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Community Development Through Faculty Practice in a Rural Nurse‐Managed Clinic
Author(s) -
Krothe Joyce Splann,
Flynn Beverly,
Ray Dixie,
Goodwin Sheilia
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
public health nursing
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.471
H-Index - 55
eISSN - 1525-1446
pISSN - 0737-1209
DOI - 10.1046/j.1525-1446.2000.00264.x
Subject(s) - general partnership , economic shortage , nursing , medicine , professional development , community health , rural health , community practice , public health , medical education , rural area , family medicine , political science , linguistics , philosophy , pathology , government (linguistics) , pharmacy , law
This article describes a community‐academic partnership that led to the development of a nurse‐managed clinic (NMC) in 1996 in a rural Indiana area designated by the state as a medically underserved area (MUA) and a health professional shortage area (HPSA). Application of the community development model in faculty practice is described in relation to the clinic. The project is ongoing; lessons learned to date, which have implications for others involved in faculty practice, are described.