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policies of the organization, in so far as it applied to the work being seen by the student. The public health nursing student advisers, to one of whom each student was assigned, carried on informal case discussions in the office and en route to their families. They tried to hold to a consistent, yet varied, case load for the student observation. Four one-hour conferences, in which emphasis was placed upon the major health problem classifications, were given by the public health instructor on the university faculty. This was an effort to recall to the students, information previously presented, but in the light of this new experience. One written family case study was required of each student. These were developed under the guidance of the public health nursing service, but were evaluated by both organizations. The general high grades attained by the students, when an objective examination was given at the completion of the observation period, seemed to follow the high interest rating in the program. The results seemed successful from every point of view. The students gave serious thought and attention to their own preparation both before and during the affiliation. In their own summaries of the value of the experience, they were unanimous in stressing the deep impression made on them by personal contact with the individual social environments of their patients. Typical comments from their written evaluations were |
