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Core Curriculum for Master's‐Level Community Health Nursing Education: A Comparison of the Views of Leaders in Service and Education
Author(s) -
Selby Maya L.,
RiportellaMuller Roberta,
Quade Dana,
Legault Claudine,
Salmon Maria E.
Publication year - 1990
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.1525-1446.1990.tb00628.x
Subject(s) - practicum , curriculum , public health , core competency , nursing , health education , medicine , health promotion , medical education , biostatistics , community health , occupational health nursing , psychology , pedagogy , management , economics
This study identified core components of the curriculum for master's‐level community health nurses (CHNs) and assessed whether leaders in service agreed with leaders in education on the importance of these components. Through a mailed survey, 588 leaders in CHN service and education identified the following as the most important to include in the core CHN curriculum: a practicum experience; epidemiology; community health assessment and diagnosis; administration and management, including public health administration, management theory, program planning and evaluation, financial management and budgeting, and quality assurance; research methods and biostatistics; health promotion and disease prevention; intervention at the aggregate level; and leadership theory. These leaders also indicated that skills in both administration and direct care are essential for CHN