Nursing centers are nurse-managed organizations that give the client direct access to professional nursing servies. Academic nursing centers are faculty-created and -organized nursing centers integrated into nursing school or cooperated with community nursing center. Academic nursing centers are needed for providing services to the forgotten or underserved populations in the community, providing learning opportunities for nursing students and practice opportunities for faculties.
The intent of this study is to identify the elements needed in developing process and operations of acedemic nursing center for elderlies and the disabled, and to present the desired model for academic nursing center.
The processes of my study were :
1) The articles of the academic nursing centers in U. S. were reviewed and analysed.
2) The academic nursing center for elderlies and the disabled was developed and operated in my paper.
3) Desired model for academic nursing center was presented in my paper.
The followings are the results of my study :
1. Elements needed in developing process of academic nursing center were philosophy and goals, the community support, assessment of the validity of the service and health needs, identification of the service contents, roles and responsibilities, communication lines, finances for facilities and operations, cooperation with resources, and developing record system.
2. Elements needed in operations of academic nursing center were the structural organizations, realization of the above philosophy and goals, development of policy and nursing standards, faculty participation, continuity of services, and financial solutions.
3. The desired model was presented according to the process and operations.
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