Health Care Missions

Health care missions have been a major focus since the beginning of the College of Nursing at Harding. The first health care mission trip took place in 1977. The following material highlights health care mission opportunities and activities through the College of Nursing.

All students who desire to have a global health care/cultural experience are encouraged to do so and are assisted in fulfilling that dream. We pray that from this group of students God will raise up long-term servants for the mission field as they follow in the footsteps of the Great Physician.

For more on Health Care Missions contact HCmissions@harding.edu.

International

Guatemala: In February student nurses travel with a surgical team to Guatemala to assist in various surgeries and to practice surgical nursing procedures in a health missions setting.

Haiti, West Indies: Over Spring Break students are involved in teaching disease prevention and health promotion as they share the love of Jesus on the island of Haiti.

Africa: For four to six weeks in the summer, student nurses have an opportunity to receive college credit for completing the clinical portion of one of their nursing courses - maternity, pediatrics or community health - in an African hospital or clinic setting.

Domestic

Christian Health Ministry of White County: Harding student nurses and faculty are provided an opportunity every Sunday afternoon to assist in a Christian health center that serves the medically and economically disadvantaged of this county.

Health Fair and Wellness Screenings: Local churches invite faculty and students to provide their members and community friends with information for promoting health, preventing disease and screening for heart and cancer risks.

"Development Ministries" Class (BMIS 388): This course provides hands-on training in various types of benevolent outreach to the poor, including intensive gardening, livestock management, water development and sanitation, appropriate technology, and primary health care. Students are introduced to theological as well as strategic issues in relief and development. This two-week summer course is held at Camp Tahkodah (HUT) in Floral, Ark., where students actually live in a global village.