We are a group of senior nursing students at the University College of Nursing. Our "group" is made up of Katie, Samantha, Tristyn, Emily, Bethanny, Jessica, and Alyssa. Let me explain how this blog came into existance...
We were thrilled to come to the final chapter of our college careers and the light at the end of the tunnel so to speek---SPRING QUARTER of our senior year! With the papers, test, projects, and classes, we were faced with one more major project that we would have to overcome in order to put on our cap and gowns. This class is known as "Capstone", and is a compilation of 4 years of nursing process, planning, implementation, and massive amounts of group work. We were given this challenge, to create a project that combines what we have learned as nurses and disseminate it locally, nationally, and globally. After my group members and I brainstormed for a while, we talked about issues that we find prevalent in our area of Cincinnati. We also talked about which population we feel a desire to help, and who could really benefit most from this project.
What we came up with is an accumulation of our desire to reach out to others, to educate on issues that we see around our city on a daily basis, and to create something that can be worked with and continued on through the hands of other future nurses.
So there you have it. "Educating Women in Need" was born. Our project focuses on going out into the community and educating women at places like The Drop Inn Center and The Talbert House. We chose several issues that we wanted to talk to them about, such as women's sexual health, STIs, drug abuse and rehabilitation, and smoking cessation.
We decided to create pamphlets with resources for Cincinnati women which contained everything from where to get free condoms, to where you can go for a health check up, to what numbers to call if you think you're ready to stop smoking.
We spent weeks gathering information and learning about our target population. We chose these areas of the city to implement our project in because we know they may be lacking in health insurance, education, ability to obtain resources, etc.
What you will read here is the steps that we took to put this project together, the resources we used, and the surprisingly successful outcomes we had when finally implementing our project.
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