Application of the Cloutterbuck Minimum Data Matrix to a community health nursing course.

Full Abstract

The Cloutterbuck Minimum Data Matrix (CMDM) is an effective model to prepare nursing students for practice in the 21st century. Use of the CMDM challenges students to think critically, reflect on the changes occurring in the structure and financing of the health care system, and consider the "big picture view" of health and the many factors that impinge on it, all within the context of an increasingly diverse and independent consumer population. This article describes how the CMDM was used to guide the selection and organization of content and teaching-learning strategies for a senior-level community health nursing course in a baccalaureate program. The CMDM provided direction for the curriculum, nature and sequence of the content, practicum settings, student requirements, and teaching-learning strategies for the course.

Author information

Author/s: Dalton, Joanne M (JM); Cloutterbuck, Jane (J);

Affiliation: Regis College, School of Nursing and Health Professionals, 235 Wellesley Street, Weston, MA 02493-1571, USA. joanne.dalton(-atsign-)regiscollege.edu

Journal and publication information

Publication Type: Journal Article

Journal: The Journal of nursing education (J Nurs Educ), published in United States. (Language: eng)

Reference: 2009-Apr; vol 48 (issue 4) : pp 217-21

Dates: Created 2009/05/15; Completed 2009/08/05;

PMID: 19441639, status: MEDLINE (last retrieval date: 8/21/2009, IMS Date: )

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