title: Collaborative design and use of an agency feedback form for student clinical practicum experience in community/public health nursing.
abstract: Evaluation of students in community and public health (C/PH) nursing clinical practica is a challenge, especially when preceptors are expected to evaluate students from different academic nursing programs. The need for a standardized student evaluation tool was identified during federally funded collaborative meetings held between C/PH academic and practice partners in Northeastern Wisconsin. This article focuses on the development and appraisal of the standardized Agency Feedback Form (AFF) for Student Practicum Experience in Community/Public Health Nursing, which was designed to meet the identified need. Four baccalaureate nursing programs implemented the AFF for 3 purposes: (1) to provide a consistent and easy evaluation form for preceptors to complete; (2) to communicate useful information about students' individual professional behaviors observed during practicum; and (3) to increase students' and preceptors' understanding of the population-based nursing interventions, using the Public Health Intervention Wheel. Future uses and implications of the AFF are also discussed.
authors.affiliation: University of Wisconsin, Professional Program in Nursing, Greenbay 54311, USA. reillyj@uwgb.edu
authors.forename: Janet Resop
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Reilly
authors.forename: Jill
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Collier
authors.forename: Janice
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Edelstein
authors.forename: Chris
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Vandenhouten
authors.forename: Rebecca
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Hovarter
authors.forename: Judith M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Hansen
authors.forename: Stephanie
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Stewart
authors.forename: Mary Jo
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Turner
mesh_terms: D002983:Clinical Competence; D003152:Community Health Nursing / Q000193:education*; D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D004508:Education, Nursing, Baccalaureate / Q000379:methods / Q000458:organization & administration; D005246:Feedback; D006801:Humans; D011231:Preceptorship / Q000458:organization & administration*; D011637:Public Health Nursing / Q000193:education*; D013338:Students, Nursing / Q000523:psychology