N419 Clinical III (Western Campus):
Community Health Nursing Program
Rosanne Schulz, RN, BSN, MPH
Course Instructor
Fall 2008
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Welcome
Welcome to N419, the Community Health Nursing Clinical. In the coming semester, we look forward to assisting you in fulfilling the objectives for this course and in facilitating the continuing development of your nursing expertise.
Focus of N419
You will notice that N419 is different from your previous clinical rotations in several ways. The focus of N419 is providing nursing care to diverse groups by focusing on populations rather than individuals. Key objectives in community nursing include health promotion (physical, mental health, social and environmental), health protection (workplace safety, food and drug safety, swimming pools and beaches, restaurants), health balance (healthy interaction between body, mind, spirit and environment), disease prevention focusing on the continuum of care, and social justice. We are fortunate to have clinical sites in La Crosse and several other surrounding counties. As a community health student nurse, you will be providing services to clients in the community. For example you may see clients in their homes, at school, or in sites designed to meet the needs of specific clients. . You will have a preceptor at your community health site that will provide support for you to meet the course objectives and who will be evaluating your progress.
This 4-credit, graded course builds on the principles and content introduced in your previous clinical rotations: the nursing process, critical thinking, patient assessments, psychomotor skills, and clinical judgment, but also aims to expand your skills in population-based practice at the individual/family, community and systems levels. The emphasis in N419 is on (1) increasing your nursing knowledge and (2) integrating this knowledge into the nursing care of clients and populations within the community. This integration of knowledge with practice is intended to lead to a more holistic approach to health care and illness management, enabling you to provide nursing care in increasingly complex situations outside of an institution. Previous coursework has prepared you for this next step in the learning process and will serve as the foundation upon which you will build expertise in addressing both new situations and new populations.
Specifics of N419
Students are expected to be at their clinical sites as arranged with the student and preceptor.
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Since N419 requires travel to and from an agency, as well as to and from homes, schools, and other sites, you will need a car for your clinical days during the semester. There will be no reimbursement for mileage. There are times students may be able to share transportation with other students in the same agency and/or geographic area.
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You will not wear a uniform as each agency has its own dress code. You are expected to look professional and remain conscious of infection control issues such as hair, close toed shoes etc. You will need your name badge and a stethoscope. Depending on the site, you may be issued a nursing bag.
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An eight-hour clinical day in an agency is scheduled most weeks on Thursday and Friday. It is possible that Tuesday will be a clinical day depending on the site. Please read site descriptions closely. In total the course amounts to 180/hours, which includes your clinical site experiences and class meetings. More information on these projects will be explained at orientation.
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ORIENTATION will be on Thursday, September 4, 2008 from 8:00 AM – 4:30 PM at the Health Sciences Center in Room 2019. The clinical rotation at the site will begin on September 5, 2008.
Ranking Process
You must complete all of the following steps in order to be enrolled
for N419:
You were instructed to enroll for N419. At that time, you did not
enroll for a specific clinical site. The following instructions describe the
ranking process, to select your N419 site.
- The ranking process will take place on-line via Learn@UW.
This means that the clinical ranking information and the priority
ranking form that you need to complete will be available to you
anywhere at anytime beginning Monday, April 7, 2008 through Monday, April 14.
- Once you have logged in to Learn@UW,
you will see a box labeled My Madison Courses,
in that box, click open the show box labeled ONGOING. A link labeled N419 Western Campus
Clinical Site Ranking Information - Fall 08 will be displayed. Click
on that link and it will take you to the information regarding
the ranking process and the ranking form.
- Carefully read all the instructions regarding the ranking process
located on the Learn@UW
web site.
- Students must submit their completed form
no later than Monday, April 14, 2008. If you have not submitted
your completed form by April 14, you will be assigned to
whatever clinical sites remain open after the ranking process
is completed. Your clinical site assignment will be posted on
Learn@UW sometime in April, an email notification will be sent
as soon as assignments are posted.
- Contact Rosanne Schulz, RN, BSN, MPH, at rmschulz2@wisc.edu or call
(608) 775-3096 with any questions or concerns regarding N419.
- If you need assistance with the ranking process, please contact
Deb Hopke at dbhopke@wisc.edu,
or call 608-263-9109.
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