title: Standing in their shoes: student immersion in the community using service-learning with at-risk teens.
abstract: The purpose of this study was to explicate students' perceptions of working with at-risk teens in a service-learning experience. In rural North Carolina, nursing students co-facilitated a wellness series for at-risk teens. A focus group explored students' perceptions. The focus group of ten students was recorded with participants' written consent and transcribed verbatim. Heideggerian hermeneutics guided thematic analysis. Five themes described students' perceptions: (a) Catching ourselves, (b) Learning how to drive home a concept, (c) Teaching is difficult, (d) Self as teacher/Self as learner, and (e) Seeing myself as a nurse. There was an overarching pattern of "Standing in their shoes."
authors.affiliation: University of North Carolina at Wilmington, School of Nursing, 601 South College Rd, Wilmington, NC 28403-5995, USA. jarosinskij@uncw.edu
authors.forename: Judith Marie
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Jarosinski
authors.forename: Carol
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Heinrich
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D003156:Community Mental Health Services; D004506:Education, Nursing; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007858:Learning; D008297:Male; D009657:North Carolina; D011369:Professional-Patient Relations; D011568:Psychiatric Nursing / Q000193:education*; D012309:Risk-Taking; D019035:Rural Health Services; D013338:Students, Nursing; D000078329:Workforce