title: Accelerated RN-to-BSN Service-Learning Program Serves the Vulnerable.
abstract: The definition, implementation, and benefits support the value of service-learning for nursing education. However, accelerated RN-to-BSN programs may have difficulty requiring service-learning experiences. This article offers a biblical rationale for service with vulnerable populations and an example of how service-learning is implemented into the curriculum of an accelerated, nontraditional, online/onsite RN-BSN completion program at a Christian university.
authors.affiliation: Margaret Barnes, DNP, RN, is an associate professor at Indiana Wesleyan University School of Nursing, Marion, Indiana. Margaret volunteers at a homeless clinic. She attends the Florence Community Church of the Nazarene.
authors.forename: Margaret
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Barnes
mesh_terms: D002835:Christianity; D003152:Community Health Nursing / Q000458:organization & administration*; D003479:Curriculum; D004508:Education, Nursing, Baccalaureate / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D015402:Nursing Education Research; D035862:Vulnerable Populations