Host Agency Perspectives on Facilitating Community-Based Clinical Experiences for Nursing Students

Evaluation of a College-Community Approach to Developing Multi-level Primary Health Care-Population Health Promotion Practicums for Nursing Students

“…In addressing discrepant expectations between agency partners and faculty (Reimer- Kirkham et al, 2016), these findings emphasize the interrelated role of the faculty and agency partner in supervising students. It is important to negotiate this supervisory role at the beginning of the practicum in order to enable adequate supervision and healthy working relationships, and it allows faculty to plan workload while cultivating longer-term partnerships with agencies.…”

“…Addressing Reimer- Kirkham et al's (2016) finding that incongruities can exist between faculty and partner expectations, thus creating tensions in the relationship, faculty emphasized the importance of negotiating the roles of faculty and mentor to ensure a healthy working relationship and that students get consistent feedback. Agency mentors and students appreciated the consultant role that faculty took to inform theory and evidence-based practice.…”

Striving for Health Equity Through Nursing Education: A Critical Examination of Non-traditional Community Health Placements

“…Despite the positive impact non-traditional CH placements are reported to have on student learning and professionalization, little is known about how these placements impact partner organizations. Research suggests non-traditional CH placements are beneficial as nursing students can complete the work organizations may be unable to do and bring knowledge and energy that may be beneficial (Doran et al, 2020;Gardner & Emory, 2018;Laliberte et al, 2017;Reimer-Kirkham et al, 2016). Despite these positive findings, Reimer-Kirkham et al ( 2016) highlight the increased time and attention nursing students require from community partners in light of students' ongoing skill development, potentially creating a barrier to staff working directly with community members.…”