title: Community-based student practice: a transformational model of nursing education.
abstract: Nursing and nursing faculty shortages demand innovation of nurse-educators and nursing leaders to prepare nursing students for the environment in which they will practice. This article outlines the process of curricular revision undertaken by a department of nursing in a small rural liberal arts college, in partnership with clinical affiliates, based on a structure-process-outcome framework. An expanding literature base promotes service learning in nursing education. Comparison of service-learning and community-based nursing education led the partners to view community-based nursing education experience as practice, and, as such, an emerging model that transcends service learning. Community-based student nursing experiences that meet student, program, and community outcomes are planned and implemented in collaboration with community partners. This model provides students with opportunities to develop a rich understanding of the professional nursing role, while promoting nursing workforce development at both the individual and organizational levels.
authors.affiliation: Department of Nursing, Colby-Sawyer College, New London, NH 03256, USA. kathleen.thies@umassmed.edu
authors.forename: Kathleen M
authors.initials: KM
authors.lastname: Thies
authors.forename: Lea R
authors.initials: LR
authors.lastname: Ayers
mesh_terms: D002983:Clinical Competence; D003152:Community Health Nursing / Q000193:education* / Q000458:organization & administration; D003256:Community Participation; D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D003479:Curriculum; D004508:Education, Nursing, Baccalaureate / Q000458:organization & administration*; D005181:Faculty, Nursing / Q000458:organization & administration; D006801:Humans; D007400:Interprofessional Relations; D008611:Mentors / Q000523:psychology; D017145:Models, Educational; D009513:New Hampshire; D024802:Nurse's Role; D015402:Nursing Education Research; D009740:Nursing Staff / Q000193:education / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000523:psychology; D009936:Organizational Innovation; D009937:Organizational Objectives; D010043:Outcome and Process Assessment, Health Care / Q000458:organization & administration; D010687:Philosophy, Nursing; D018794:Problem-Based Learning / Q000458:organization & administration; D015397:Program Evaluation; D013338:Students, Nursing / Q000523:psychology