Bon Secours Memorial College of Nursing

NUR 4144 Professional Role Development: Servant Leadership

Service-Learning Toolkit
(Must be completed by the group to discuss with course faculty)

Name of Activity or Project:

FeedMore

Dates: February 29, 2016 1-4PM

Students: Sarah Brockman,

Rachel English, & Mara McMurtrie

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Service-Learning Best Practices

Objectives of Service-Learning

(check those addressed by the activity)

what are your specific objectives-

Curricular Goals
Assessment
Service/Need
Evaluation
Challenges
Participation
Diversity
Community Connections
Participant Preparation
Reflection
Celebration

must be SMART

1. The students will be made aware of and be

exposed to the vast number of hungry
children, adults and seniors in the
Richmond area after the completion of
their time at FeedMore.
2. The students will be intentional to provide
and encourage positive feedback to the
staff at FeedMore during their visit.
3. The students will be made aware of the
services offered by FeedMore and will be
able implement learned information in the
hospital setting to patients after the
experience.
4. The students will communicate/
collaborate with FeedMore staff to learn
about the resources needed in the
Richmond community during their visit.
5. The students will become aware of foods
provided by FeedMore in order to enhance
their knowledge of a nutritious diet plan to
implement in the hospital setting after the

experience.

Brief Summary of Activity

Nursing Program Outcomes

(check those that were addressed by the activity)

Our group plans on volunteering at

FeedMore to assist with packaging meals
and snacks.

Reflections
Pre-reflection: (what)

Communication and Collaboration

1. Why did you choose this community
Caring and the Catholic Health Ministry
agency for your service-learning project?
Servant Leadership and Global Health
Safe, Quality, Evidence-based Practice
We chose FeedMore as our community
Professionalism and Commitment to
agency because they provide hunger relief
Lifelong Learning
for over 200,000 people in the local area.
We wanted to help meet these individuals
most basic needs by meal packing and
providing nutritious food.

2. What do you hope to learn by performing

this service-learning project?
We hope to learn how we can better
serve the local community with continued
volunteering at FeedMore. We hope to
have a better understanding of the hunger
individuals face in our area so that we can
be better prepared as nurses to care for
them.

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3. What do you hope the community chosen

will learn through this service-learning
project?
As we serve at FeedMore, we hope that
the people we interact with will learn that
we, as future nurses, want to help fight
hunger in Central Virginia and that we care
about the people struggling and will be an
advocate for them in the healthcare field.

Mid-reflection: (so what)

1. What did you learn?
During our time at FeedMore, we
learned how essential volunteers are in
preparing daily meals as well as providing
the resources needed for the food bank.
Without the volunteer support, this
organization would not be able to do the
amazing work that they do in fighting
hunger in the Richmond community.

2. What difference did the project make?

The meals we prepared helped to provide
a healthy dinner to a local nursing home.
This experience helped raise awareness of
the vast deficit of nutrition support
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services available to the elderly, and the

local community as a whole.

Final Reflection: (now what)

1. Consider how you will act in the future as
a result of this experience
As a result of this experience, we feel we
are better equipped to serve our patients.
When we have a patient in need of food
assistance, we will be able to recommend
FeedMore. Now that we have been to the
facility, we will be able to speak from
experience about the services they provide.

2. What learning occurred for you in this

experience?
During our time at FeedMore, we learned
of the great need for nutrition support in
our local community. We discussed with
the staff various services FeedMore offers
in order to support hunger relief.

3. How can you apply this learning?

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We can apply this learning by educating

peers regarding the needs of the
community as well as encouraging others
to come volunteer at this organization or
donate to this cause.

4. If you could do the project again, what

would you do differently?
If we could work with Feedmore again,
we would like to be more hands on in
interacting and delivering meals to the
actual clients. The work that we performed
during this experience was all behind the
scenes so it would be cool to place an
actual face to the actual recipients
receiving these services.

Timeline for Service-Learning Project

February 1, 2016- Contacted volunteer coordinator, Heather N. at FeedMore; Established date & time for service-learning experience

February 29, 2016- Day at FeedMore

1:00 - Arrived at FeedMore, met with staff, and toured the facility

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1:15 - Began preparing bread & butter, fruit cups, and blueberry cinnamon swirl bread pudding
3:45 - Cleaned kitchen
4:00 - Rushed back to school to take PRD test

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