 | The 131st Annual Meeting (November 15-19, 2003) of APHA |
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| The 131st Annual Meeting (November 15-19, 2003) of APHA |
Linda Olson Keller, MS, BSN, CS1, Karen Jorgensen-Royce, BSN, MS1, Wendy Kvale, BSN1, Marie E. Margitan, BSN, MSN2, Mary J. Rippke, BS, MS2, Susan Strohschein, MS, BSN2, Karen Zilliox, BSN2, and Mary Orban, BSN2. (1) Office of Public Health Practice - Center for Public Health Nursing, Minnesota Department of Health, Metro Square Building, P.O. Box 64975, St. Paul, MN 55164, 651-296-9176, linda.keller@health.state.mn.us, (2) Office of Public Health Practice - Local Capacity Unit, Minnesota Department of Health, Duluth Field Office, 320 West Second Street, Duluth, MN 55802
Public health nurses from education and practice joined together to effectively prepare a public health nursing workforce that is grounded in population-based practice. “Linking Public Health Nursing Practice and Education to Promote Population Health,” a Division of Nursing grant awarded to the Center for Public Health Nursing at the Minnesota Department of Health, brought together 14 schools of nursing and 35 local and tribal health departments to design models of clinical experiences that effectively prepare nursing students to practice population-based public health nursing. Utilizing the results of an extensive assessment of the status of public health nursing education in the state, five regional teams, each involving at least one school of nursing and health department, created projects that reflected the priorities of their communities. Clinical experiences in all five projects relate to actual community needs and contribute to meeting the goals of the public health plans, offer opportunities to assess populations, utilize levels of practice and prevention, and address the broad determinants of health. This session will present the key findings of the assessment and describe the population-based clinical models. It will also highlight the unique focus of each project, for example, developing a set of core competencies for PHNs that encompass the needs of both the workforce and schools of nursing and an accompanying “menu” of clinical learning experiences, designing a student "logbook" that students use to analyze their populating-based experiences and communicate with their instructor and preceptor, and developing a resource guide that supports population-based practice.
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Keywords: Public Health Nursing, Public Health Education
Presenting author's disclosure statement:
I do not have any significant financial interest/arrangement or affiliation with any organization/institution whose products or services are being discussed in this session.