title: Use of nursing homes in Baccalaureate nursing education.
abstract: Although the use of nursing homes in nursing education has been described in the published research, no current report exists outlining guidelines for faculty if they desire to use nursing homes for their undergraduate nursing courses. Thus, the purpose of this paper is to identify courses that are best taught in nursing homes and the approaches faculty can implement when using nursing homes for student experience. The use of nursing homes for the courses in fundamentals, leadership and management, research and community health is discussed. A step-by-step approach for faculty to initiate the use of nursing homes for undergraduate teaching is also provided. The nature of the faculty, the characteristics of nursing home settings and the characteristics within the community will affect students' learning experiences and effectiveness. Thus, it is important to consider nursing homes as appropriate for certain types of learning needs.
authors.affiliation: University of Tennessee, College of Nursing, Knoxville 37996-4180, USA. schen4@utk.edu
authors.forename: S L
authors.initials: SL
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Witucki
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Melcher
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: McKibben
mesh_terms: D003152:Community Health Nursing; D003479:Curriculum; D004508:Education, Nursing, Baccalaureate / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D009735:Nursing Homes; D016730:Program Development