Creating clinical experiences in a social work agency on aging.
This article describes the growth of a relationship between the fields of social work and nursing that developed into a positive learning experience for senior nursing students. It highlights the growing awareness, complicated by the scarcity of clinical sites, of the importance of including content in curricula related to community-dwelling older adults. The author was able to prepare student assignments from a social work agency on aging. The outcomes of this process included meeting the objectives of community health nursing and a new awareness by nursing students of the collaborative roles of nursing and social work in the community.
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Chestnut Hill Hospital, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
D000368:Aged; D002983:Clinical Competence / Q000592:standards*; D003479:Curriculum; D004508:Education, Nursing, Baccalaureate / Q000458:organization & administration*; D005851:Geriatric Nursing / Q000193:education*; D006801:Humans; D007373:Interinstitutional Relations; D007858:Learning; D017145:Models, Educational; D009736:Nursing Process; D010687:Philosophy, Nursing; D015397:Program Evaluation; D012947:Social Work / Q000193:education*; D013338:Students, Nursing / Q000523:psychology*; D014481:United States