Leveling the core competencies of public health nursing to evaluate senior baccalaureate nursing students.

Objectives: This study assessed a revised instrument based on the tier one Core Competencies for Public Health Nurses. Following instrument revision, the self-reported competence of prelicensure baccalaureate nursing students was examined.

Design And Sample: In this descriptive study, 102 senior, prelicensure baccalaureate nursing students completed a revised Core Competencies instrument prior to and immediately following completion of public health nursing courses.

Development of a new graduate public health nurse residency program using the core competencies of public health nursing.

Background: Due to the continued shortage of public health nurses, some local public health agencies have begun hiring new graduate baccalaureate nurses into the public health nurse role. These new graduates require an increased level of support for transition to practice.

Aims: The goal of this project was creation of a transition to practice program designed specifically to meet the needs of new graduates hired in public health settings.

Baccalaureate nursing students' intention to choose a public health career.

Objective(s): To determine nursing students' public health career intentions, and to determine recruitment strategies and other factors that influence students' public health career intentions.

Design And Sample: Descriptive, correlational design. 354 junior and senior baccalaureate nursing students.

The impact of Web-delivered education on preceptor role self-efficacy and knowledge in public health nurses.

Objective: Preceptors are an essential component in preparing student nurses to become practicing public health nurses. Preparation for the preceptor role is important for achieving a quality learning experience for students. This study was conducted to explore the relationship between completion of a Web-delivered preceptor education program and both knowledge of the preceptor role and self-efficacy to perform in the preceptor role.

Effectiveness of cultural immersion and culture classes for enhancing nursing students' transcultural self-efficacy.

With diversity increasing in the United States, educators are struggling to find the most effective methods to prepare nursing students to care for diverse populations. This study's purpose was to determine the impact of immersion experiences and cultural classes on nursing students' transcultural competence. A pretest-posttest, quasi-experimental design was used.