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