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. 2023 Sep-Oct;40(5):766-768.
doi: 10.1111/phn.13218. Epub 2023 Jun 8.

Her strength: Reflections on nurse home-visiting

Karen A Campbell  1
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Her strength: Reflections on nurse home-visiting

Karen A Campbell. Public Health Nurs. 2023 Sep-Oct.

Abstract

The Nurse-Family Partnership is a targeted parenting intervention designed to improve maternal and child health. In Canada it is delivered exclusively by public health nurses who provide complex care to adolescent girls and young women. A process evaluation was conducted to better understand the experiences of public health nurses delivering the Nurse-Family Partnership program in Canada. Although the traditional qualitative data analysis led to the creation of significant findings and clinical implications, it lacked the "heart" of public health nursing practice. Through a reflective process, and to present an evocative account of the multifaceted nursing care provided by the study participants, direct quotes were used to create a poetic display of nurses' experiences. Through the power of found poetry, the complexities of clients' lives, as well as the challenges and joys of home-visitation nursing, were illuminated.

Keywords: Nurse-Family Partnership; found poetry; home-visiting; young mothers.

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