A Global Service-Learning Experience for Nursing Students in Tanzania: A Model for Collaboration

Purpose This article addresses a model for creating a short‐term global service‐learning program. The Global Standards for the Initial Education of Professional Nurses and Midwives guided the development of a collaborative program involving a school of nursing in the Midwestern United States and one...

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Published inNursing forum (Hillsdale) Vol. 48; no. 4; pp. 256 - 261
Main Authors Kreye, Judy, Oetker-Black, Sharon
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.10.2013
Hindawi Limited
Subjects
Accreditation - organization & administration
Accreditation - standards
Collaboration
Cooperative Behavior
Education
Education, Nursing, Baccalaureate - organization & administration
Education, Nursing, Baccalaureate - standards
Education, Nursing, Diploma Programs - organization & administration
Education, Nursing, Diploma Programs - standards
Educational partnerships
global health
global standards
Humans
Interinstitutional Relations
Midwives
Nurses, International - education
Nurses, International - standards
Nursing
Nursing education
Nursing schools
nursing students
Partnerships
Service learning
Students, Nursing
Tanzania
Transcultural Nursing - education
Transcultural Nursing - standards
United States
Work based learning
World Health Organization
United States
Tanzania
Midwest states
United States > US
global health
global standards
service learning
nursing students
Education
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Summary:Purpose This article addresses a model for creating a short‐term global service‐learning program. The Global Standards for the Initial Education of Professional Nurses and Midwives guided the development of a collaborative program involving a school of nursing in the Midwestern United States and one in Tanzania. Conclusions Evaluation of the school of nursing and subsequent collaborative planning led to development and implementation of a 3‐week global service‐learning experience for nursing students. Practice Implications International academic partnerships, developed in accordance with WHO standards, will enhance educational experiences for nursing students both in the United States and abroad.
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ISSN:0029-6473
1744-6198
DOI:10.1111/nuf.12046