Public health nursing
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Public health nursing · Jun 1995
Randomized Controlled Trial Comparative Study Clinical TrialPreterm infant follow-up project: a multi-site field experiment of hospital and home intervention programs for mothers and preterm infants.
This study was designed as a multi-site field experiment to test the efficacy of hospital and home visit interventions to improve interaction between mothers and preterm infants. Hospital intervention consisted of State Modulation (SM) treatment, which focused on teaching mothers to read the behavioral cues and modulate the states of consciousness of preterm infants during feedings. Home visit intervention was a field-tested program, Nursing Systems for Effective Parenting-Preterm (NSTEP-P), implemented during the first five months after the infant's hospital discharge. ⋯ Findings suggest that State Modulation treatment is effective in influencing positive social interaction of infants regardless of the level of maternal education. State modulation treatment combined with NSTEP-P is most effective in improving the social interaction between preterm infants and mothers with limited formal education. Such treatment-specific programs suggest avenues for providing cost-effective care that complements the changing transactional needs of mothers and preterm infants.
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Public health nursing · Apr 1995
Historical ArticleThe Howard Association of New Orleans--precursor to district nursing.
Although philanthropist William Rathbone is generally recognized as the founder of district nursing (in Liverpool, England, in 1859), the Howard Association of New Orleans actually began to use a pattern of district nursing 26 years earlier as a response to yellow fever epidemics. Concepts brought forth by the association included dividing the city into districts; teaching preventive measures; using community members to locate those needing assistance; and caring for the sick in their homes, utilizing nurses when the need arose.
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Public health nursing · Dec 1994
Student experiential learning: a collaborative community practice project.
Theoretical and experiential learning in community assessment are essential components of the preparation of first-level community health nurses. This article describes a collaborative community practice project in which faculty incorporated senior baccalaureate community health nursing students as participants. ⋯ Learning outcomes of this experiential process are described within the context of Burnard's Experiential Learning Model and community health nursing course objectives. Recommendations for design of similar experiential learning opportunities are made.