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Collaboration is key: Infusion of population health principles in graduate nursing education
The AACN Essentials in Master’s Education in Nursing (2011) recommends preparation of graduate nursing students to learn to lead change in clinical prevention and population health. Students in a graduate nursing population health course wrestle with envisioning an ecological approach that is both population and individual focused, is posed to deliver equitable and efficient care, and is grounded in the social determinants of health, epidemiologic concepts, and relevant nursing science concepts.
Description
Faculty collaborated with University of Wisconsin’s Population Health Institute’s County Health Rankings and Roadmaps (CHR&R) community coaches to support student identification of resources and learn principles of population health care delivery models. Students developed partnerships with Community Coaches to advance their understanding of population science.
Lessons Learned
Students used community coaches to focus their projects from care of the individual to that of a population. Using the CHR&R framework, community coaches stressed the importance of multi-stakeholder engagement; policy, system, and environmental change; and choosing evidence-informed interventions in community health improvement efforts. The CHR&R Take Action Cycle and What Works for Health database of evidence informed strategies are timeless resources that students can utilize in academic and clinical settings.
Coaches developed valuable communication skills in identifying and responding to the needs of a diverse group of students quickly, and became knowledgeable about vulnerable populations in service to students’ needs.
Implications
Interdisciplinary partnerships between graduate nursing students and community experts can be used to help students develop competencies in using population health approaches and care delivery models.
Learning Areas:
Public health or related nursingLearning Objectives:
Describe one collaborative opportunity with community experts to help graduate nursing students learn principles of population health.
Keyword(s): Community-Based Partnership & Collaboration
Qualified on the content I am responsible for because: I have facilitated a population health course for graduate nursing students for three years and have been the lead faculty for the last year. My program of research is community based approaches to risk reduction among vulnerable populations of adolescents.
Any relevant financial relationships? No
I agree to comply with the American Public Health Association Conflict of Interest and Commercial Support Guidelines, and to disclose to the participants any off-label or experimental uses of a commercial product or service discussed in my presentation.