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Mailing Address
Sam Houston State University
Office of International Programs
SHSU Box 2150
Huntsville, TX 77341-2150

Physical Address
1908 Avenue J, Farrington Bldg.
Suite 116
Huntsville, TX 77340

Jesse Starkey
Study Abroad Coordinator
Email: jcs052@shsu.edu
Phone: (936) 294-3276

Nursing Clinical Practicum in

Costa Rica

PROGRAM OVERVIEW

Students will spend six hours per day, five days a week in a clinical setting with children. Hours will be split between an acute carer children’s hospital, out patient clinics, and a Nicaraguan refugee camp (La Carpio).

In addition to the nursing clinicals, trips will be arranged on one weekend day where students will see the rainforest flora and fauna and volcanos, experience river trips and shopping, and visit beaches for swimming and surfing.

Students will live in private family homes wehre they can gain a true sense of the culture, family life, and food from Costa Rica. The students will have completed the didactic portion of this course during the spring semester and will earn an incomplete at the end of spring semester.

 
PROGRAM DATES
May 10 - June 1, 2014
 
COURSES OFFERED

NURS 4420: Nursing Care of Infants, Children, & Adolescents (Clinical Practicum) (3CR)
 
STUDENT REQUIREMENTS
Students will need to have completed the didactic portion of NURS 4420 during the spring of 2013 with a C or better average. No visa is needed for this trip.
 
HOUSING ARRANGEMENTS
All arrangements will be made by UNIBE. Students will stay with host families in Costa Rica.
 
TRAVEL ARRANGEMENTS
Students will be responsible for purchasing their own tickets on a group flight specified by the faculty leader.
 
PROGRAM COST
$2900

Includes: Lodging, meals, in-country travel, site visits, health insurance.

 

Not Included: Tuition (Approx. $1100 for each 3 hour course), airfare, spending money
 
FACULTY LEADER CONTACT INFO
Dr. Kelly Zinn
936-294-4494
kkz001@shsu.edu
 
APPLICATION DEADLINE
November 1, 2013
 

APPLY HERE!
Students should submit completed applications to the faculty leader either through email or in person.