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A Community Partnership to Prepare Nursing Students to Respond to Domestic Violence
Author(s) -
Hayward Karen S.,
Weber La Mae
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
nursing forum
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.618
H-Index - 36
eISSN - 1744-6198
pISSN - 0029-6473
DOI - 10.1111/j.0029-6473.2003.t01-1-00005.x
Subject(s) - general partnership , compassion , domestic violence , nursing , service learning , service (business) , empathy , nurse education , psychology , suicide prevention , medicine , poison control , political science , pedagogy , business , social psychology , environmental health , marketing , law
TOPIC Partnership building to prepare nursing students to respond to domestic violence through service learning. PURPOSE To describe an innovative approach to preparing nursing students to respond to domestic violence. SOURCES Clinical practice and experience, published literature, partner organizations. CONCLUSIONS This community partnership has prepared nursing students to respond effectively and with compassion to individuals and families experiencing violence. This approach can be replicated through a service learning model to support coordinated community response to domestic violence.