Public & Global Health

BYU College of Nursing students, faculty, and alumni gathered to assemble humanitarian kits to be distributed during Public and Global Health trips this Spring 2024.

Teams from several colleges at BYU traveled to Nepal to observe brick workers there, and data continues to be gathered to assess the state of their respiratory health.

To fulfill the clinical practicum for the public and global health nursing course, students in their third or fourth semester participate in one of ten public and global health sites. This experience provides a unique opportunity to put nursing skills into practice while being immersed in a different culture and healthcare system.

To fulfill the clinical practicum for the public and global health nursing course, students in their third or fourth semester participate in one of ten sites. This experience provides a unique opportunity to put nursing skills into practice while being immersed in a different culture and healthcare system.

Although many nursing students traveled internationally for their public and global health nursing course clinical practicum, a few stayed in Utah to work with vulnerable populations within the community, especially those from low socioeconomic backgrounds.

This past spring, BYU nursing students had the opportunity to spend three weeks learning and practicing the Healer's art in Ecuador. In addition, they experienced healthcare in and out of the hospital setting: volunteering in the community, shadowing nurses, and learning about traditional healing.

This past spring, a group of nursing students traveled to Finland and Poland for their public and global health nursing course clinical practicum. The students planned to spend five weeks working in hospitals to refine their nursing skills. However, their schedule changed as the trip grew closer. “While we were in Finland, the nurses were on strike,” nursing student Symbria Lewis explained. Despite these circumstances, the students gained clinical experience through performing pediatric assessments and serving the Finnish community in other ways.

This past summer, 14 of BYU’s nursing students had the opportunity to experience a once-in-a-lifetime three-and-a-half week clinical practicum in the Czech Republic. They spent time in the cities of Prague, Pilsen, and Susice doing clinical and community service.