Poster Presentation
Thursday, 20 July 2006
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM
Thursday, 20 July 2006
3:00 PM - 3:30 PM
This presentation is part of : Poster Presentations II
When Human Response is to the Community: Establishing an Evidence Base
Lee-Ellen Charlotte Kirkhorn, PhD, RN1, Susan Diemert Moch, PhD, RN1, Sarah L. Heins, ATC2, Amy L. Tryggestad2, Julie Brandt, BSN, RN1, and Jayne Bielecki, MS, RN3. (1) Family Health Nursing, University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire, Eau Claire, WI, USA, (2) Nursing, University of Wisconsin Eau Claire, Eau Claire, WI, USA, (3) Family Health Nursing, Unversity of Wisconsin-Eau Claire, Eau Claire, WI, USA
Learning Objective #1: evaluate the efficacy of an educational strategy designed to examine human responses to a community.
Learning Objective #2: examine nursing's social policy in light of community-based human responses.
Nursing’s social policy statement provides direction for practice. To address the human response to alterations in health, graduate students at the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire participate in a nursing course designed to evoke critical thinking about the human response. Students are asked to apply theory, not only to understand an individual’s human response, also to understand the human response of families and communities who have experienced alterations in health. In the wake of natural disasters that have had a profound impact upon families and communities, graduate students have rich opportunity to consider the evidence base for community responses. Students are asked to examine their practice for ideas and to share their stories in class. One student developed her paper around the community response to a 'needy' patient. In some cases, an exhaustive review of extant literature revealed little substantive research into the community response to a particular health alteration, such as suicide, loss of a child, Down Syndrome, or response to a person in need. Students are asked to examine their own responses, to interview others, and to comb relevant literature for ideas and insights. The educational strategy and evidence base we have used in our course, examples of student outcomes, and implications for nursing practice and research will be presented.

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