Experiential Community Health Assessment Through PechaKucha

Abstract

Background: Nursing education is a robust vehicle for change for community health nursing (CHN) in undergraduate programs. Nurses with a broad range of CHN competencies will be needed to meet the demands of community-based care in the coming years.

Method: To meet the changing curricular demands around CHN, an experiential learning opportunity presented itself with the use of PechaKucha to support students. This experiential approach to learning the Canadian Community Health Nursing Professional Practice Model & Standards of Practice using a windshield and walkabout survey resulted in the students presenting the findings through the PechaKucha method.

Results: Kolb's experiential learning theory served as the theoretical foundation. The experiential application of the Canadian Community Health Nursing Professional Practice Model & Standards of Practice helps to create interest in CHN and develop future competent and confident community nurses.

Conclusion: By discovering CHN applications through experiential learning, students are in a better position to understand the scope and role of CHN practice. [J Nurs Educ. 2018;57(9):566-569.].