Mar 7, 2020 | Global Health for Nurses, Medical Mission Trips
Are you interested in a career in global health for nurses? Medical mission trips and other volunteer opportunities in nursing are great ways to hone your clinical skills through real-world experience. Volunteering with Well Child International in Baja, Costa Rica,...
Mar 12, 2019 | Global Health for Nurses, Medical Mission Trips, Nursing Medical Missions
This is a sample 7-Day Baja itinerary. Longer variations/versions of this itinerary (8-12 days) simply includes more “hands on health care” time—community triage/clinical time/rotations. This itinerary is for the WCI Baja Program, but the Costa Rican version is the...
Feb 17, 2019 | Medical Mission Trips
Well Child International (WCI) was a wonderful team to work with through the International Service Learning organization. I would like to express gratitude towards the WCI team, Saul, Yvonne, Yvette, and Brenda, for leading our team on such a successful and...
Feb 17, 2019 | Medical Mission Trips
Single Mom in a Slum—a Precarious Life… Emilia and her three small children live at the edge of the community but also at the edge of existence. A victim of abuse and abandoned by the father of her children she lives on a less-than-minimal government allowance. ...
Feb 17, 2019 | Medical Mission Trips
Why Should a Nursing Student Go on a Medical Mission Trip? Medical professions students, especially nursing students, often feel a strong desire to not only serve others but to be part of the solution to the global healthcare crisis – more than a billion people do...
Feb 17, 2019 | Medical Mission Trips
The Well Child International medical mission trip to Mexico was a life-changing experience. I cannot imagine pursuing a career in global health medicine without learning to serve others like this. The ability to provide basic physical assessments to individuals who...
