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Global & Population Health Nursing Clinical Practicum

The Global & Population Health Nursing Clinical Practicum is an immersive experience designed to improve clinical skills, enhance cultural sensitivity, and prepare students to provide healthcare in any setting.

COUNTRIES

Tonga

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Taiwan

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Ecuador

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Zambia

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Czech Republic

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India

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Spain

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United Kingdom

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Utah

Utah

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Global and Population Articles

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The Power of Touch - Global & Population Health Nursing: India

November 07, 2025 02:47 PM
This spring, Professors Carly Peterson and Daphne Thomas led a group of 14 nursing students to Rishikesh, India as part of the college's worldwide Global & Population Health Nursing Clinical Practicum effort. They spent time working with professionals in the clinics and serving those living in informal housing communities.
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Spiritual Care in a Multicultural Setting - Global & Population Health Nursing: United Kingdom

October 31, 2025 04:59 PM
This summer, BYU College of Nursing carried out the very first Global and Population Health Nursing Clinical Practicum in the United Kingdom. Professor Denise Cummins and Dr. Shelly Reed led 11 students as they experienced healthcare in the cities of Preston and Chester.
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Learning About Cultures Close to Home - Global & Population Health Nursing: Utah

October 24, 2025 03:56 PM
Though close to home compared to other Global & Population Health Nursing projects, Global Health Utah gave students a cultural experience that was just as unique and impactful as anywhere else on the planet.
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Learning Nursing in the Faith-Filled Spanish Culture - Global & Population Health Nursing: Spain

October 17, 2025 05:57 PM
Looking back on what he experienced during the Global & Population Health Nursing Clinical Practicum in Spain, there was one special cultural detail that stuck out to fifth-BYU nursing student Justin Kimball: the country’s deep, prevalent Christian roots.
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Unity Through Faith on the Tongan Islands - Global & Population Health Nursing: Tonga

October 10, 2025 03:04 PM
Ten BYU College of Nursing students, accompanied by professors Melanie Livingston and Sarah Davis, had a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to practice nursing skills in Tonga and better understand what being part of a faith-filled community means.
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The Intersection of Faith, Modern Medicine, and Ancestral Culture - Global & Population Health Nursing: Ecuador

October 07, 2025 04:29 PM
BYU College of Nursing has been going to Ecuador for Global & Population Health Nursing Clinical Practicum for almost 20 years. Professors Scott Summers, Jennifer Rigby, and Hiromi Tobe made the trip with 13 students this spring.
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Faith to Overcome Scarcity - Global & Population Health Nursing: Zambia

September 26, 2025 02:09 PM
Zambia Global & Population Health Practicum
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Healthcare Rooted in Religion - Global & Population Health Nursing: Taiwan

September 19, 2025 02:29 PM
In Taiwan, healthcare practices have deep ties to the region’s heavy Buddhist influence. BYU professors Ryan Rasmussen and Stacie Hunsaker accompanied 20 nursing students to the country, where they observed these cultural differences in medicine firsthand and learned to love the culture.
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Loving Through the Language Barrier - Global & Population Health Nursing: Czechia

September 12, 2025 10:47 AM
Czechia Global & Population Health Practicum 2025
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No Man Left Behind: BYU College of Nursing's Exemplary Service to Veterans

November 05, 2024 03:15 PM
The Global and Population Health Veterans Practicum gives nursing students an invaluable opportunity to immerse themselves in veteran culture and become equipped to understand and support a population to which we owe so much.
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