Assessing levels of student nurse learning in community based health placement with vulnerable families: Knowledge development for future clinical practice

Community services work with vulnerable families to assist them to link with health, education and welfare services. Community placements provide nursing students with understandings of the health impacts of social circumstances on broad population's. Nurses provide health care for vulnerable populations so it is important for students to gain experience in dealing with various population groups in a variety of settings. Community placements can increase student confidence to provide care for all people in the acute care setting.

Source: Nurse Education in Practice - July 2, 2018 Category: Nursing Authors: Yvonne K. Parry, Pauline Hill, Susan Horsfall Tags: Clinical education Source Type: research