N & HC: Perspectives on Community articles

Recent articles from N & HC: Perspectives on Community

Thank you, Patricia Moccia. (former chief executive officer of National League for Nursing)(Editorial)
March 1, 1997... The official announcement that Dr. Patricia Moccia was no longer chief executive officer (CEO) of the National League for Nursing was released in mid-January. That press release listed accomplishments that occurred during her tenure. What the press release couldn't do, but what this...

Women find their voices: the success of community outreach and case finding. (Families in Transition program of Beth Israel Medical Center and National Development and Research Institutes in Lower East Side, New York, New York)(Successes in Community Outreach)
March 1, 1997... Families In Transition (FIT), a joint program between Beth Israel Medical Center (BIMC) and National Development and Research Institutes, Inc., uses indigenous neighborhood women, Companeras (companions), to conduct street outreach in a New York City neighborhood where HIV infection is...

A model emerges for the community-based nurse care management of older adults.(Successes in Community Outreach)
March 1, 1997... Since 1900, the percentage of Americans 65 years and older has tripled, from 4.1 percent in 1900 to 12.6 percent in 1991, and the actual number has increased more than tenfold, from 3.1 million to 31.8 million (American Association of Retired Persons [AARP], 1992). The growth of the elderly...

Women speak: healing the wounds of homelessness through writing. (Women Speak writing project, MGH Institute of Health Professions, Boston, Massachusetts)(Successes in Community Outreach)
March 1, 1997... The growing ranks of women in the homeless population in the United States challenges nurses to think creatively about health care and to explore new opportunities in their practices. The Women Speak writing project explores the use of writing as a therapeutic process with homeless women at...

Retirement communities as creative clinical opportunities.(Successes in Community Outreach)
March 1, 1997... The extraordinary number of elderly expected to live into the next century calls for creative inclusion of this population in learning experiences for students in baccalaureate nursing programs. Retirement communities offer a rich environment for interaction and learning with the well...