The faith community provides an important access point for practice focused on population health at a time when health issues such as obesity and overweight are affecting large number of Americans. The purpose of this study was to examine faith community nurses' self-efficacy perceptions following a nutrition educational intervention. A convenience sample of 92 faith community nurses were randomly assigned to experimental and control groups. The t-distribution analysis revealed significant differences between the nutrition knowledge self-efficacy (p = .016) and nutrition counseling self-efficacy (p = .010) post-test scores for the experimental and control groups. This type of educational intervention provides a model to be used with faith community nurses as they integrate faith and health in this setting.
Pediatric end-of-life care is a challenge for nursing education. Until recently, there was little evidence of pedagogical approaches to meet the educational needs of nursing students. Based on End-of-Life Nursing Education Consortium guidelines and recent literature, a clinical simulation was developed using the documentary “A Lion in the House.” Learning objectives were developed along with presimulation student learning activities. Reflection and dialogue were guided postsimulation. This simulation provided a novel approach to student-centered learning and a context for resolving the problem of providing clinical learning experiences to educate nursing students to care for the child and family experiencing the end of life.
Simulation can be used to facilitate knowledge and practice with clients/families in the community. Because student nurses appreciate the opportunity to practice skills in a nonthreatening environment, and faculty welcome the opportunity to observe all students providing a home visit to a similar type of client, the authors developed such a simulation. In this article, they outline the process taken to develop and evaluate a high-fidelity community simulated clinical experience.
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