Infusing Oral Health Care into Nursing Curriculum: Addressing Preventive Health in Aging and Disability

Table 6

Gerontological nurse practitioner anecdotal comments about practicum.

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Theme/category

 Comments

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Oral health

 Oral health component was great!

  (liked) guided assessment

Materials and Setting

  (liked) the screening tools, availability of space and instruments

Need for Training

 Is often overlooked area in this patient population

 I enjoyed learning how we can be an advocate for clients, families, and caregivers

 This was an enlightening experience.

 Great experience! Wish we had more time here.

Attitude

 Excellent clinical rotation and experience. I feel more at ease/comfortable with assessing this population.

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