The Essentials of Baccalaureate Education for Professional Nursing Practice (American Association of Colleges of Nursing, 2008) emphasizes a need for new ways of thinking and practicing health care, calling for an increased emphasis on nurse-patient partnerships and patient advocacy. Service-learning projects can serve as powerful vehicles to inspire concern for political action and civic responsibility, as well as tools for developing advocacy skills (Hunt, 2007).
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