Promoting Healthy Behaviors in Children: Applying Ignatian Values in Schools

Abstract

Background •An innovative partnership between Creighton University College of Nursing and 40 local public and parochial schools. •Provides opportunities for nursing students to offer basic health promotion and disease prevention services, provide health education, and participate in service-learning, research endeavors. •Incorporates Catholic Social Teaching into the curriculum and actively live out the University and Catholic mission of service to others. •The purpose of this poster is to show how the close alignment of Ignatian values and professional expectations and standards for nursing have been integrated in the clinical setting while promoting the health of children in various schools throughout a community.