Health Sciences Education Symposium
Presentation Format
Poster
Type of Activity
Innovation
Original Presentation Date
2019
Date of Submission
March 2019
Abstract/Short Description
Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) School of Nursing and Virginia Commonwealth University Health System (VCUHS) have created a unique partnership in which brand new undergraduate baccalaureate nursing students are completing their first clinical rotation on VCUHS’s Secure Care Unit (SCU). The VCU School of Nursing has had a total of 50 beginner nursing students rotate through a semester long clinical on the SCU over the past three years.
References
1. Payne, C. (2016). Transitions into practice: First patient care experiences of baccalaureate nursing students. Nurse Education in Practice, 16(1), 251-257. doi:10.1016/j.nepr.2015.09.011
2. United States Bureau of Justice. (2018). Total Correctional Population Counts by Status. Retrieved from https://www.bjs.gov/index.cfm?ty=kfdetail&iid=487
3. VCU & DOC PPT (2016). Retrieved from http://sfc.virginia.gov/pdf/Public%20Safety/2016/Interim/082516_GuntherPresentation.pdf
4. Wilpur, A., Woolhandler, S., Boyd, J., Lasser, K., McCormick, D., Bor, D., & Himmelstein, D. (2009). The Health and Health Care of US Prisoners: Results of a Nationwide Survey. American Journal of Public Health, 99, 666-672. Doi: 10.2105/AJPH.2008.144279
Rights
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Is Part Of
VCU Medical Education Symposium
First Author Information
Mary Falk, MSN, RN, CCRN, Department of Adult Health and Nursing Systems, VCU School of Nursing