nontraditional experiences for practicing nurses.

Concepts in Community and Public Health:The RN to BSN program at Grand Canyon University meets the requirements for clinical competencies.That is as defined by CCNE and AACN using nontraditional experiences for practicing nurses. These experiences come in the form of direct and indirect care experiences in which licensed nursing students engage in learning within the context of their hospital organization.

Concepts in Community and Public Health
As the country focuses on the restructure of the U.S. health care delivery system, nurses will continue to play an important role.

1. Write an informal presentation (500-700 words) to educate nurses about how the practice of nursing is expected to grow and changes. Include the concepts of continuity or continuum of care, accountable care organizations (ACO), medical homes, and nurse-managed health clinics.

2. Share your presentation with nurse colleagues on your unit or department and ask them to offer their impressions of the anticipated changes to health care delivery and the new role of nurses in hospital settings, communities, clinics and medical homes.

3. In 800-1,000 words summarize the responses shared by three nurse colleagues.Then discuss whether their impressions are consistent with what you have researched about health reform.