title: The usefulness of the community nursing practice model in grounding practice and research: narratives from the United States and Africa.
abstract: A community nursing practice (CNP) model is presented as the synthesis of a decade of experience of caring for persons and communities. Values form the basis of the model and provide the grounding for practice. Transcendent values of respect, caring, and wholeness are explicated in the actualizing values of primary health care: access, essentiality, empowerment, intersectoral collaboration, and community participation. Usefulness of the CNPM in providing a framework for community nursing practice at school-based community wellness centers in both the United States and Africa is described. Narratives of practice and research presented in the unique voice of three faculty members illuminate the model's values and paradigmatic view of person, nursing, community, and environment. These narratives provide insight into how the CNPM has served as a heuristic in the design of creative responses to calls for nursing in community nursing practice, education, and research.
authors.affiliation: Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, USA. cbarry@fau.edu
authors.forename: Charlotte D
authors.initials: CD
authors.lastname: Barry
authors.forename: Shirley C
authors.initials: SC
authors.lastname: Gordon
authors.forename: Bernadette
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Lange
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D003152:Community Health Nursing / Q000193:education / Q000458:organization & administration*; D003256:Community Participation; D005260:Female; D020446:Fitness Centers / Q000458:organization & administration*; D005431:Florida; D006801:Humans; D008507:Medically Underserved Area; D016294:Models, Nursing; D012579:Schools, Nursing; D014454:Uganda