title: Service learning: a tuberculosis screening clinic in an adult residential care facility.
abstract: Service learning is an educational experience that equally benefits the educational institution and the organization where the service is provided.A tuberculosis screening clinic was a mutually agreed upon service learning project that was conducted by baccalaureate nursing students for residents of an adult residential care facility. The college, the adult care facility, and a local public health agency participated in the clinic. Each organization contributed significant resources for the clinic, making it a unique project that was mutually agreed upon and implemented, as well as mutually beneficial.
authors.affiliation: Nurse Education Program, Elmira College, One Park Place, Elmira, NY 14901, USA. lschoener@elmira.edu
authors.forename: Lois
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Schoener
authors.forename: Margaret Leahy
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Hopkins
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D002983:Clinical Competence / Q000592:standards*; D003152:Community Health Nursing / Q000193:education*; D004508:Education, Nursing, Baccalaureate / Q000458:organization & administration*; D005181:Faculty, Nursing; D006801:Humans; D007373:Interinstitutional Relations; D008403:Mass Screening; D009518:New York; D015402:Nursing Education Research; D009937:Organizational Objectives; D016730:Program Development; D015397:Program Evaluation; D011635:Public Health Administration; D012112:Residential Facilities / Q000458:organization & administration*; D012579:Schools, Nursing / Q000458:organization & administration; D013338:Students, Nursing / Q000523:psychology; D014376:Tuberculosis / Q000175:diagnosis*