Mary Skrypiec SERVICE LEARNING PROPOSAL 2 Abstract Ferris State University nursing program requires students to complete a 30 hour volunteer project. This volunteer project can be chosen by the student as long as it relates to the nursing profession. The student will create logs after every five hours of service. These logs will include the tasks the student performed and what they learned from that experience. Spring Hill camp is located in Evart, Michigan and is eager for volunteers (Spring Hill, 2014).Their mission is to provide life-changing experiences to help the youth grow with their relationship to Jesus Christ (2014). The children will perform activities such as tubing, zip lining, and rock climbing all while obtaining an inspirational message (2014). Spring Hill needs volunteers to help lead the children and to have them follow all the safety precautions. Nursing students at Ferris State University who volunteer at Spring Hill will gain knowledge in leadership, health promotion in children, and professionalism. SERVICE LEARNING PROPOSAL 3 Service Learning Proposal The Service Learning Project is designed for students to volunteer at a health care related organization for a minimum of 30 hours. The objective of the service learning project is to perform tasks that help the community while gaining knowledge that will help in the nursing profession.The students pick the organization, then must get it approved by their teacher. Once the students have started to volunteer, they will create a log after every five hours of service. In the logs, students will include the tasks performed, what they learned, and to evaluate themselves. As the students evaluate themselves they need relate the Ferris State University BSN outcomes to their volunteer work.The outcomes that will be applied are collaborative leadership, theoretical base for practice, generalist nursing practice, scholarship for practice, health care environment and professionalism. Spring Hill camp will provide students with the opportunity to reach all the outcomes. Agency Description Spring Hill summer camp is located in Evart, Michigan (Spring Hill, 2014). The camp has been running for more than 43 years and welcomes children from the ages of five to eighteen (2014). They provide five day camps and weekend retreat camps (2014). There are many activities the children will participate in such as small group meetings, rock climbing, swimming, six square and crafts (2014). The children are also put into groups frequently to form friendships (2014). The purpose of Spring Hill is for SERVICE LEARNING PROPOSAL 4 strengthen the childrens relationship with Jesus Christ (2014). Spring Hill aspires to teach children the messages of grace, hope, and love all while providing fun (2014). Volunteer Role Description Every summer Spring Hill summer camp host up to 15,000 children on two properties and employs over 700 adults (Spring Hill, 2014). Volunteers are able to attend the day camps or the weekend retreats (2014). If the volunteers participate in the weekend retreats, Spring Hill will provide the shelter and food for them (2014). Spring Hill needs volunteers to help run activities such as zip lines, tubing, crafts, meal time and basic first-aid(2014). Meal time includes making sure all the children are sitting at the table and eating all their food. Nursing student volunteers get to participate in medication distribution for children if needed (2014). Nursing students also get the chance to perform first-aid if needed (2014). The first-aid care would include bandages, wrappings, and splinting if needed (2014). The Spring Hill camp provides a volunteer experience that is fun and will leave an impact on a childs life. Objectives as Related to Program Ferris State University nursing program has six outcomes they expect nursing students to apply to the service learning project. These outcomes are collaborative leadership, theoretical base for practice, generalist nursing practice, scholarship for practice, health care environment and professionalism. Collaborative leadership will be applied by working with the children directly. Nursing students will be accountable for the childrens safety. The students need to promote helmets, sunscreen and hand SERVICE LEARNING PROPOSAL 5 washing. Theoretical base for practice and nursing generalist will be used by explaining directions to the children in simple terms. Nursing students will demonstrate scholarship for practice by teaching the children health promotion. Health promotion teaching will include hand washing, life jackets and helmet use for rock climbing. The health care environment is incorporated at Spring Hill camp because they have a separate cabin for first aid which also can supply medications (Spring Hill, 2014). Nursing students will be able to use previous clinical experience to help that specific cabin run smoothly. Nursing students will demonstrate professionalism by always being polite and happy. They will use appropriate language and critical thinking skills. Spring Hill camp is an educational way to enhance the outcomes that Ferris State University created for the nursing students. Activities to Meet Objectives Nursing students will perform various tasks with the children. The nursing students will have a choice of working the children just during the day camp or volunteering during the day and night at the weekend retreats (Spring Hill, 2014). Nursing students will be in charge of checking the children in (2014). They will also give out any medication in the morning if needed (2014). Students will be following the children during the daily activities such as swimming, rock climbing, zip lining, tubing and crafts (2014). The students must watch the children safety by having them wear the appropriate safety gear. If any child gets hurt, the students will be able to perform first- aid and call for outside help if needed (2014). Hand washing regularly can reduce the chances of spreading of infectious germs (Drey, 2014).These germs could lead to cold, flu, or viral infections (2014). Therefore, students should practice health promotion by SERVICE LEARNING PROPOSAL 6 teaching children the effects of poor hand hygiene. Spring Hill camp will provide nursing students a new experience working with children outside of a hospital setting. Evaluation Plan Nursing students will be evaluating themselves after every five hours of service through their logs. The logs will connect the volunteering experience to the nursing profession. Students can evaluate themselves by sharing the personal connection they have with the children. They can examine the differences between how the children act, listen to instructions, and follow safety precautions. Students can also evaluate their teaching methods by seeing how well the children respond to their instructions. Students may have the chance to teach the other volunteers or employees a safer way to perform the activities. Nursing students can evaluate the amount of hand washing in the camp by creating a log. They can log how many times they see children voluntarily washing hands at the beginning of camp compared to after they teach the importance hand hygiene. The main purpose of the service learning project is to make sure the students are learning; evaluation can be a tool for students to realize all the knowledge they gained. SERVICE LEARNING PROPOSAL 7 Appendix A Contact Information Name: Terri Cramlet Title: Volunteer Recruitment Phone: 989-506-8246 Email: Tcramlet@Springhillcamps.com Address: P.O box 100, Evart, MI, 49631 SERVICE LEARNING PROPOSAL 8 References Drey, Nick, and Dinah Gould. "Preventing the spread of acute respiratory viral infections." Nursing Standard 24.5 (2009): . General OneFile. Web. 25 Apr. 2014. Retrieved from http://0-go.galegroup.com.libcat.ferris.edu/ps retrieve.dosgHitCountType=None &sort=DA- SORT &inPS=true&prodId=ITOF&userGroupName=lom_ferrissu &tabID=T002&searchId=R3& Spring Hill (2014). Main Webpage. Spring Hill Camps. Retrived from https://www.spring hillcamps.com/MI/about.