The Health Promoting University (HPU): the role and function of nursing.
For many nurses, fulfilling a nursing role and career will inevitably mean that they come into contact with the University setting--at both a pre- and post-qualifying level. Many nurses throughout the world have their educational needs determined by and delivered by University-based institutions. Since the mid-1980s, the World Health Organisation (WHO) has sought to define and encourage the implementation of concerted health promotion programmes that adopt a 'setting-based' approach. Recently, the literature has begun to identify the emerging role and function of the Health Promoting University (HPU) as another component of the settings-based movement. As much as nurses are duty-bound to consolidate and incorporate health education and health promotion practices in the clinical setting, this paper argues that they have a similar responsibility in the Higher Education setting.
Whitehead
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College of Humanities and Social Sciences, School of Health Sciences, Massey University, Private Bag 11 222, Palmerston North, New Zealand. D.Whitehead@massey.ac.nz
D004506:Education, Nursing / Q000458:organization & administration*; D014943:Global Health; D006293:Health Promotion / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D024802:Nurse's Role; D009937:Organizational Objectives; D014495:Universities / Q000458:organization & administration*; D014944:World Health Organization