Applying Credit Hours to International Clinical Placements for Baccalaureate Nursing Programs.
Journal
The Journal of nursing education
ISSN: 1938-2421
Titre abrégé: J Nurs Educ
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 7705432
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
01 Dec 2019
01 Dec 2019
Historique:
received:
12
04
2019
accepted:
04
09
2019
entrez:
4
12
2019
pubmed:
4
12
2019
medline:
17
6
2020
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
As global learning programs gain momentum in nursing education, a variety of models have emerged. A typical experience consists of 1-week international immersion in which faculty, nursing students, and an interprofessional team deliver direct health care to impoverished communities. Our international clinical placements have been successful in providing rich learning experiences while applying clinical credit hours toward required courses in our baccalaureate nursing program. The unique attributes of these international clinical placements include full integration into the curriculum, use of formative and summative clinical evaluations, participation across specialties and life span in one experience, an interprofessional practice setting, and consistent design and standards across programs. By integrating the experiences into the curriculum and maximizing credit hours applied, the international experiences fulfill clinical placements and develop the students' personal and professional goals. These innovative strategies of international clinical placements have been successful in meeting student, program, and community needs. [J Nurs Educ. 2019;58(12):733-735.].
Sections du résumé
BACKGROUND
BACKGROUND
As global learning programs gain momentum in nursing education, a variety of models have emerged. A typical experience consists of 1-week international immersion in which faculty, nursing students, and an interprofessional team deliver direct health care to impoverished communities. Our international clinical placements have been successful in providing rich learning experiences while applying clinical credit hours toward required courses in our baccalaureate nursing program.
METHOD
METHODS
The unique attributes of these international clinical placements include full integration into the curriculum, use of formative and summative clinical evaluations, participation across specialties and life span in one experience, an interprofessional practice setting, and consistent design and standards across programs.
RESULTS
RESULTS
By integrating the experiences into the curriculum and maximizing credit hours applied, the international experiences fulfill clinical placements and develop the students' personal and professional goals.
CONCLUSION
CONCLUSIONS
These innovative strategies of international clinical placements have been successful in meeting student, program, and community needs. [J Nurs Educ. 2019;58(12):733-735.].
Identifiants
pubmed: 31794042
doi: 10.3928/01484834-20191120-10
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
733-735Informations de copyright
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