Community service-learning in an undergraduate psychiatric mental health nursing course.
This article reports the outcomes of a descriptive study of service-learning undertaken in a Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing Course at Virginia Commonwealth University. Following a review of the service-learning (S-L) literature, study questions are presented. The S-L intervention is presented, as are characteristics of learners and sites where S-L was conducted. Gains for all stakeholders and lessons learned are reported.
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Department of Integrative Systems, School of Nursing, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond 23298-0710, USA.
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D003156:Community Mental Health Services; D003479:Curriculum; D006801:Humans; D011568:Psychiatric Nursing / Q000193:education*; D014768:Virginia