Service learning education and practice partnerships in maternal-infant health.
ABSTRACT This article examines the concept of service learning in nursing practice and education. The benefits of education and practice partnerships for the community partners and organizations, students, nursing staff, the health care system, and academic institutions are described. Examples of innovative service learning projects with undergraduate nursing students that impact maternal-infant health are presented. A successful interdisciplinary campus and community partnership service learning project with students in a community nutrition course is highlighted.
Hoebeke
Roberta
R
College of Nursing and Health Professions, University of Southern Indiana, Evansville, IN 47712, USA. rhoebeke@usi.edu
McCullough
Julie
J
Cagle
Lesa
L
St Clair
Julie
J
D001942:Breast Feeding; D053198:Child Nutrition Sciences / Q000193:education; D002983:Clinical Competence; D003152:Community Health Nursing / Q000193:education / Q000458:organization & administration; D019052:Depression, Postpartum / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000517:prevention & control; D004508:Education, Nursing, Baccalaureate / Q000458:organization & administration*; D005260:Female; D006293:Health Promotion; D006301:Health Services Needs and Demand; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007373:Interinstitutional Relations; D039382:Maternal Nutritional Physiological Phenomena; D016389:Maternal-Child Nursing / Q000193:education / Q000458:organization & administration; D017145:Models, Educational; D016294:Models, Nursing; D024802:Nurse's Role / Q000523:psychology; D015402:Nursing Education Research; D009937:Organizational Objectives; D010353:Patient Education as Topic