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Development and evaluation of the public health nursing ethics education for nursing students

142nd APHA Annual Meeting and Exposition (November 15 - November 19, 2014): http://www.apha.org/events-and-meetings/annual
Sunday, November 16, 2014

Kiyomi Asahara, PHN, RN, PhD , Community Health Nursing, St. Luke's College of Nursing, Chuo-ku, TOKYO, Japan
Maasa Kobayashi, PHN, RN, Ph.D , Community Health Nursing, St. Luke's College of Nursing, Chuo-ku, TOKYO, Japan
Misako Miyazaki, PHN, RN, PhD , Graduate School of Nursing, Chiba University, Chiba-shi, Chiba, Japan
Yukiko Anzai, PHN, RN, PhD , School of Nursing, Miyagi Univerity, Kurokawa-gun, Miyagi-ken, Japan
Emiko Konishi, PHN, RN, PhD , Fuculty of Medicine, Kagoshima University, Musashino-city, Tokyo, Japan
Yasuko Mitsumori, PHN, RN, MSN , Faculty of Nursing, St. Luke's College of Nursing, Chuo-ku, TOKYO, Japan
Toshie Miyazaki, PHN, RN, PhD , Depertment of Nursing Science, Saku University, Saku-city, Nagano, Japan
Junko Omori, PHN, RN, PhD , Graduate School of Medicine, Tohoku University, Sendai-city, Miyagi, Japan
Wakanako Ono, PHN, RN, PhD , Community Health Nursing, St. Luke's College of Nursing, Chuo-ku, TOKYO, Japan
Background

Japan lacks a systematic ethics education program of public health nursing for nursing students. Therefore, we are developing an educational program for students. In this paper we indicate the ethics educational program contents and evaluation.

Methods

We developed a public health nursing ethics education program for nursing students based on the results of our nation-wide survey for nurse educators. After providing this program, we conducted a questionnaire survey for 30 nursing students concerning outcome evaluation such as achievement levels of education objectives and process evaluation particularly appropriateness of time, materials, and group deliberation.

Results

This program consists of seven modules that nurse educators can choose to teach at their classes. The module topics are: public health nursing ethics and professionalism, collaboration with administrators, collaboration with community members and related professionals, equitable distribution of health and welfare services, outreach services without contract, dilemma between law or system and human rights, gap of health care and welfare services between urban and remote areas. Regarding topics, program process consists of answering questions regarding the materials, group deliberation of a case, and group reflection. The results of outcome and process evaluation were satisfactory. Students clearly understood the essence of ethics for public health nursing practice. 

Conclusions

Public health nursing ethics education for nursing students shows great promise for incorporating into the curriculum of nursing schools. We would like to continue to refine this program and disseminate it throughout Japan.

Learning Areas:

Ethics, professional and legal requirements
Public health or related education
Public health or related nursing

Learning Objectives:
Design a class of public health nursing ethics using presented ethics education program for nursing students.

Keyword(s): Ethics, Nursing Education

Presenting author's disclosure statement:

Qualified on the content I am responsible for because: I'm a PI of this research project.
Any relevant financial relationships? No

I agree to comply with the American Public Health Association Conflict of Interest and Commercial Support Guidelines, and to disclose to the participants any off-label or experimental uses of a commercial product or service discussed in my presentation.

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