Development and Testing of a Practicum Matching Program for Baccalaureate Nursing Education, a Local Public Health Unit

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• Personal Author:
  Hubscher JJ ; Kingsinger OG ; McBride KM ; McCullagh MC ; Mecomber J ; Park S ; Souksay KJ ; Velasquez CMV ; Yake LM
• Description:
  This article describes a novel approach to nursing education, designed to improve the experience of both students in public health nursing, and the local public health unit where they affiliate. Students, faculty, and public health department staff developed a method for matching programs and needs of the local public health unit to the skills and learning needs of nursing students. We describe our experience articulating student competencies, program-specific functions, and an approach to matching student interests and learning opportunities to agency needs. Students, faculty, and staff rated the program moderately to very high in feasibility, satisfaction, and acceptability. Data suggest the novel program served to improve the quality of the practicum affiliation, to the satisfaction of both the school and agency, while contributing to a robust public health learning experience for emerging professional nurses. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Community Health Services Education Health Personnel Occupational Health Public Health Safety
• Keywords:
  Author Keywords: Community Health Nursing Community Health Health Care Health Care Personnel Nurses Nursing Public Health Public Health Nursing Education Undergraduate Nursing Education
• ISSN:
  0737-1209
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Grant
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Michigan ; OSHA Region 5
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Volume:
  37
• Issue:
  5
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20060486
• Citation:
  Public Health Nurs 2020 Sep/Oct; 37(5):812-817
• Contact Point Address:
  Marjorie McCullagh, 400 N. Ingalls St., Ann Arbor, MI 48109
• Email:
  mcculla@umich.edu
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2020
• Performing Organization:
  University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Start Date:
  20050701
• Source Full Name:
  Public Health Nursing
• End Date:
  20280630
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:65951ddb6cd7e98e04c75a47b9f8079d6b6c2e020de02db81e70ff1deaab31bdec9086de44748d3f283eac2b1ec690d1a29a2b909a09a7af3554b7199e88048b
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/224361/cdc_224361_DS1.pdf
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  [PDF - 489.15 KB ]