Abstract
A school of nursing and a school-based health center staff at an alternative high school joined together to meet each other's mission for students. The overwhelming need within this student population can be met more effectively through the collaboration of community resources. There was more than enough work for both nursing students and the center staff, who quickly saw potential converted to reality. During two semesters, individualized learning experiences developed as the center expanded health services. Learning service projects evolved for junior and senior baccalaureate nursing students and for graduate nursing students in a family nurse practitioner program. Some services jointly planned and implemented were needs assessment, screening for eating disorders, a health fair, primary care training, mentoring, group work, and psychosocial research. The efforts of the mutual participants enabled a tighter safety net to protect the health of the high-risk adolescents.
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