title: A case study of a distance-based public health nursing/community health nursing practicum.
abstract: Facilitating a distance-based public health/community health nursing practicum for RN to BSN students posed challenges and opportunities. Challenges included time involved in arranging the practicum, relationship building with agencies and staff, communicating with students, and the need for flexible practicum scheduling. Exposure to practice models from across the nation allowed students to compare and contrast these public health nursing models. Programs planning to offer this type of course should consider faculty workload particularly during the semester prior to teaching the practicum.
authors.affiliation: Bellin College of Nursing, Green Bay, Wisconsin 54305-3400, USA. clvanden@bcon.edu
authors.forename: Christine
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Vandenhouten
authors.forename: Derryl
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Block
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003142:Communication; D003152:Community Health Nursing / Q000193:education*; D003479:Curriculum; D020375:Education, Distance / Q000379:methods* / Q000458:organization & administration*; D004508:Education, Nursing, Baccalaureate / Q000379:methods* / Q000458:organization & administration*; D005181:Faculty, Nursing / Q000458:organization & administration; D006801:Humans; D019982:Organizational Case Studies; D015397:Program Evaluation / Q000379:methods; D011637:Public Health Nursing / Q000193:education*; D013663:Teaching / Q000379:methods; D014922:Wisconsin