Nursing students in Instructor Michele Mengert’s Mental Health and Community Concepts course recently completed their community advocacy projects as part of our Fall, 2019 service learning opportunities. Michele said, “students are purposefully working to learn community oriented nursing. We want to target prevention as a priority. Nurses need to understand how to advocate for specific populations of people and have knowledge of the resource programs in your community that you can partner with to help your patients.”
This semester 20 students spent over 100 hours researching and collaborating with community partners to learn more about parenting, fostering, opioid addiction, poverty, developmental disabilities, domestic violence, sexual assault, and more. Students formulated detailed advocacy plans to address how a nurse could help a community identify and address these issues, providing education, awareness, advocacy and resources. Students gathered data to help determine strengths and weaknesses in their own communities. Project presentations were held on December 20.
Congratulations on all of this great work on important community issues!
Elizabeth Elrick, Big Brothers Big Sisters Cameron Uecker, Premiere Care Methadone Clinic Tina Schneider, FDL County DSS Sarah Bubolz, Planned Parenthood Halima Mahamed, WIC Renee Kiesner, FDL County Health Jeremy Chamberlain, FDL County Drug Free Community Julie Bergen, SSM/Agnesian Krystal Simmons, FDL Champions Enleigh Dobyns- Schuetter, FDL Senior Center Nicole Schmuhl, ASTOP George Lemmenes, Loaves and Fishes Heather Perry, SSM/Agnesian Emergency Cary Braelyn, SSM/Agnesian SANE Whitney Holzman, SSM/Agnesian Employee Health Sara Miller, Miravida Living Amanda Tadych, SSM/Agnesian Green Dot Kristina Albrecht, Oakfield Conservation Club Tracy Bostwick, FDL Boys and Girls Club/YMCA
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