Topics About 'Mission Trips'.

My volunteer career began before my nursing career - I was a candy-striper when I was 14 til about 16 years of age. This was back in the day where we wore white/red striped dresses. Don't know if this even exists today - lol I volunteered for militar...

I am a registered nurse from another country. I live permanently in the USA, pursuing my dream to be licensed and work here. Nothing will stop me. Last year in November, I went for my first mission trip. After landing in Houston, I was nervously wait...

Last January I traveled to Haiti with 2 other nursing faculty to give the nurses an inservice- or what we call in the US "Continuing nursing education" (CEU's.) The nurses in Haiti do not have CEU's. They get through their education and have no other...

We got our luggage and walked out of the airport to three buses. One was packed with our suitcases and the other two with about 65 Registered and Student Nurses. It was so hot, two of the buses had cracked windshields and the one bus carrying the lug...

I recently returned from an eye-opening and humbling surgical mission trip to Jinotega, Nicaragua. Although I realize that I can never put into words the gravity of my experience, coupled with the need to impact and improve the lives of the people of...