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RESEARCH PRODUCT
Facilitating nursing students’ acquisition of knowledge about the public health perspective in nursing: Experiences from a pilot project
Hans Inge SaevareidElsebeth KrøgerÅShild Slettebøsubject
medicine.medical_specialty030504 nursingbusiness.industryPublic healtheducationPerspective (graphical)PracticumGeneral Medicine03 medical and health sciences0302 clinical medicineTeam nursingNursingWork (electrical)Occupational health nursingCohortMedicine030212 general & internal medicineNurse education0305 other medical sciencebusinessdescription
Knowledge about public health and public health work is important for meeting current and future health challenges. A group of nursing students in a cohort participated in a practicum programme pertaining to the study of the academic subject ‘Nursing and Society’. The municipality’s public healthcare services were the learning arena. The purpose of this pilot project was to explore whether participation in the municipality’s public healthcare services is a pedagogical approach that enhances nursing students’ acquisition of knowledge about the public health perspective in nursing. Combined methods were used in the evaluation. Data were collected through focus-group interviews and questionnaire surveys. The results reveal that participation in the municipality’s public healthcare services while studying the subject contributed towards enabling the students enrolled in the practical study to visualize the public health perspective in nursing.
year | journal | country | edition | language |
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2017-06-27 | Nordic Journal of Nursing Research |