Partnerships between nursing education and faith communities: benefits and challenges.
Partnerships between schools of nursing and faith communities can have positive outcomes for both groups. In this article, the authors describe the benefits and challenges experienced by faculty and senior nursing students during clinical experiences with parish nurses and faith communities during a 10-year period. Connecting students to parish nursing programs is one way to teach them about population-focused practice and help them see nursing as being wherever people live, work, play, and pray.
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Nancy
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Department of Nursing, Boise State University, 1910 University Drive, MS 1840, Boise, ID 83725-1840, USA. nottern@boisestate.edu
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Pamela
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