NRS 353 2G - Transcultural Nursing in St. Lucia

2 Credit(s)

This course will provide a transcultural nursing experience through pre and post-immersion classroom instruction and an immersion field experience. Students will care for people in St. Lucia with non-communicable diseases. Prior to the immersion field experience, students will study St. Lucian history, economics, governance structures, political, environmental influences, cultural beliefs, and practices and their impact on health. During the immersion field experience, students will focus on both the epidemiology of non-communicable diseases and the impact of health disparities and limited resources on human health and well-being. Students will work at St. Jude’s Hospital and Clinics, Vieux Fort, St. Lucia delivering care to adult patients. A goal of both the classroom and field experience is that students will demonstrate professionalism, cultural sensitivity, humility, and adaptability (Core Competencies of the University of WI Global Health Certificate program). Students will have the opportunity to respond to the “needs and opportunities of the world through study, engagement, and reflection” (COR 2 criteria). This course will promote cultural competence of student nurses through study, practice, and reflection. This course will blend student learning with community engagement overseas and the development of a more fluid society (Bambar, 2016) - see Syllabus for reference citations throughout this document.

Prerequisite(s): COR 1 or COR 199 and Sophomore standing, NRS 310, NRS 311, NRS 312 and/or concurrent NRS 340, NRS 341 and consent of the instructor.