Aggregate/community-centered undergraduate community health nursing clinical experience.
Debate continues about the appropriateness of clinical experiences targeting aggregates in undergraduate community health nursing education. This paper describes a practical model to teach, through experience, the concepts of aggregate/community-centered practice at the baccalaureate level. As a voluntary alternative to the usual community assessment paper, groups of students worked in partnership with community groups to define health needs and to address one need. Sequential student groups focused the assessment and implemented a plan. The required time for each project varied. One project is described to illustrate the model. While independent community-centered practice is not expected of the B.S.N. graduate, the model described here develops comprehension of the concepts and process of such practice.
Saint Louis University, School of Nursing, Missouri 63104, USA.
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D002983:Clinical Competence; D003152:Community Health Nursing / Q000193:education*; D003256:Community Participation; D004508:Education, Nursing, Baccalaureate / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006301:Health Services Needs and Demand; D006801:Humans; D017145:Models, Educational; D016294:Models, Nursing; D009730:Nursing Assessment; D010347:Patient Care Planning; D010865:Pilot Projects