International Health Nursing Minor
DURATION
LANGUAGES
English
PACE
Full time
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EARLIEST START DATE
Jan 2025
TUITION FEES
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STUDY FORMAT
On-Campus
Introduction
You’ll expand your global perspective on health and nursing care as you improve your nursing skills.
Gain Hands-on Experience
- Expand your global perspective on health and nursing care.
- Develop a strategic road map with your student advisor.
- Participate in a short-term transcultural health nursing experience, an international health nursing semester, or the
- international health nursing minor.
Program Details
Students interested in expanding their global perspective on health and nursing care may apply to participate in a short-term transcultural health nursing experience, an international health nursing semester, or the international health nursing minor. Accepted students complete additional coursework, and a study plan is developed by the student and advisor. Contact the School of Nursing for the proposed study plan.
Curriculum
Requirements
Required Courses
- Health Assessment
- Introduction to Global Health Care
- Transcultural Health Care: Country Specific 1
- International Health Nursing (Country Specific) 2,3
- International Health Nursing Practicum
- Cultural History/Travel Study 4
- Cultural History/Travel Study
- Integration and Formation Seminar
Choose one of the following:
- Anthropology for Everyday Life (or GLBL 301 if previously taken) 3
- Intercultural Communication (or GLBL 310 if previously taken) 3
- Human Diversity 3
- Complementary and Alternative Therapies: Herbs, Supplements, and Nutrition
- Cultural Aspects of Food and Nutrition
Choose one of the following if one is not selected from the elective list above:
- Classical Chinese Ethics 3
- Classical Chinese Ethics
- World Religions 3
- Islam: The Way of Submission 3
- Hinduism: Karma, Dharma, and Yoga 3
- East Asian Religions and Mindfulness 3
Program Outcome
Students who successfully complete this program shall be able to:
- Utilize a Christian worldview to integrate beliefs, values, ethics, and service in personal and professional life.
- Provide nursing care utilizing professional knowledge and core competencies (critical thinking, communication, and technical skills) derived from a foundation of nursing science, general education, and religious studies.
- Demonstrate initiative for continual personal and professional growth and development.
- Act as a patient educator and advocate to promote optimal health and well-being.
- Function independently and collaboratively, both as a leader and/or a member of the health care team, to manage and coordinate care.