Schmidt Nola A, Brown Janet M
Valparaiso University, USA.
Int J Nurs Educ Scholarsh. 2008;5:Article 36. doi: 10.2202/1548-923X.1601. Epub 2008 Sep 19.
Acquiring clinical experiences for students is a major challenge for nurse educators. One of the most difficult areas in which to secure clinical experiences is pediatric nursing; yet, nurse educators have a responsibility to create innovative strategies to assure that students have experience with pediatric clients. The purpose of this paper is to describe Girl Scout Badge Day (GSBD), a teaching strategy rooted in service learning. The strategy incorporates the three essential elements that distinguish service learning from other learning: experiential learning, reflection, and reciprocal learning. During this clinical experience, students provide health promotion education to scouts who subsequently earn badge requirements. Students are provided experiential learning as they implement the role of the teacher and reflect on the core values of nursing. In this paper, the specifics of implementing GSBD are presented and lessons learned are discussed. Benefits for students, scouts, troop leaders, and faculty are identified and improvements are suggested.
为学生获取临床经验是护理教育工作者面临的一项重大挑战。获取临床经验最困难的领域之一是儿科护理；然而，护理教育工作者有责任制定创新策略，以确保学生有与儿科患者接触的经验。本文的目的是描述女童子军徽章日（GSBD），这是一种基于服务学习的教学策略。该策略包含了将服务学习与其他学习区分开来的三个基本要素：体验式学习、反思和互惠学习。在这次临床经验中，学生为童子军提供健康促进教育，这些童子军随后完成徽章要求。当学生履行教师角色并反思护理的核心价值观时，他们获得了体验式学习。本文介绍了实施GSBD的具体情况，并讨论了所学到的经验教训。确定了对学生、童子军、队伍领导者和教师的益处，并提出了改进建议。
