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From proposal to action: evaluating the results of a nursing student project to promote student-community engagement.
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Contemporary Nurse: A Journal for the Australian Nursing Profession . Apr2023, Vol. 59 Issue 2, p132-142. 11p. - Publication Year :
- 2023
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Abstract
- A focus on community engagement is encouraged when educating nursing students on preventative care and advocacy. Students often struggle to connect theory to practice and benefit from real-world experiences. This paper describes the effect of a student-led health project on student development. A descriptive, correlational design was used to explore end of semester feedback from undergraduate nursing students (N = 174) completing a semester long community project. Chi-square analyses and thematic coding were performed to determine measures of association and student perceptions. Across 83 completed surveys (47.7%), self-efficacy was a key factor in project completion, development, bias awareness, and commitment to community. Civic duty and professional responsibility are challenging concepts for students, thus, impacting transition to practice. Engagement in self-efficacious experiences is encouraged. Community engagement influences undergraduate nursing students' development. Enhanced support of student self-efficacy may promote attainment of nursing values and improved care delivery. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- *RESEARCH
*PATIENT participation
*RESEARCH methodology
*COMMUNITIES
*RATING of students
*UNDERGRADUATES
*SELF-efficacy
*DESCRIPTIVE statistics
*CHI-squared test
*NURSING students
*STUDENT attitudes
*STATISTICAL correlation
*THEMATIC analysis
*COMMITMENT (Psychology)
*MEDICAL coding
*WOMEN'S health
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 10376178
- Volume :
- 59
- Issue :
- 2
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Contemporary Nurse: A Journal for the Australian Nursing Profession
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 168582760
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1080/10376178.2023.2188237