title: Community service-learning in an undergraduate psychiatric mental health nursing course.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Integrative Systems, School of Nursing, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond 23298-0710, USA.
authors.forename: S G
authors.initials: SG
authors.lastname: White
authors.forename: L M
authors.initials: LM
authors.lastname: Festa
authors.forename: P N
authors.initials: PN
authors.lastname: Allocca
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Abraham
mesh_terms: D003156:Community Mental Health Services; D003479:Curriculum; D006801:Humans; D011568:Psychiatric Nursing / Q000193:education*; D014768:Virginia