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CON Medical Mission in Central Appalachia (Outgoing Program)

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  • Locations: Wise, United States
  • Program Terms: Spring, Summer
  • Restrictions: Sacred Heart applicants only
  • Budget Sheets: Spring
  • This program is currently not accepting applications.
Dates / Deadlines:

There are currently no active application cycles for this program.
Fact Sheet:
Fact Sheet:
Clinical Health Program: Yes
Program Description:
 

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Program The medical immersion experience provides a rich, rewarding, and diverse clinical opportunity for students in the College of Nursing. A team of 12 undergraduate and 2 graduate nursing students, 3 nursing faculty and onsite healthcare providers collaborate to provide care in rural southwest Virginia. This event is a large medical mission drawing thousands of patients and is housed in tents, set up and designed to care for the whole person. The nursing-led team travels to southwest Virginia in the summer semester for a total of 5 days, creating an opportunity for nursing students to complete clinical credit hours in an immersive rural setting.
 
Notes for nursing students:
  • Undergraduate students who apply to the Central Appalachia clinical immersion must be rising senior students
  • DNP/FNP hybrid students who apply to Central Appalachia clinical immersion should have completed the first primary care course
Faculty Kerry Milner, DNSc, APRN, FNP-BC, EBP(CH)
Jeannette Koziel, MSN, APRN, NP-C
Norman Weller, MSN, RN
 

Accommodations
Hotel (double occupancy) in Wise, VA area.
All meals are provided and included as part of the program fee. You are responsible for your own snacks, if desired.

Costs
Summer 2023 Program Costs
The total program cost due to Sacred Heart University is $1,700
$300 confirmation program fee, $150 administrative fee, and $1250 program fee
 
Payment Due Dates:
Upon acceptance - $300 confirmation program fee + $150 administrative fee (paid online via credit card or by check made payable to Sacred Heart University. Checks can be mailed to Alexandra Harreys, 5151 Park Ave Fairfield, CT 06825)
June 30 - $1,250 program fee (paid online via credit card or by check made payable to Sacred Heart University. Checks can be mailed to Alexandra Harreys, 5151 Park Ave Fairfield, CT 06825)

Total Program Fees Includes program orientation, transportation from SHU to Wise, VA, and the return trip, local ground transportation, housing in a shared hotel room/dorm room, all meals, and program excursions.

Program Fee Does Not Include snacks, major medical insurance, and all personal expenses.
 
 
 
   

Contact		 Alexandra Harreys
Undergraduate Program Assistant
Phone: 203-371-7715
Email: harreysa@sacredheart.edu
Location: Center for Healthcare Education, 3rd Floor CON Suite

Location
Our team will stay in a hotel in the Wise, VA area.
 

Duration
The Summer Semester Program will run from July 28-August 1, 2023
 
Day One: Travel to Wise, VA from SHU, Fairfield, CT
Day Two: Clinic
Day Three: Clinic
Day Four: Clinic
Day Five: Travel to SHU, Fairfield, CT

 



This program is currently not accepting applications.