Collaborative Design and Use of an Agency Feedback Form for Student Clinical Practicum Experience in Community/Public Health Nursing

Abstract

Evaluation of students in community and public health (C/PH) nursing clinical practica is a challenge, especially when preceptors are expected to evaluate students from different academic nursing programs. The need for a standardized student evaluation tool was identified during federally funded collaborative meetings held between C/PH academic and practice partners in Northeastern Wisconsin. This article focuses on the development and appraisal of the standardized Agency Feedback Form (AFF) for Student Practicum Experience in Community/Public Health Nursing, which was designed to meet the identified need. Four baccalaureate nursing programs implemented the AFF for 3 purposes: (1) to provide a consistent and easy evaluation form for preceptors to complete; (2) to communicate useful information about students' individual professional behaviors observed during practicum; and (3) to increase students' and preceptors' understanding of the population-based nursing interventions, using the Public Health Intervention Wheel. Future uses and implications of the AFF are also discussed.

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“…Many noted "once-in-a-lifetime" opportunities presented by the initiative, such as being a part of the solution, fighting COVID-19, giving back to the community, saving lives, and being a part of the response to a "historic event." special grant-funded projects (Reilly, et al, 2011;Young, et al, 2014;Zahner & Henriques, 2013), which facilitated initiating a collaboration to help with the COVID-19 vaccination challenge. Collaboration between these five schools was also supported by the familiarity of being part of the same state university system with similar programs and infrastructure (e.g., course management systems).…”

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