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Service learning in public health nursing education: How COVID‐19 accelerated community‐academic partnership
Author(s) -
Gresh Ashley,
LaFave Sarah,
Thamilselvan Veena,
Batchelder Anne,
Mermer Jenna,
Jacques Keilah,
Greensfelder Amy,
Buckley Melissa,
Cohen Zeke,
Coy Ann,
Warren Nicole
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
public health nursing
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.471
H-Index - 55
eISSN - 1525-1446
pISSN - 0737-1209
DOI - 10.1111/phn.12796
Subject(s) - service learning , public health nursing , nursing , general partnership , public health , community health , nurse education , equity (law) , psychology , medicine , political science , pedagogy , law
Days after COVID‐19 physical distancing precautions were implemented, a coalition of community leaders in Baltimore City founded the Baltimore Neighbors Network (BNN), a volunteer network established to provide proactive phone‐based support to older adults in Baltimore City. BNN was a community‐driven approach aimed at reducing social isolation and improving health equity both during the pandemic and long‐term. This paper describes how the Johns Hopkins School of Nursing's (JHUSON) public health nursing clinical faculty and students partnered with BNN to support a community‐driven crisis response effort while creatively meeting student learning objectives. While engaging in the work of BNN remotely, nursing students were able to meet competencies across all eight domains of the Quad Council Coalition of Public Health Nursing Organizations. Schools of Nursing throughout the country can use this partnership as a model of a service‐learning strategy for public health nursing education during a crisis.