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Graduate Catalog 2019-2020 
    
Graduate Catalog 2019-2020 [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

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N 551 International Health Care

This course provides students with the opportunity to discuss knowledge, skills, values, meanings and experiences associated with international health care as part of the Global Experiential Learning (GEL) program. The focus is on health care problems, health education and health care delivery systems in selected countries. Students will identify health care problems and discuss approaches to meeting health needs for various populations in the world. Students will become familiar with worldwide agencies working to promote health care and how governments are developing policy and providing health care within their political, economic, social and cultural contexts. The role of nursing and health care providers in promoting health and providing health care in the international community will be discussed. The course utilizes discussion, inquiry and exploration of international health care and delivery systems. Students will be expected to research the country selected for visitation within the GEL program. Credit(s): 3



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