Service Learning and Reflection

SERVICE LEARNING INTEGRATES MEANINGFUL COMMUNITY SERVICE AND REFLECTION TO ENHANCE THE LEARNING EXPERIENCE.  REFLECT UPON THE NURSE’S ROLE IN HEALTH PROMOTION THAT INCORPORATES THE SIGNIFICANCE OF SERVICE LEARNING. SERVICE LEARNING CAN HELP THE COMMUNITY OBTAIN NEEDED HEALTHCARE SERVICES. NURSING SHORTAGES IN HEALTHCARE FACILITIES CONTINUE TO INCREASE LEADING TO A LACK OF HEALTHCARE PROVIDERS.  SOME CONTRIBUTING FACTORS ARE FATIGUE, OVERWORK, AND ERRORS.  

Tips:

Students struggle with the terminology of “service learning.” Service learning is learning/educational activities that benefit others and the community. Such as health fairs, educational health announcements, wellness programs, health services, prevention education, etc.  Service learning for this activity is learning activities for a population of people that is paired with structured preparation from a nurse’s point of view.

Discuss the significance of service learning in nursing.

Discuss the nurse’s role in health promotion services to the community.

1. Reflect on personal experience with service learning in nursing practice.
2. Explore how service learning might help to address the nursing shortage.
3. Readings & Resources
4. Chapter 16 – Nursing’s Challenge: To Continue to Evolve and Chapter 14 – Health Care in the United States in Black, B. P. (2019). Professional nursing: Concepts & challenges.