Nursing Study Abroad Programs

Each year we send nursing students around the globe to impact the health and lives of people around the world. These programs are designed to help students develop community-care skills through participation in community-health programs and by exploring health-policy issues. Special emphasis is placed on influences of the environment, people, and the interrelationships that create an ongoing impact on daily living.

 

We offer two community health study abroad programs:

Community Health in Guatemala

Students will travel to Guatemala to participate in a community health course where they will complete community based assessment, program planning, implementation, and evaluation. Working directly with community leaders and citizens, students will have the opportunity to develop and implement a health promotion project. During the course of the three-week program, students will engage in 75 clinical/internship hours. At the start of the program students will attend a one week intensive Spanish language course with an emphasis on medical Spanish. During weeks two and three, students will be assigned to small groups in a village outside of Antigua and will spend the remainder of the time conducting their community assessment and implementing their health promotion projects.

Guatemala Quick Look

Director: Bethany Rolfe Witham, Assistant Professor of nursing.
Location: Antigua and Magdalena, Guatemala

Date: September 1 - 25
Cost: See Expenses
Applications: No longer being accepted

 

Community Health in Vietnam

For several years, nursing students have traveled to Vietnam to participate in a community health course and provide health education and nursing care to children and families in Vietnam. Through partnership with Vietnamese nursing students and physicians, students apply the nursing process to the nursing care of families across the lifespan in a variety of community settings.

Vietnam Quick Look

Director: Bethany Rolfe Witham, Assistant Professor of nursing.
Location: Vietnam

Date: 2014 (dates TBD)
Cost: TBD
Applications: Please contact School of Health Sciences for information about the 2014 program