Students in a senior level community health nursing course were required to complete an assignment and display their results in a poster session. The objective was to educate professional nurses to be prepared as presenters and viewers of poster sessions in order to publicize nursing activities. Using high risk groups in the community as the subject matter, students collected information to answer questions specific to each high risk group. General guidelines for displays were provided. The class members were also expected to be the audience for other members of their class to view, question, and comment. Pretest and posttest questionnaires were used to determine students' attitudes regarding preparation for the poster session, the importance of publicizing nursing activities, and the perceptions of this activity as a learning experience. Questionnaire results showed that students perceived themselves to be generally well prepared for the poster session and perceived importance in publicizing nursing activities. (SW)