Presentation Title
Degree Name
Master of Nursing (MN)
Department
Nursing
Location
Tioga Library Building
Start Date
26-5-2014 4:45 PM
End Date
26-5-2014 4:50 PM
Abstract
UWT TNURS 414 nursing students are networking with community organizations to help address the problem of homelessness for pregnant women in Pierce County. In fulfillment of TNURS 503, I am Teaching Assistant in this course.
UWT partners with the Perinatal Collaborative of Pierce County (PCPC) to help undergraduate students conduct interviews and network with housing providers. Students learn community and population health theory, then apply it to the work they are doing to help homeless women in the community. The annotated bibliography students are compiling presents dramatic evidence that the stress of homelessness on pregnant women can cause lifelong neurologic, metabolic, and immunologic problems for the child.
The project advances nursing students’ knowledge concerning community health, while helping infants of Pierce County get a healthy start in life. In particular, students are developing a guide for pregnant women to help them complete housing applications and follow up on referrals. The guide will also help Emergency Department and Labor and Delivery nurses to advise homeless pregnant women about their options. Students are creating an annotated bibliography of best practices that our community partners’ grant writers have asked for. Students are also analyzing and summarizing data about pregnant homeless women from a centralized intake clearing house for housing.
Students engage in activities not typical for undergraduate courses: attending meetings of the Perinatal Collaborative, touring homeless shelters, and interviewing homeless pregnant women and summarizing data about this vulnerable population.
COinS
Homeless and Pregnant: Nursing Students Respond
Tioga Library Building
UWT TNURS 414 nursing students are networking with community organizations to help address the problem of homelessness for pregnant women in Pierce County. In fulfillment of TNURS 503, I am Teaching Assistant in this course.
UWT partners with the Perinatal Collaborative of Pierce County (PCPC) to help undergraduate students conduct interviews and network with housing providers. Students learn community and population health theory, then apply it to the work they are doing to help homeless women in the community. The annotated bibliography students are compiling presents dramatic evidence that the stress of homelessness on pregnant women can cause lifelong neurologic, metabolic, and immunologic problems for the child.
The project advances nursing students’ knowledge concerning community health, while helping infants of Pierce County get a healthy start in life. In particular, students are developing a guide for pregnant women to help them complete housing applications and follow up on referrals. The guide will also help Emergency Department and Labor and Delivery nurses to advise homeless pregnant women about their options. Students are creating an annotated bibliography of best practices that our community partners’ grant writers have asked for. Students are also analyzing and summarizing data about pregnant homeless women from a centralized intake clearing house for housing.
Students engage in activities not typical for undergraduate courses: attending meetings of the Perinatal Collaborative, touring homeless shelters, and interviewing homeless pregnant women and summarizing data about this vulnerable population.
Comments
keywords: homeless pregnant women, nursing, University of Washington Tacoma, Perinatal Collaborative of Pierce County, networking, community health nursing, population health theory, guide for pregnant homeless women, homeless shelters, vulnerable population, centralized intake clearing house for housing