Faculty-led Service Learning Opportunities
Ecuador 2008
Dates: January 10 to January 21
Cost: $1,000.00 to $1,200.00 depending on airline
costs.
There is a great need for health care in the Amazon Basin
of Ecuador. You will be traveling to remote villages to
provide care to indigenous tribal people. The work is
strenuous with long hours (10-16), but the rewards are
tremendous. It is an exciting adventure into diversities
of culture. Each trip ends with shopping in Quito. The
trip involves moving from village to village seeing
people who have limited access to care. Food and lodging
are provided.
Requirements: I need 3 FNP /div> students who have had
a minimum of 2 semesters of clinical practice and 2 RNB
or BSN students (3rd or 4th semester) who are
Spanish-speaking. Preference will be given to Spanish
speaking FNP students for this trip. The Spanish speaking
RNB or BSN students must be fluent and able to translate
for the FNP students. The trip will help you with team
building skills, move you to more autonomous practice,
and improve your Spanish.
Students are also required to fill out an application form and submit it to
schumann@wsu.edu.
Students who have been accepted for International trips
are required to fill out paper work for WSU and pay a
$75.00 fee. Contact Margaret Ruby at mruby@wsu.edu for the WSU
forms.
All students must obtain approval from their course
faculty in order to negotiate make-up of course work and
permission to use the clinical hours for your course
work.
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International Student Identity Card |
$22.00 |
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| Airport Tax | $38.00 | |
| Housing | $60.00 | |
Peru 2008
Dates: More information will be available Oct 5, 2007
Peru Trip Presentation (video
stream)
COURSE:
Nurs 498 - Nursing Care in Peru (3 credits)
TUITION - $882.00 ($294 per credit x 3
credits)
Financial aid available if registered for 6 or more
credits.
PROGRAM FEE - $1900 - $2293
Includes in-country travel, board, and room.
accommodations, and meals.
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EA Application Fee |
$125 |
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Passport (if needed) |
$100 | |
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International Student Identity Card |
$22 | |
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Airfare from Spokane |
$1000 estimated |
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Aiport Exit Taxis |
$30 estimated |
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Immunizations: |
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Yellow fever |
$100 |
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Typhoid (recommended) |
$ |
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Malaria Prophylaxis |
$10 to $100 |
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(Depending on what you choose) |
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Personal Spending Money |
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DESTINATION:
Iquitos (14-16 days) and Cuzco (4 days)
PROGRAM
This course provides an experience in global community
health nursing in the Amazon region of Peru. Students
will apply assessment skills in planning and implementing
nursing care to individuals and communities. The program
will provide an excellent opportunity to analyze
the cultural, social, environmental, and economic factors
that can infl uence health care. Field trips will include
a visit to the Sacred Valley of the Machu Picchu ruins
nested on the eastern slopes of the Vilcanota mountain
range and the Sacred Valley.
FOR MORE INFORMATION:
Carol Allen carola@wsu.edu
Deborah Swain swain@wsu.edu
Laura Hahn hahn@wsu.edu
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Other International Programs
Iwate Exchange Program: An ICN Co-sponsored International
Study/Practice
Iwate Students and Host Families
During the first week in March 2005 Washington State University Intercollegiate College of Nursing in relationship with Eastern Washington University’s English Language Institute provided a study tour for 10 students from Iwate University, Morioka Japan. The Japanese nursing students spent a week living with a host family and experiencing what nursing is like in the United States. A third exchange is planned for late February 2006.
During their time at ICN, the Japanese students were able
to spend time in both the clinical setting and the large
classroom setting. The Japanese students unanimously
described their time in the clinical and classroom
setting as the most significant learning experiences of
the tour. Many students commented on the teamwork they
observed among American nurses, nursing students, and the
rest of the health care team.
Iwate students discuss clinical experiences with the downtown community health ICN clinical students
The Iwate exchange also added significantly to the
learning of the ICN students, who had the opportunity to
meet the Iwate students either in the clinical setting or
in the larger classroom setting. Several ICN students
were asked what the most important thing they learned
from their interaction with the Iwate students. These
students commented on the difficulty that they had
communicating with non-native English speakers; the
importance of speaking more slowly and of having
translators available to their non-English speaking
patients. Students also noted that there were differences
in health care systems. For example US nurses have more
autonomy than nurses in Japan and nurses in the US have a
more collaborative relationship with practicing nurses
and with physicians. The ICN students also learned a
great deal about Japanese cultural practices which
included child rearing practices, birth practices, and
their views of mental illness.
Iwate students and faculty tour SHMC Children's Hospital
Maria McDonough, an S-2, summarized it best when she said
“I learned how different the world is and how much
we can learn from those who visit us almost as much as we
would learn from visiting them”
For information on how you can be involved in working
with and learning from the Japanese students or to be a
host family contact Carol
Allen.
More Information
This is an excellent article on Medical Ethics that you
should read if you are thinking of participating in a
medical mission.
A Wolf in Sheep's Clothing?
A Closer Look at Medical Tourism