A different kind of clinical experience: poverty up close and personal.
Nursing faculty are faced with the dilemma of how to teach the complex health and social issues about poverty to students because most nursing students have limited exposure to the impoverished. A seminar-driven clinical experience at a crisis center was implemented to address this challenge. Preclinical and postclinical exposure questions helped both students and faculty alike identify growth in students' awareness of social responsibility, client advocacy, and ethical issues.
DeLashmutt
Mary B
MB
Department of Nursing, Salisbury University, Salisbury, MD 21801, USA. eggbert462003@yahoo.com
Rankin
Elizabeth A
EA
D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D001364:Awareness; D002983:Clinical Competence / Q000592:standards*; D003151:Community Health Centers; D003156:Community Mental Health Services; D003419:Crisis Intervention; D004508:Education, Nursing, Baccalaureate / Q000458:organization & administration*; D004645:Empathy; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006703:Ill-Housed Persons / Q000523:psychology; D006808:Humanism; D006801:Humans; D008873:Mid-Atlantic Region; D035863:Moral Development; D015402:Nursing Education Research; D010344:Patient Advocacy; D011203:Poverty / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000523:psychology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D015397:Program Evaluation; D011568:Psychiatric Nursing / Q000193:education; D012941:Social Responsibility; D013338:Students, Nursing / Q000523:psychology*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires