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Community Health Assessment and Program Planning in the Nurse Practitioner Curriculum: Evaluation of a Guided Design Learning Module
Author(s) -
Selby Maija L.,
Tuttle Dorothy M.
Publication year - 1987
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 - 10.1111/j.1525-1446.1987.tb00533.x
Subject(s) - community health , curriculum , medical education , nursing , program evaluation , program design language , medicine , nurse practitioners , needs assessment , psychology , public health , health care , computer science , pedagogy , sociology , social science , software engineering , public administration , political science , economics , economic growth
A 14‐hour learning module based on the Guided Design method was developed to teach community health assessment and program‐planning skills to nurse practitioner students. The module was developed because students in the program, part of a master's‐level community health nursing major, viewed community skills as irrelevant to their role. The module was implemented for two consecutive classes ( n = 19) and was evaluated through a quasi‐experimental design that measured changes in (1) students' attitudes toward community health assessment and program planning as part of the nurse practitioner role, and (2) their ability to conduct community health assessment and program planning. Upon completion of the Guided Design module, all students satisfactorily assessed a real community and planned a health program to meet a community need, and they reported highly significant ( P < 0.001) improvements in their attitudes toward these aspects of the nurse practitioner role.