Virtual community internships in the classroom: testing an intervention.
The complexity of community-oriented practice can be difficult to convey to undergraduate nursing students. A modified problem-based learning (PBL) unit with virtual nursing "internships" was tested as a means of conveying the interrelatedness of community nursing practice. A total of 184 accelerated, second-degree nursing students, enrolled in either of 2 academic quarters, participated in the quasi-experimental study. Findings indicate that modified PBL and virtual internships hold promise for teaching community nursing concepts.
College of Nursing and Health Professions, Drexel University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19102, USA. lsw26@drexel.edu
Louise S
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Ward
Penny
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Killian
D003152:Community Health Nursing / Q000193:education*; D006801:Humans; D007397:Internship, Nonmedical / Q000379:methods*; D018794:Problem-Based Learning / Q000379:methods*; D012381:Role Playing; D014481:United States