title: A nurse-managed advocacy clinic in a Hispanic senior center: using a concept-based clinical practice site to enhance nursing education.
abstract: A nurse-managed advocacy clinic for vulnerable, low-income, non-English-speaking elderly Hispanic men and women was developed at a neighborhood community center as a clinical site for senior baccalaureate nursing students. In the clinic's 5 years of operation, nursing students and faculty provided health screenings and education as well as referrals to primary care providers, landlords, pharmacies, and social workers. In doing so, nursing students were introduced to the concept of patient advocacy in a real-world experiential clinical setting, providing an effective link between theoretical knowledge discussed in the classroom and professional nursing practice.
authors.affiliation: Author Affiliation: Assistant Professor of Nursing, Breen School of Nursing, Ursuline College, Pepper Pike, Ohio.
authors.forename: Mary Lind
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Crowe
mesh_terms: D004508:Education, Nursing, Baccalaureate / Q000379:methods*; D006630:Hispanic or Latino; D006801:Humans; D009723:Nurse-Patient Relations; D015402:Nursing Education Research; D015403:Nursing Evaluation Research; D015404:Nursing Methodology Research; D010344:Patient Advocacy; D057184:Practice Patterns, Nurses'; D064407:Senior Centers / Q000458:organization & administration*; D013338:Students, Nursing / Q000523:psychology