assessment; D005851:Geriatric Nursing / Q000193:education*; D006301:Health Services Needs and Demand; D006801:Humans; D007587:Job Description; D007858:Learning; D008960:Models, Psychological; D011231:Preceptorship