Nursing Cultural Immersion

Immerse yourself
Nurses provide care for people from a variety of cultures. UW-Eau Claire offers
opportunities to learn about nursing care and other cultures through hands-on clinical
experiences. Students learn how culture and lifestyle impact health care practices.
They learn the importance of communication between health care providers and people
of different cultures. It helps to broaden the students' perspective of caring. Cultural
nursing clinical immersion experiences help students understand their own culture better
and appreciate the differences of a patient's culture. Students learn to be flexible and
develop confidence, independence and a more global perspective to problem solving.

Providing a healthy alternative

An innovative program gets UW-Eau Claire nursing students out in the field and on the
farm, bringing health screenings and safety information to immigrant and rural farm
workers.

Cultural Immersion Experiences in Nursing

Nursing has the unique perspective of caring for people in every culture around the world.
We offer opportunities to learn about nursing care and cultures through hands-on clinical
experiences. You will learn how culture and lifestyle impacts health care practices, the
importance of communication between and among people of all cultures, and expand
your perspective of caring.
No matter where you are in the world, nurses are needed. Across the street or on another
continent, as a nurse, you will encounter people with health needs. Cultural immersion
nursing experiences will help you to assist people with those needs and understand your
own culture better. You will be able to demonstrate that you are flexible and develop
confidence and independence. You will gain a more global perspective to problem
solving. This experience will expand the opportunities for the type of nursing that you want
to pursue.