Nursing

CANCELED W60 Nursing in New Mexico. This practicum course, offered through Rehoboth-McKinley Christian Hospital in Gallup, New Mexico, provides students the opportunity to explore a clinical area in which they provide individualized nursing care for clients. The practice setting allows students to work in a small, regional hospital with a diverse group of clients, many of whom are Native American. The course foci is Primary and Secondary Health Protection with the concepts of health, cultural diversity, individualized care, and justice receiving special emphasis. Students expand their knowledge through clinical practice, cultural events, seminar discussions, self-evaluation, and reading. Student evaluation is based on orientation sessions, clinical performance, seminars, student reflection, and self-evaluation. Prerequisite: satisfactory completion of at least one semester of nursing courses. Fee: $1480. B. Feikema. Off campus.

W61 Christian Nursing in the Philippines. Nurses in the United States experience one of the most sophisticated healthcare systems in the world while nurses working in developing countries practice in conditions that are considerably less complex. This course exposes nursing students to some of the unique nursing care situations of a developing country while allowing them to interact with other nursing students in Christian nursing programs. Students experience nursing in several different settings in the Philippines, exposing them to both the large urban area of Manila as well as the smaller towns of San Fernando and Dumaguete. Experiences occur in Christian hospitals and with Christian nursing programs, challenging the student to consider the role of the Christian nurse in a developing country. Students travel on the large island of Luzon province as well as on the smaller island of Negros Oriental. This allows students to see the striking contrast between wealth and poverty in Manila and poverty of those living in the countryside. The majority of the course involves clinical work in both acute and community nursing settings, with informal lectures and reflective discussions. Preparation for the class includes two orientation sessions prior to travel as well as preparatory readings. Student evaluation is based on the pre-trip meetings, a journal, presentations, and participation in course activities. Prerequisite: pre-nursing student or nursing student. Fee: $2480. C. Feenstra. Off campus.

W62 Belize: A Nursing Experience. In this course students explore health concerns and care strategies for a culturally, socially, and economically varied nation of seven distinct groups including Creole, Mayan, Mestizo, Garifuna, and others. Nursing students serve in community clinics, wealthy, private hospitals, and struggling government hospitals. Students learn from local herbalists, traditional midwives, and folk healers and take an excursion to Guatemala for four days to explore the contrast in health care and culture of these two developing countries. Students meet three times in the fall to enhance preparation for this experience. Clinical experiences, cultural events, reflective discussion, and informal lectures contribute to the learning in this Interim. The goal is for students to demonstrate Christian nursing care, understand cultural health care, and adapt nursing skills to a variety of settings. Student evaluation is based on preparatory readings, a journal, final presentation, and participation in course activities. Prerequisites: satisfactory completion of at least one semester of nursing courses and permission of the instructor. Fee: $2840. R. Boss Potts. Off campus.