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A Partnership Between Nursing Faculty, Students, And Urban Community Centers To Provide Vision Screenings For Low-Income Immigrant Women: An Experiential Case Study, Rose C. O'Halloran, Kerry A. Milner, Kim Foito
A Partnership Between Nursing Faculty, Students, And Urban Community Centers To Provide Vision Screenings For Low-Income Immigrant Women: An Experiential Case Study, Rose C. O'Halloran, Kerry A. Milner, Kim Foito
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Given the current health care climate, it is critical for nurse educators to provide learning opportunities for students to collaborate with leaders in the community to provide much-needed services to vulnerable populations. We developed, implemented, and evaluated a process for vision screenings and referrals to a local eye center for low-income, immigrant women over three years in an urban setting in the United States. This is a report on the program, including the challenges faced by the faculty and lessons learned by the nursing students.