Teaching/learning health promoting behaviors through telehealth.

Associate degree nursing students in a community setting apply self-efficacy theory while helping clients with chronic health problems take personal responsibility for health-related behaviors. Students meet weekly with clients in an apartment complex for seniors and use the telephone to work toward achieving desired short-term health outcomes. Between weekly meetings, they use the telephone to coach clients while establishing a trusting relationship. The role of the faculty member in supervising students is explored.