The Journal for Nurse Practitioners
Volume 3, Issue 10 , Pages 707-712, November 2007

So You Want to Go on a Medical Mission

  • Cathy S. Chapman

      Affiliations

    • Cathy Chapman is a certified family and adult nurse practitioner at TriState Community Health Center in Cumberland, MD.

Abstract 

This article is intended to provide basic information on medical mission trips: what a medical mission trip is, how to find a medical mission organization, and how to prepare both personally and professionally.

Keywords:  Medical mission trip

 

 Photos on previous page courtesy of the author: People waiting in line to be seen at a clinic; and Brenda Deller, RN, of Richmond, Virginia, giving dosing instructions.In conjunction with national ethical standards, the author reports no relationships with business or industry that represent a conflict of interest.

PII: S1555-4155(07)00560-0

doi:10.1016/j.nurpra.2007.08.014

The Journal for Nurse Practitioners
Volume 3, Issue 10 , Pages 707-712, November 2007

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