Developing community partnerships in nursing education for children's health.
Community partnerships are central to educating nurses and providing much-needed services to underserved children in Baltimore City. Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing (JHUSON) collaborates with Head Start programs and a local elementary school for faculty practice and child-health clinical Service Learning experiences. At local Head Start programs, undergraduate nursing students annually screen > 1000 children for height, weight, hearing, vision, and blood pressure. Results are sent to parents with referral information if indicated. In addition, graduate and baccalaureate nursing students implement skills and knowledge learned in the classroom in a nurse-run clinic in a local elementary school, a faculty practice site. The Service Learning community partnerships benefit nursing students because they can apply principles of growth and development while providing important health screening to children in underserved populations. All students gain from practicing in the community and applying their classroom instruction to the care of children.
Kushto-Reese
Kathryn
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Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing, 525 N. Wolfe Street, room 424, Baltimore, Maryland 21205, USA. kreese@son.jhmi.edu <kreese@son.jhmi.edu>
Maguire
Maureen C
MC
Silbert-Flagg
Joanne
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Immelt
Susan
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Shaefer
Sarah J M
SJ
D000886:Anthropometry; D015142:Baltimore; D002983:Clinical Competence; D003256:Community Participation; D003479:Curriculum; D018479:Early Intervention, Educational / Q000458:organization & administration; D004508:Education, Nursing, Baccalaureate / Q000458:organization & administration; D004511:Education, Nursing, Graduate / Q000458:organization & administration; D006801:Humans; D007373:Interinstitutional Relations; D008403:Mass Screening; D008507:Medically Underserved Area; D017145:Models, Educational; D009730:Nursing Assessment; D009734:Nursing Faculty Practice / Q000458:organization & administration; D009737:Nursing Records; D010371:Pediatric Nursing / Q000193:education / Q000458:organization & administration; D018794:Problem-Based Learning / Q000458:organization & administration; D012573:School Nursing / Q000193:education / Q000458:organization & administration; D012574:Schools / Q000458:organization & administration*; D012579:Schools, Nursing / Q000458:organization & administration*; D013338:Students, Nursing / Q000523:psychology