Reciprocal Service-Learning Benefits Students, Educators, and the University.
Service-learning offers an opportunity to educate nursing students and foster important personal and professional characteristics. A different kind of service-learning project was developed and implemented in a nursing school. Community/public health nursing students and nurse educators taught cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) and epilepsy training to faculty and staff members of another university department in a Good Samaritan Training project. The multiple benefits of the project to nursing students, educators, and the project recipients are discussed.
Jeffery W. Forehand, DNP, RN-BC, is an assistant professor and the Community Partnership and Practice Coordinator at Troy University School of Nursing. He is a member of Hillcrest Baptist Church in Enterprise, Alabama. Shellye A. Vardaman, PhD, RN-BC, CNE, is an associate professor and coordinator of the RN-BSN/MSN track at Troy University School of Nursing, and maintains clinical practice in intensive care and medical-surgical nursing. She is an active member of Park Memorial UMC in Troy, Alabama. Kerri L. Outlaw, DNP, RN, CHPN, is an assistant professor at Troy University School of Nursing. She is the lead instructor for Public Health, where her students are active in local community service projects.
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