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Tytuł:
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A scholarly concentration program to promote public health nursing for generalist Clinical Nurse Leader students.
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Autorzy:
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Reed M; Community, Systems and Mental Health, College of Nursing, Rush University Medical Center, 600 S. Paulina St. Ste 1080, Chicago, IL 60612, United States of America. Electronic address: Monique_.
Cygan H; Community, Systems and Mental Health, College of Nursing, Rush University Medical Center, 600 S. Paulina St. Ste 1080, Chicago, IL 60612, United States of America. Electronic address: Heide_.
Bejster M; Community, Systems and Mental Health, College of Nursing, Rush University Medical Center, 600 S. Paulina St. Ste 1080, Chicago, IL 60612, United States of America. Electronic address: Mallory_.
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Źródło:
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Journal of professional nursing : official journal of the American Association of Colleges of Nursing [J Prof Nurs] 2021 Mar-Apr; Vol. 37 (2), pp. 348-353. Date of Electronic Publication: 2021 Jan 20.
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Typ publikacji:
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Journal Article
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Język:
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English
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Imprint Name(s):
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Original Publication: [Philadelphia, PA] : W.B. Saunders, [c1985-
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MeSH Terms:
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Nurses*
Students, Nursing*
Public Health Nursing/*education
Adult ; COVID-19 ; Curriculum ; Female ; Humans ; Male ; Pandemics ; Practice Patterns, Nurses' ; SARS-CoV-2
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Contributed Indexing:
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Keywords: Clinical Nurse Leader; Generalist education; Public health nursing; Recruitment; Scholarly concentration
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Entry Date(s):
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Date Created: 20210419 Date Completed: 20210421 Latest Revision: 20221223
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Update Code:
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20240104
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PubMed Central ID:
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PMC9767317
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DOI:
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10.1016/j.profnurs.2021.01.005
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PMID:
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33867089
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Background: The number of public health nurses has decreased consistently and significantly since the 1920's. The recent COVID-19 pandemic has put a spotlight on the need for more public health nurses in the workforce. The number of novice nurses entering into public health roles is declining, demonstrating a clear need to mentor pre-licensure nursing students into the public health nursing workforce. Scholarly concentration (SC) programs are a method to explore specialty roles through in-depth scholarly activities, outside of core curriculum. However, SC programs have not been described in the nursing literature. The purpose of this paper is to describe the development of a SC program to engage pre-licensure Clinical Nurse Leader (CNL) students in scholarly activities related to public health nursing.
Program Overview: This Public Health Nurse Scholars program was developed in 2014 with the goal of developing a cadre of generalist CNL students with experiences in public health nursing scholarly activities. The program aimed to increase awareness of career and scholarship opportunities through mentorship with public health nursing faculty. Students were encouraged to attend and present at professional conferences, participate in active scholarly projects and conduct quality improvement projects from a public health nursing perspective. The program was designed to foster students' public health nursing leadership and presentation skills and enhance their self-directed learning.
Results: To date, 46 pre-licensure nursing students were selected as Public Health Nurse Scholars. Sixty-seven percent (n = 31) have graduated as Public Health Nurse Scholars; 33% (n = 15) are current Public Health Nurse Scholars. Twelve public health nursing faculty have served as mentors. As a result of the program 15 scholars attended and 3 scholars presented respectively at community/public health nursing conferences, and several scholars had related professional development opportunities. A majority of Public Health Nurse Scholars have designed and implemented a capstone quality improvement project with a public health nursing perspective, 15 of which were completed at community-based sites.
Conclusions: In the face of our current global, public health crisis, there is a clear need to develop a cadre of novice nurses prepared to enter the public health nursing workforce. The Public Health Nurse Scholars program shows promise towards encouraging an interest in public health nursing scholarship. Schools of nursing may consider the implementation of similar SC programs as an approach to mentor pre-licensure nurses in other specialty areas such as gerontological and neonatal nursing.
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