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Nursing Student Electives, Volunteer and Study Abroad
Location: Kenya: Malindi, Mombasa and 2 other cities
Term: Throughout the year
Program Duration: 1-2 weeks, 2-4 weeks, 5-8 weeks
Typical Duration of Program: 2-4 weeks
Dates: Please visit our website for details
Elective Africa
30 Lockwood Dr. Princeton, New Jersey 08540 United States
Call Us
Phone: 1 609 643 0188
Fax: 1 609 228 5821
Description
This placement is suited for nursing students seeking an opportunity to apply theory to practice under supervision. Our program, based in Africa, is suited to meet nursing elective, clinical preceptorship, independent study or internships abroad requirements.
The broad objectives and benefits of our nursing program placement include:
* Provide more hands on learning experience than a student would get in a developed world our participants leave our programs having enhanced their experience levels with various skills
* Provide opportunity to enhance essential skills such as history taking, interviewing, diagnosis, and participating in treatment planning and execution
* Compare and analyze healthcare access and delivery in a different setting
* Participate in tropical medicine and treatment of unusual diseases
* Opportunity to see diseases at advanced clinical stages
* Meet elective and clinical rotation requirements under practitioner supervision with evaluation at the end of the program
* Satisfy independent study or internship abroad for credit
* Demonstrate and satisfy global intellectual curiosity
* Safe and secure program experience while abroad
* Cultural exchange and exposure, particularly from peer students in host country and community
* Travel
A nursing placement in our hospitals or community health facilities is a good opportunity to gain hands on experience and also learn how healthcare is provided in a different setting in a developing country. Because hospitals and clinics are often understaffed, students are likely to assist in a variety of duties. As any nurse in a developing country would attest - the significant healthcare demand coupled with extremely limited resources, particularly in rural areas, requires nurses to learn and perform tasks beyond what is expected of traditional nursing in developed countries. In larger hospitals, particularly teaching hospitals, the demands upon their times and skills are still highly stretched due to the high patient load. Working alongside such highly stretched medical professionals offers a very rich learning experience for student nurses.
While we will work with you to assist you in designing your own program, our standard nursing elective provides nursing students at the tail end of their nursing studies with a 4 week clinical preceptorship to practice medicine in a supervised medical setting and in regularly scheduled sessions, usually in government community health facilities.
Highlights
Overview of the Country
With a population of 39 million, Kenya is situated in the east of Africa, bordering the Indian Ocean, north of Tanzania. Relative size of country is slightly more than twice the state of Nevada or approximately two and half times the size of Britain. Kenya remains a popular tourist destination given is world famous wildlife attracting Safari tourists the country has numerous wildlife reserves containing thousands of animal species; with the most popular being the big five of Lion, Leopard, Buffalo, Rhino and Elephant. The country is also a popular touring destination given its exotic reef-lined beaches on the coast of the Indian Ocean. The country has numerous wildlife reserves. The country's popularity has recently gotten a further boost with President Obamas Kenyan roots.
The country is named after Mt. Kenya, the second highest mountain in Africa. Kenya is bordered by Ethiopia to the north, Uganda to the West, Tanzania to the South and the eastern side boarders the Indian Ocean.
Kenya has a tropical climate. It is hot and humid at the coast, temperate inland and dry in the northern parts of the country. The country receives a great deal of sunshine all the year round and summer clothes are worn throughout the year. It is usually cool at night and early in the morning.
The country is a democracy and the economy is a market based system. The key economic activities are tourism and agriculture.
Qualifications
Participants should be nursing students or professionals.
Intern Types
- Health Sciences
- Nursing
Languages
- English
Cost in US$:
1,950 for 4 weeks in Kenya: 2,400 in Tanzania, Arusha
Cost Include Description:
- Organizing your trip and pre-departure support
- Organizing airport pick-up
- Orientation
- Accommodation
- Food
- Support network
- Visa advisory
Credit Available
no
Volunteer Types
- community health
- health
- health care
- health education
- hospital
- nursing
Age Range
18 yrs and above.This Program is open to
Worldwide Participant.
Typical Living Arrangements
- Apartment/Flat
- Group living
- Home-stays
- Independent living
Participants Travel to Kenya
Independently or in Groups
Application Process Involves
- Letters of Reference
- Transcript
- Resume
- Online Application plus Application Assessment
Elective Africa's Mission Statement
Our mission is to provide and offer opportunities for both students and international volunteers to interact in development and educational programs thus enabling them to gain experience and build their capacities for their lives and that of future generations.
Year Founded
2000
