Teaching health promotion: motivating students through collaboration

The collaborative model provided a number of benefits. Personalizing general health risks enabled the students to translate health promotion knowledge to individuals and groups in the community. The presence of the community health nurse permitted confidential dialogue with students regarding their personal appraisals. In the clinical setting the community health nurse served as a role model and demonstrated use of the tool among a variety of groups. Nurses are expected to identify populations at risk for various health problems and to promote healthful outcomes. This model was useful in assisting students to apply and synthesize health promotion concepts in an active and creative manner. Collaboration with an effective nurse role model was critical to the project.