title: Student peer mentoring in a community-based nursing clinical experience.
abstract: An innovative student-to-student peer mentoring teaching strategy was used to deliver health care to at-risk populations in a community-based setting. Students benefited through a collaborative effort to develop and implement a project in a community agency that did not have a nursing presence. Nursing students from three different levels of education participated in this pilot project. Strengths and weaknesses of this strategy were identified through journals, reflective comments, and pre- and posttest evaluation. Students at each level completed projects that benefited the agency and the population, while meeting educational objectives of the course.
authors.affiliation: Department of Nursing, Missouri State University, Springfield, USA. susansims-giddens@missouristate.edu
authors.forename: Susan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sims-Giddens
authors.forename: Caroline
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Helton
authors.forename: Kathryn L
authors.initials: KL
authors.lastname: Hope
mesh_terms: D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D002983:Clinical Competence; D003152:Community Health Nursing / Q000193:education*; D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D004508:Education, Nursing, Baccalaureate / Q000458:organization & administration*; D004511:Education, Nursing, Graduate / Q000458:organization & administration*; D004518:Education, Professional, Retraining / Q000458:organization & administration; D005181:Faculty, Nursing / Q000458:organization & administration; D006801:Humans; D007400:Interprofessional Relations; D008611:Mentors / Q000193:education / Q000523:psychology; D008923:Missouri; D017145:Models, Educational; D016294:Models, Nursing; D015402:Nursing Education Research; D010379:Peer Group; D010865:Pilot Projects; D016730:Program Development; D015397:Program Evaluation; D012944:Social Support; D013338:Students, Nursing / Q000523:psychology