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Journal of Nursing & Care | ISSN: 2167-1168 | Volume 7
3
rd
World Congress on
May 16-17, 2018 | Montreal, Canada
Nursing Education, Practice & Research
Challenges in community and public health nursing education: student perceptions of diverse clinical experiences
Pamela Preston
Saint Anselm College, USA
C
urrent trends in healthcare emphasize a shift from acute care to community-based settings. It is challenging to provide
appropriate community clinical learning experiences as programs compete for placements as resources are understaffed
and overworked. As a result, Saint Anselm College, a traditional four-year baccalaureate college in New England, began
incorporating a variety of diverse community/public health sites into the clinical rotation for the community/public health
nursing course. Sites include urgent care centers, ambulatory care centers, wound centers, pain management, prisons, homeless
clinics, cancer centers, parish nursing, department of health offices and visiting nurse programs. Second-year Junior and senior
nursing students were randomly assigned to spend 10 clinical days at 1 or 2 clinical sites. The students participated in, planned
and conducted diverse nursing and educational activities. At the end of the experience, the students completed evaluations
consisting of a Likert scale and open-ended questions to rate the experience. The purpose of this study was to compare the
student perceptions of the value of experiences and impact on learning outcomes.
Biography
Pamela Preston is an Assistant Professor at Saint Anselm College Department of Nursing in Manchester, New Hampshire. She has received her Doctor of Nursing
Practice from Rush University in Chicago. She is currently teaching Community/Public Health Nursing.
ppreston@anselm.eduPamela Preston, J Nurs Care 2018, Volume 7
DOI: 10.4172/2167-1168-C3-070