Adapting a community health nursing course to an online format

As COVID‐19 spread through the United States in March 2020, universities were forced to move to online learning to minimize COVID‐19 transmission. Students in nursing programs represent several generational cohorts with varying learning styles and comfort with technology. This move to an online form...

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Published in:Public health Nursing 2021-05, Vol.38 (3), p.439-444
Main Authors: Pullis, Bridgette Crotwell, Hekel, Barbara Emily
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
CAI
case study
Colleges & universities
Communication skills
community health nursing
Community nursing
Computer assisted instruction
COVID-19
Curricula
Format
Internet
Nursing
Nursing education
online education
Online instruction
Pandemics
Students
Videoconferencing
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Summary:As COVID‐19 spread through the United States in March 2020, universities were forced to move to online learning to minimize COVID‐19 transmission. Students in nursing programs represent several generational cohorts with varying learning styles and comfort with technology. This move to an online format required faculty and students to use digital tools from video conferencing, remote testing, online classes, and an unfolding case study. Community Health Nursing is an important capstone course in the Baccalaureate of Science in Nursing curriculum. Community health nursing focuses on the care of populations. Communication skills, analysis of data from various sources, collaboration with peers, and planning and evaluation of interventions are essential competencies of community health nursing. This article describes strategies to teach the core competencies online and how two group activities were formatted for online delivery: development of a public service announcement and a debate. The faculty employed an approach to online teaching that preserved the activities and fostered student engagement through the use of various online strategies.
ISSN:0737-1209
1525-1446
DOI:10.1111/phn.12868