| Program |
The Global Health Programs aim to expose our students to global health issues, cultural awareness and competence, social justice and healthcare development for disadvantaged communities in the United States and abroad through service learning healthcare programs. Our service learning approach envelopes our academic programs with community service in combination with critical, reflective thinking. Our intention is to serve targeted community needs based on assessments with local leaders; collaborate with the local community; and integrate our programs into our health professions curriculum. Please note that space is limited.
Family Nurse Practitioner Program
The Family Nurse Practitioner students are focused on women’s health, pediatrics, and primary care. The clinical objectives are as follows:
• Develop a comprehensive database, including complete functional assessment, health history, physical examination, and appropriate diagnostic testing.
• Perform a risk assessment of the client, including the assessment of lifestyle and other risk factors
• Identify signs and symptoms of common emotional illnesses
• Perform basic laboratory tests and interpret other laboratory and diagnostic data
• Relate assessment findings to underlying pathology or physiologic changes
• Establish a differential diagnosis bases on the assessment data
• Develop an effective and appropriate plan of care for the client which takes into consideration of life circumstance and cultural, ethnic, and developmental variations
• Demonstrate sound critical thinking and clinical decision making
Overall objectives for the students participating in this global healthcare mission trip include:
• To gain an understanding of healthcare needs in international vulnerable
populations, with the expectation that this understanding may be applied within
vulnerable populations in the United States.
• To learn about and appreciate another culture while being immersed in that
culture.
• To offer nursing and healthcare support to the host country which are deemed appropriate by our local community leaders.
• Describe the role of epidemiologic findings in development of standards of care, organizational quality improvement, and public health policy in the host country and then apply it to the United States and their own community.
• Describe concepts of public health interventions and health screening programs in the host country and apply the concepts to the United States and their own community. |
Faculty |
Julie Stewart, DNP, MPH, MSN, FNP-BC, FAANP
Assoc. Professor/Director FNP Program
Office: Healthcare Education
Phone: (203) 371-7750
Email: StewartJ1270@sacredheart.edu
Constance Glenn, DNP, MSN, APRN, FNP-BC, CNE
Clinical Assistant Professor, Nursing
Office: Healthcare Education N316
Phone: (203) 416-3933
Email: glennc@sacredheart.edu |
Accommodations |
Lodging, located at Dr. Sam Luboga's home in Mpererwe Namere village, is included in the program fee.
Most meals are provided and included as part of the program fee. You are responsible for lunches and your own snacks, if desired. |
Costs |
Spring Semester Program Costs
Confirmation fee: You will be asked to submit a non-refundable $815 confirmation fee and a $35 application fee payable to “Sacred Heart University” immediately upon acceptance to this program.
The total program cost due to Sacred Heart University is $1,125 (four weeks) or $527 (two weeks) + the $815 confirmation fee and $35 application fee, totaling $1,975 (four weeks) or $1,377 (two weeks).
Payment Due Dates:
Upon acceptance- $815 CHP confirmation fee payable by check or credit card + $35 application fee payable online via credit card
December 1, 2018 - $1,975 (four weeks) or $1,377 (two weeks) (check made payable to SHU or credit card)
PROGRAM FEE INCLUDES: Program orientation, local ground transportation, housing in a homestay program, most meals, and mandatory basic international health insurance
PROGRAM FEE DOES NOT INCLUDE: International airfare, snacks and lunches, major medical insurance, visa/resident permit fees, vaccination fees, and all personal expenses |
Scholarships |
Suggested organizations for possible scholarship money is provided in the Fundraising Guide available here: Fundraising Guide. |
Contact |
Molly Higbie
Assistant Director of Global Health Programs
Phone: 203-396-6578
Email: higbiem@sacredheart.edu
Location: College of Health Professions - Center for Healthcare Education N104 |
Location |
Near the banks of Lake Victoria, Kampala, the capital of Uganda, is a lively city with a long history. Before the British, the city was the capital of the Buganda Kingdom, and remains so to this day. The city sits on several hills, each housing an important government or religious building. Kasubi Hill is the home of the Kasubi Tombs, a sacred burial ground of Buganda Kings. The Uganda Museum sits atop Kololo Hill, and features a hands-on collection of traditional musical instruments.
Please note:
Uganda is a destination with known cases of the Zika virus. For information, please monitor the CDC’s webpage. Additional information can also be found on the World Health Organization’s website. Travel to Uganda is not recommended for pregnant women, women who may be pregnant, or who are actively seeking to become pregnant, or men who are trying to have children, at the time of travel or near future. |
Duration
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Approx. February 1-15, 2019 |
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