RT Book, Section
A1 Schoon, Patricia M.
A1 Schaffer, Marjorie A.
A1 Timm, Jill
A2 Schoon, Patricia M.
A2 Porta, Carolyn M.
A2 Schaffer, Marjorie A.
SR Print(0)
ID 1189289350
T1 Introduction to Public Health Nursing Practice
T2 Population-Based Public Health Clinical Manual: The Henry Street Model for Nurses, 3e
YR 2019
FD 2019
PB Sigma Theta Tau International
PP New York, NY
SN 9781945157752
LK apn.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1189289350
RD 2024/12/11
AB Abby  will  soon  be  starting  her  public  health  nursing  clinical  and  is  struggling  with  the  idea  of  practicing  nursing  outside  the  hospital.  She  is  talking  about  public  health  clinicals  with  Alberto  and  Sia  at  lunch.  “I  can't  imagine  myself  out  in  someone's  home,  or  in  a  school,  or  in  a  community  center  or  public  health  agency.  I'm  not  sure  I  know  what  I'm  supposed  to  do.  I  also  wonder  how  I  will  be  respected  without  scrubs  or  my  uniform.  Is  it  really  true  that  one  of  the  most  important  skills  in  public  health  is  listening  and  that  sometimes  that  is  all  that  you  do?  I  feel  like  I  should  be  doing  something  more.”Alberto  responds,  “My  friend,  Zack,  had  public  health  last  semester.  He  said  that  it  was  interesting  to  consider  listening  as  its  own  intervention.  It  was  hard  to  not  jump  in  and  ‘teach’  immediately.  He  often  wanted  to  do  more.  After  a  while,  he  started  to  get  comfortable  and  also  started  to  understand  the  benefits  of  really  trying  to  understand  the  perspectives  of  clients  in  the  community.”Sia  comments,  “I  worry  about  all  of  this  too.  I  was  talking  with  Jen,  a  friend  of  mine  who  took  public  health  last  year.  She  said  that  on  her  first  home  visit,  she  went  with  her  public  health  nursing  preceptor.  This  gave  her  a  chance  to  get  a  sense  for  the  family's  needs  and  possible  interventions.”Abby  says,  “I  am  really  worried  about  being  out  alone.  I  wonder  what  the  neighborhood  where  my  family  lives  will  be  like  and  whether  I  will  be  safe.”Sia  states,  “I'm  also  curious  about  the  various  public  health  nursing  roles  that  we  may  be  able  to  observe  or  do.  It  seems  like  the  field  is  so  broad  and  there  are  so  many  things  to  consider.”