An educational partnership in health promotion for pre-registration nurses and further education college students.
This paper describes a partnership between a university and a college of further education, whereby first-year nursing students administered health checks to college students. Despite many challenges, the experience was positive for both sets of students and has been mainstreamed. Many lessons were learnt about how best to support nursing students to ensure a good quality experience for both student groups. Data gained from the health checks are also presented, and the programme is compared with the brief community placement that previous nursing students had undertaken at this stage of their training. Theoretical underpinnings for the programme are discussed.
School of Health Sciences, City University London, UK. s.j.abbott@city.ac.uk
Stephen
S
Abbott
Nicki
N
Thomas
Daniel
D
Apau
Rosa
R
Benato
Siobhan
S
Hicks
Karin
K
MacKenzie
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D004506:Education, Nursing / Q000379:methods / Q000592:standards*; D004509:Education, Nursing, Continuing; D004522:Educational Status; D005260:Female; D006293:Health Promotion / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D008131:London; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015403:Nursing Evaluation Research; D040241:Social Marketing; D013338:Students, Nursing; D013997:Time Factors; D055815:Young Adult