Community, Systems and Mental Health, College of Nursing, Rush University Medical Center, 600 S. Paulina St. Ste 1080, Chicago, IL 60612, United States of America.
J Prof Nurs. 2021 Mar-Apr;37(2):348-353. doi: 10.1016/j.profnurs.2021.01.005. Epub 2021 Jan 20.
The number of public health nurses has decreased consistently and significantly since the 1920's. The recent COVID-19 pandemic has put a spotlight on the need for more public health nurses in the workforce. The number of novice nurses entering into public health roles is declining, demonstrating a clear need to mentor pre-licensure nursing students into the public health nursing workforce. Scholarly concentration (SC) programs are a method to explore specialty roles through in-depth scholarly activities, outside of core curriculum. However, SC programs have not been described in the nursing literature. The purpose of this paper is to describe the development of a SC program to engage pre-licensure Clinical Nurse Leader (CNL) students in scholarly activities related to public health nursing.
This Public Health Nurse Scholars program was developed in 2014 with the goal of developing a cadre of generalist CNL students with experiences in public health nursing scholarly activities. The program aimed to increase awareness of career and scholarship opportunities through mentorship with public health nursing faculty. Students were encouraged to attend and present at professional conferences, participate in active scholarly projects and conduct quality improvement projects from a public health nursing perspective. The program was designed to foster students' public health nursing leadership and presentation skills and enhance their self-directed learning.
To date, 46 pre-licensure nursing students were selected as Public Health Nurse Scholars. Sixty-seven percent (n = 31) have graduated as Public Health Nurse Scholars; 33% (n = 15) are current Public Health Nurse Scholars. Twelve public health nursing faculty have served as mentors. As a result of the program 15 scholars attended and 3 scholars presented respectively at community/public health nursing conferences, and several scholars had related professional development opportunities. A majority of Public Health Nurse Scholars have designed and implemented a capstone quality improvement project with a public health nursing perspective, 15 of which were completed at community-based sites.
In the face of our current global, public health crisis, there is a clear need to develop a cadre of novice nurses prepared to enter the public health nursing workforce. The Public Health Nurse Scholars program shows promise towards encouraging an interest in public health nursing scholarship. Schools of nursing may consider the implementation of similar SC programs as an approach to mentor pre-licensure nurses in other specialty areas such as gerontological and neonatal nursing.
自 20 世纪 20 年代以来，公共卫生护士的数量持续大幅减少。最近的 COVID-19 大流行凸显了劳动力中需要更多公共卫生护士的需求。进入公共卫生角色的新手护士人数正在减少，这表明需要指导尚未获得执照的护理学生进入公共卫生护理劳动力队伍。学术集中（SC）计划是一种通过深入的学术活动探索专业角色的方法，而不是核心课程之外的活动。然而，护理文献中并未描述 SC 计划。本文的目的是描述一个 SC 计划的开发，该计划旨在使尚未获得执照的临床护理主任（CNL）学生参与与公共卫生护理相关的学术活动。
这个公共卫生护士学者计划于 2014 年成立，旨在培养一批具有公共卫生护理学术活动经验的通才 CNL 学生。该计划旨在通过与公共卫生护理教师的指导来提高对职业和奖学金机会的认识。鼓励学生参加和展示专业会议，参与积极的学术项目，并从公共卫生护理的角度进行质量改进项目。该计划旨在培养学生的公共卫生护理领导力和演讲技巧，并增强他们的自主学习能力。
迄今为止，已有 46 名尚未获得执照的护理学生被选为公共卫生护士学者。67%（n=31）已毕业为公共卫生护士学者；33%（n=15）目前是公共卫生护士学者。12 位公共卫生护理教师担任导师。该计划的结果是，15 名学者分别参加了社区/公共卫生护理会议，并进行了 3 次展示，并且一些学者获得了相关的专业发展机会。大多数公共卫生护士学者都设计并实施了具有公共卫生护理视角的顶点质量改进项目，其中 15 个项目是在社区为基础的地点完成的。
面对我们当前的全球公共卫生危机，显然需要培养一批准备进入公共卫生护理劳动力队伍的新手护士。公共卫生护士学者计划表明，鼓励对公共卫生护理奖学金的兴趣是有希望的。护理学校可以考虑实施类似的 SC 计划，作为指导其他专业领域（如老年和新生儿护理）的尚未获得执照的护士的一种方法。
