A partnership to develop disaster simulations for nursing students in response to climate change: description of a programme in Bluefields, Nicaragua, and Virginia, USA

• Main Authors: Emma McKim Mitchell, PhD (Author), Ryne Ackard, MS (Author), Michelet David McLean Estrada, MA (Author), Diana Hodgson, MS (Author), Anita Thompson-Heisterman, MSN (Author), Alex S Aguirre Bonilla, BS (Author), Cynthia Foronda, PhD (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2020-04-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background: A common practice in global nursing education is short-term missions where US-based students spend a brief time in a host country with hands-on experiences with patients, but maintain a US-centric perspective. Subsequently, an exchange becomes extractive, where one group benefits. Capaci...