Abstract
To conduct a home-visit program for nursing students, to improve student confidence and comfort completing home visits in the underserved region of Southside, Virginia. The project was conducted in a rural community, where 24 nursing students and 1 family nurse practitioner made home visits once a week from September to December 2020. Students were evaluated on both their understanding of community health nursing and home-visit comfort levels via an anonymous pre- and post-home-visit assessment. Thirteen of the twenty-four students (54%) completed both the pre- and post-surveys. Results of the paired sample t-tests showed a significant increase in students’ comfort level from before the visit (3.0769) to after the visit (3.3077, p = .005). Students’ confidence levels also increased from before the visit (2.6923) to after the visit (3.3846, p = .006). Nursing educators are challenged to provide nursing students with the knowledge and skills needed to provide competent and compassionate evidence-based care in the field. Nursing student reported confidence in their nursing skills in the field after completing the home visit. Future research is needed on the benefit of completing home visits in nursing education programs.
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