Beth Blacksin1. 1. Adjunct Faculty, School of Nursing, University of Missouri-Kansas City, Kansas City, MO, USA.
Abstract
OBJECTIVES: To understand how the events of the 1996 formation of a school-based health center (SBHC) both illustrate the concept of civic engagement and embody historic aspects of public health nursing practice. DESIGN: Case study design. SAMPLE: Interviews, documents, epidemiologic records, and field observations. RESULTS: The three themes discovered were collaboration to achieve public good, equity and social justice, creation of a long-term partnership, and demonstration of leadership using grassroots advocacy. CONCLUSION: The SBHC case serves as a contemporary example of public health nurses' leadership in the current practice arena. The experience of nurse leadership evokes the historic mission and practice of public health nursing.
OBJECTIVES: To understand how the events of the 1996 formation of a school-based health center (SBHC) both illustrate the concept of civic engagement and embody historic aspects of public health nursing practice. DESIGN: Case study design. SAMPLE: Interviews, documents, epidemiologic records, and field observations. RESULTS: The three themes discovered were collaboration to achieve public good, equity and social justice, creation of a long-term partnership, and demonstration of leadership using grassroots advocacy. CONCLUSION: The SBHC case serves as a contemporary example of public health nurses' leadership in the current practice arena. The experience of nurse leadership evokes the historic mission and practice of public health nursing.