Providing a home care clinical experience that benefits patients, students, and agencies.
This article describes how a university baccalaureate program partnered with an established home care organization to provide services to the frail elderly who were no longer eligible for reimbursed home care. The planning, implementation, and evaluation of the program, and the benefits to the nurse interns, the clients, and the agency are described.
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University of Pittsburgh School of Nursing, Pittsburgh, PA 15261, USA.
D000368:Aged; D003152:Community Health Nursing / Q000193:education* / Q000458:organization & administration; D016330:Frail Elderly; D006801:Humans; D010414:Pennsylvania; D012579:Schools, Nursing / Q000458:organization & administration