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The New Paradigm: Concepts and Application in Community Health Nursing
Author(s) -
Hays Bevely J.
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.tb00394.x
Subject(s) - curriculum , nursing , health care , nurse education , health care delivery , nursing practice , community health , medical education , medicine , psychology , public health , pedagogy , economics , economic growth
The central role of community health nursing in future health care delivery systems is undisputed. The abilities and characteristics of nurses who will practice in those systems depends to a large extent on their learning experiences in basic nursing programs. Educators are being asked to prepare skilled, compassionate scholar‐clinicians to provide care for the complex needs of clients, despite already packed curricula. The curricular changes cannot be additive; learning must be designed to empower students to become nurses who are both skilled and compassionate. Certain faculty attitudes and behaviors are essential to this new educational paradigm, and student activities and assignments must foster confident, effective practice.