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From proposal to action: evaluating the results of a nursing student project to promote student-community engagement
1College of Health and Human Services, School of Nursing, Indiana University Northwest, Gary, IN, USA.
Background:
A focus on community engagement is encouraged when educating nursing students on preventative care and advocacy. Students often struggle to connect theory to practice and benefit from real-world experiences.
Aim:
This paper describes the effect of a student-led health project on student development.
Methods:
A descriptive, correlational design was used to explore end of semester feedback from undergraduate nursing students (N = 174) completing a semester long community project. Chi-square analyses and thematic coding were performed to determine measures of association and student perceptions.
Results:
Across 83 completed surveys (47.7%), self-efficacy was a key factor in project completion, development, bias awareness, and commitment to community.
Conclusions:
Civic duty and professional responsibility are challenging concepts for students, thus, impacting transition to practice. Engagement in self-efficacious experiences is encouraged.
Impact Statement:
Community engagement influences undergraduate nursing students' development. Enhanced support of student self-efficacy may promote attainment of nursing values and improved care delivery.
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