title: Service-learning for graduate students.
abstract: Although service-learning is gaining momentum in academic settings across the country, it has not been described as a feature of graduate education. This project incorporated a ten-hour service requirement into a unit on theories of nurse caring as part of a course for graduate nursing students, Theories and Concepts of Nursing. The authors describe the service-learning experience, as well as the extensive class reflection process and written synthesis with caring theory and the University mission after completion of the service.
authors.affiliation: Spalding University, Louisville, Kentucky, USA.
authors.forename: M C
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Logsdon
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Ford
mesh_terms: D000533:Altruism; D003479:Curriculum; D004511:Education, Nursing, Graduate / Q000379:methods*; D004645:Empathy; D006266:Health Education; D006801:Humans; D009742:Nursing Theory; D013338:Students, Nursing / Q000523:psychology*