Nursing 3130 Developing Partnerships with Clients in the Community (Winter 2026)

This course focuses on promoting and maintaining health and providing support and assistance to individuals, families, and groups in the home and community. Students work in situations of increasing complexity, assessing health, providing and evaluating interventions, and building partnerships and supportive relationships. Students become more aware of community agencies and resources and begin to participate actively in the referral process. The course involves extensive travel throughout the province.

Course Instructor
Tanya Matthews
Lindsey Smith

Week 3:

Bastable, S. & Rosario-Gonzalez, K. (2021) Chapter 1: Overview of education in health care. In S. Bastable (Ed.), Nurse as educator: Principles of teaching and learning for nursing practice (6th ed.). Jones and Bartlett Learning. [Ebook pages 31-103]

Miller, M.A., & Stoeckel, P.R. (2024). Chapter 3: Theories and principles of learning. In Client Education: Theory and practice (4th ed.) Burlington, MA: Jones & Bartlett Learning

Thompson, Deryn L. et al. (2021). “The Invisible Nature of Learning: Patient Education in Nursing.” Collegian 28(3): 341–45. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.colegn.2020.08.002.

Week 4:

Bastable, S. & Myers, G. (2021) Chapter 7: Literacy in the adult client population. In S. Bastable (Ed.), Nurse as educator: Principles of teaching and learning for nursing practice (6th ed.). Jones and Bartlett Learning. [Ebook pages 506-625]

Week 5:  

Miller, M.A., & Stoeckel, P.R. (2024). Chapter 4: Learner and setting assessment. In Client Education: Theory and Practice (4th ed.) Burlington, MA: Jones & Bartlett Learning

Week 7:  

Bastable, S. & Capacci, N. (2021). Chapter 10: Behavioral objectives and teaching plans. In S. Bastable (Ed.), Nurse as educator: Principles of teaching and learning for nursing practice (6th ed.). Toronto, ON: Jones and Bartlett. [Ebook pages 823-886]

Fitzgerald, K., & Keyes, K. (2021). Chapter 11: Teaching methods and settings. In S. Bastable (Ed.), Nurse as educator: Principles of teaching and learning for nursing practice (6th ed.). Toronto, ON: Jones and Bartlett. [Ebook pages 887-979]

Week 8:

Murray K. (2016). Understanding the dying process. In S. Weber, Essentials in hospice and palliative care: A practical resource for every nurse (pp.1-5). Life and Death Matters. https://www.lifeanddeathmatters.ca/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Essential…

Dorman, J., & Bouchal, S. (2020). Moral distress and moral uncertainty in medical assistance in dying: A simultaneous evolutionary concept analysis. Nursing Forum, 55(3), 320-330. https://doi.org/10.1111/nuf.12431

Week 10:

Kolla, A., Lim, S., Zanowiak, J., & Islam, N. (2021). The Role of Health Informatics in Facilitating Communication Strategies for Community Health Workers in Clinical Settings: A Scoping Review. Journal of public health management and practice: JPHMP, 27(3), E107–E118. https://doi.org/10.1097/PHH.0000000000001092

Hughes, B., Martin-Misener, R., Latimer, M., Smit, M., McGrath, P., and Campbell-Yeo, M. (2024). Parenting pain away: Quasi-experimental study of an eHealth learning platform to evaluate acceptability, feasibility, and utilization of parent-led pain management. Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences, 38(4), 960-972. https://doi.org/10.1111/scs.13297

Week 11:

Carrier, L., Dame, J., & Lane, J. (2020). “Two-Spirit Identity and Indigenous Conceptualization of Gender and Sexuality: Implications for Nursing Practice.” Creative Nursing 26(2): 96–100. https://connect.springerpub.com/content/sgrcn/26/2/96

Week 13:

Kolla, A., Lim, S., Zanowiak, J., & Islam, N. (2021). The Role of Health Informatics in Facilitating Communication Strategies for Community Health Workers in Clinical Settings: A Scoping Review. Journal of public health management and practice: JPHMP, 27(3), E107–E118. https://doi.org/10.1097/PHH.0000000000001092

Reading for Clinical Assignment: 

Bastable, S. & Myers, G. (2021). Chapter 5: Developmental stages of the learner. In S. Bastable (Ed.), Nurse as educator: Principles of teaching and learning for nursing practice (6th ed.). Toronto, ON: Jones and Bartlett. [Ebook pages 357-426]
 
Paynter, M. (2022). Chapter 2: Not having children. In Abortion to Abolition: Reproductive health and justice in Canada. Fernwood Publishing.