title: Adapting Pediatric Clinical Experiences to a Changing Health Care Environment.
abstract: Consolidation and regionalization in pediatric acute care hospitals have limited clinical opportunities for prelicensure nursing students. The use of schools as primary learning sites offers an opportunity for a combined pediatric and public health clinical experience for nursing students. The purpose of the study was to compare pediatric knowledge and clinical simulation performance between hospital- and community-based pediatric clinical experiences. Study results indicated no difference between groups based on knowledge or simulation scores.
authors.affiliation: Author Affiliations: Assistant Professor (Dr Pohl); Director (Ms Jarvill), Nursing Simulation Lab; Professor (Dr Akman); and Student (Ms Clark), Mennonite College of Nursing, Illinois State University, Normal.
authors.forename: Carla
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Pohl
authors.forename: Melissa
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Jarvill
authors.forename: Olcay
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Akman
authors.forename: Sarah
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Clark
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D002983:Clinical Competence; D003152:Community Health Nursing / Q000193:education*; D003479:Curriculum; D004508:Education, Nursing, Baccalaureate / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D015146:Midwestern United States; D009720:Nurse Clinicians / Q000193:education*; D015402:Nursing Education Research; D010371:Pediatric Nursing / Q000193:education*; D011634:Public Health / Q000193:education*; D055815:Young Adult