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Community Health Clinical Experiences: The Primary Care Setting
Author(s) -
Kemp Charles
Publication year - 1994
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.1525-1446.1994.tb00382.x
Subject(s) - community health , general partnership , nursing , public health nursing , needs assessment , primary care , medical education , primary health care , process (computing) , population , medicine , service (business) , health education , public health , health care , psychology , family medicine , sociology , computer science , business , economics , social science , environmental health , finance , marketing , operating system , economic growth
Applying the nursing process to the health of populations is a challenge in undergraduate community health nursing education. We evaluated a method of applying the process in primary health care settings. Key factors were using case management and other means to assess systems from the client's perspective, assessing population needs, diagnosing community needs‐service mismatch, planning in partnership with communities, and implementing and evaluating plans. Because these are difficult, if not impossible, to accomplish in a one‐semester undergraduate course, students transferred projects and cases from one semester to another. Case management is the principal interface of students to individual and family clients.