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The Cloutterbuck Minimum Data Matrix (CMDM) is an effective model to prepare nursing students for practice in the 21st century. Use of the CMDM challenges students to think critically, reflect on the changes occurring in the structure and financing of the health care system, and consider the "big picture view" of health and the many factors that impinge on it, all within the context of an increasingly diverse and independent consumer population. This article describes how the CMDM was used to guide the selection and organization of content and teaching-learning strategies for a senior-level community health nursing course in a baccalaureate program. The CMDM provided direction for the curriculum, nature and sequence of the content, practicum settings, student requirements, and teaching-learning strategies for the course.