Expanding services through student placements: Strategies for the home health administrator.
As home healthcare becomes increasingly "high-tech," home health administrators struggle to provide nursing students with traditional community health nursing experiences. The gap between education and service widens as university faculty turn to other community health agencies, including academic nursing centers, for clinical placements. Strategies that administrators and faculty can use to modify current clinical experiences in ways that expand agency services while meeting the educational goals are presented.
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Loyola University Community Nursing Center, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
D002983:Clinical Competence; D003152:Community Health Nursing / Q000193:education*; D004508:Education, Nursing, Baccalaureate; D018574:Home Care Agencies / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D006278:Medicare; D008611:Mentors; D009732:Nursing Care; D009737:Nursing Records; D013338:Students, Nursing; D014481:United States