Saturday, March 3, 2012

Nursing students engaging with local communities.(focus: Community nursing/Education)

Tell me and I forget. Show me and I remember. Involve me and I understand.

(Chinese Proverb)

Bachelor of Nursing students at Murdoch University are required to complete a family and community health care unit. This unit covers primary health care, social determinants of health, and health education and promotion within a community and family based context. Teaching at a new School of Nursing presented a unique opportunity to establish an innovative unit within the curriculum which is appropriate for nursing professionals in the 21st century.

A study by Lucks and Durak (2001) of the social condition of the Peel region in Western Australia highlighted …

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