Implementation of a self-health project by baccalaureate students.
With increasing evidence that life-style is an important influence on health, three nursing faculty members at the University of Minnesota implemented a learning project to enable students to assess, plan, and evaluate their own life-styles. The goal was to have the students attempt to make positive changes. As part of a "health concepts" nursing course, students became much more aware of social, economic, environmental, and cultural factors that either enhanced or detracted from their ability to achieve their ideal life-styles. The students responded favorably to this assignment because of the potential benefits of investing in themselves while pursuing the rigorous program leading to a nursing degree.
Weisensee
M
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University of Minnesota School of Nursing, Minneapolis.
Anderson
J M
JM
Lapp
C A
CA
D004508:Education, Nursing, Baccalaureate; D005260:Female; D006266:Health Education / Q000379:methods* / Q000592:standards; D006305:Health Status Indicators; D006801:Humans; D008019:Life Style; D008297:Male; D009730:Nursing Assessment; D010347:Patient Care Planning; D015397:Program Evaluation; D011788:Quality of Life; D012307:Risk Factors; D012648:Self Care; D013338:Students, Nursing