Nursing in a global community: a study abroad program.

J Transcult Nurs

School of Nursing, Georgia Southern University, Statesboro, GA, USA.

Published: April 2003

Nursing in a global community is a study abroad program at Georgia Southern University School of Nursing. The program hosted at the University of Cape Coast in Ghana, West Africa, provides opportunity for undergraduate and graduate health profession students to experience nursing, health care service and delivery in a developing country. Description of the program and benefits of study abroad programs are discussed as well as a student perspective on the transcutural experience in Ghana.

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