title: Building community engagement in nursing.
abstract: Increasingly, nurses are expected to undertake activities to demonstrate community engagement as part of their continuing professional development. Such collaborative education activities can be mutually beneficial and stimulating, and when goals are aligned, valuable outcomes can be produced.
authors.affiliation: Family & Community Health Research Group, School of Nursing & Midwifery, University of Western Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. m.cleary@uws.edu.au
authors.forename: Michelle
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Cleary
authors.forename: Glenn E
authors.initials: GE
authors.lastname: Hunt
mesh_terms: D019058:Community Networks / Q000458:organization & administration*; D003159:Community-Institutional Relations; D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D004509:Education, Nursing, Continuing / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006040:Goals; D006801:Humans; D007857:Leadership; D024802:Nurse's Role / Q000523:psychology