%0 Journal Article
%T Facilitating nursing students¡¯ acquisition of knowledge about the public health perspective in nursing: Experiences from a pilot project
%A Elsebeth Kr£¿ger
%A Hans Inge S£¿vareid
%A £¿shild Sletteb£¿
%J Nordic Journal of Nursing Research
%@ 2057-1593
%D 2018
%R 10.1177/2057158517713378
%X Knowledge about public health and public health work is important for meeting current and future health challenges. A group of nursing students in a cohort participated in a practicum programme pertaining to the study of the academic subject ¡®Nursing and Society¡¯. The municipality¡¯s public healthcare services were the learning arena. The purpose of this pilot project was to explore whether participation in the municipality¡¯s public healthcare services is a pedagogical approach that enhances nursing students¡¯ acquisition of knowledge about the public health perspective in nursing. Combined methods were used in the evaluation. Data were collected through focus-group interviews and questionnaire surveys. The results reveal that participation in the municipality¡¯s public healthcare services while studying the subject contributed towards enabling the students enrolled in the practical study to visualize the public health perspective in nursing
%K acquisition of knowledge
%K nursing
%K public health perspective
%K participation in practicum
%U https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/2057158517713378