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Julie Fisher Robertson

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Ensuring a knowledgeable and committed gerontological nursing workforce.

There is a growing societal need for professional nurses who are knowledgeable and committed to working with older adults. In order to address this need, a small study that included self-evaluation and curriculum review was conducted by faculty at one Midwestern nursing program in the United States. A moderately positive attitude, moderately high knowledge, and moderate pursuit of knowledge of older adults were identified with the faculty in the presence of limited curricular content of gerontology. Implications for nursing education included continuing education for nursing faculty and program support in nursing curricula.

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Teaching epidemiology: an experiential strategy.

Helping students understand and apply epidemiological concepts can be a challenging aspect of teaching an undergraduate community health nursing course. To assist students, an experiential assignment was developed that required them to conduct epidemiological investigations of buildings on campus. Students were required to assess nine environmental areas, identify overall risk factors, and determine possible causes of a fictitious syndrome. The university's Environmental Health and Safety Department used the results of their investigations to correct problems.

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Does advanced community/public health nursing practice have a future?

Societal trends and predicted needs of the health care system indicate that there will be increasing demands for health care professionals who can effectively manage the health needs of populations and communities. Nurses who have master's degrees in community/public health nursing have the educational background to provide this expertise. Although the Association of Community Health Nursing Educators and many nursing leaders maintain that these nurses are advanced practice nurses, most leading nursing organizations and state nurse practice acts do not include population and community health management skills in their definitions of advanced practice nursing. These exclusions have produced a serious status problem for master's programs in community/public health nursing. This article examines issues affecting the current and future status of master's-level community/public health nursing. Solutions are suggested for ensuring the viability of this specialty area.

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