Service Learning
Christo Rey Nursing Center
The School of Nursing is involved in a very exciting community-based project in the Pilsen/Little Village area in Chicago. School-based health centers, which include primary care and health education, have been established at Cristo Rey High School and St. Procopius Elementary School. Both schools are located in the thriving "Little Mexico" neighborhood of Chicago and serve primarily Mexican-American children and their families. The school-based clinic is staffed by the School of Nursing faculty and a pediatric nurse practitioner. There are many exciting opportunities for Loyola's faculty and nursing students to be involved in this exciting project. Undergraduate and graduate nursing and nutrition students have taught health education classes, staffed annual health fairs and completed graduate pediatric clinical rotations at the schools. There are many opportunities for creative ideas for learning.
Homeless Clinic
Chicago Health Outreach (C.H.O.) is a health program for homeless and immigrant people, affiliated with the Heartland Alliance for Human Needs and Human Rights. In addition to a primary care clinic, teams from C.H.O. go out to various North Side shelters to provide care. Nurse practitioner students have exciting and challenging clinical experiences at C.H.O. In addition, nurse practitioner staff precept our students for clinical experiences.
Loyola University Nursing Center
The Loyola University Nursing Center has served the communities surrounding Loyola's Lake Shore Campus since 1981. This nurse managed center, sponsored by the Niehoff School of Nursing, was developed in response to health-related needs identified by parish priests, faculty and students working in these communities.
Senior level nursing students enrolled in their community-health nursing practicum provide over 1000 home visits annually to individuals and families, including visits to elderly clients for the supervision of chronic health problems and to mothers with newborn infants. Students also conduct health screenings throughout the community and health education within private and public grammar schools. The center receives its entire support from Loyola, enabling services to be provided at no charge to the community.
Proviso East School-Based Health Center
The Proviso East school-based health center is a partnership between Proviso East High School, Niehoff School of Nursing, Loyola University Health System and the Cook County Department of Public Health. The goal of the health center is to improve the physical and emotional health of Proviso East students and to teach them life-long positive health behaviors. In 2000 the School of Nursing was awarded over $2.3 million in grants for this project in Maywood, Ill. For more information, please visit the health center's Website.
