Nursing Students at Camp

Summer Camp is a great place to utilize nursing students, providing excellent experience in a pediatric commuity based practice. Many camps effectively use nursing students to round out the health care team. Camps benefit from the extra hands providing healthcare, and students receive solid experience in an out of hospital environment. The resources listed provide compelling evidence for the value of the camp nursing specialty, and the unique perspective of camp nursing practice.

Guidance Statement on the Value of Clinical Activities in the Camp Setting for Undergraduate and Graduate Nursing Curricula

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Pediatric Clinical

Pediatric Clinical for Nursing Students  at Rural Camps

Hendricks | Journal of Rural Nursing

Resources

Resources to prepare student nurses for camp

Specialty Spotlight

Camp Nursing

Gaslin | AJN | 2023

Camp Nursing: A Unique Specialty

Community based Pediatric Nursing

Schmidt | JCN | 2022