Course Structure: (4 credits)
NRS 352: Fall 2018
Field Experience: January 1-20, 2019 (tentative dates)
NRS 353: Spring 2019
Tags: Cor2 and G

Program Criteria:
- Must be 21 years of age by the time of travel.
- Prerequisites: NRS 340 & 341 and successful completion of COR 1 or COR 199

Course Description:
NRS 352 and NRS 352 will provide a trans-cultural nursing experience through pre and post-immersion classroom instruction and an immersion field experience. Students will study St. Lucian history, economics, governance structures, political and environmental influences, cultural beliefs and practices and their impact on health. Students will care for St. Lucian people with communicable and non-communicable diseases at St. Jude’s Hospital and Clinics, Vieux Fort, St. Lucia. During the immersion field experience, students will focus on the epidemiology of communicable and non-communicable diseases and the impact of health disparities and limited resources on human health and well-being. Pre-requisites: COR 1 or COR 199 and NRS 340/341 (NRS 352 may be concurrent with NRS 340/341).

Travel itinerary:
Student nurses will work at St. Jude’s Hospital, Vieux Fort, St. Lucia and a community based health center. Cultural experiences may include travel to Castries, the capital of St. Lucia, Castries market, Pidgeon Island National Park, the Pitons, a UNESCO World Heritage site, a rain forest hike with a naturalist, and the St. Lucian botanical gardens and volcano.

Application Requirements:
- Statement of interest in the St. Lucia Transcultural Nursing course and field experience.
- Letter of recommendation from a clinical instructor.
- Resume
- Proof of Certified Nursing Assistance License (must be active)
*All students will be interviewed by Program Director.

Important Deadlines:
March 16, 2018: Program Applications due in AO
March 20-29, 2018: Interviews with Program Director, Professor Barb Gallogly
April 1, 2018: Student applicants notified of acceptance.
April 6, 2018: Program Scholarship Application due in AO
April, 2018: Register for NRS 352 (Fall, 2018).