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Students Make Inaugural Service Trip to Nicaragua
Date: 11/17/2008 05:28 pm
Students at Boston College’s Connell School of Nursing traveled to Managua, Nicaragua this spring break. Senior nursing student Courtney Pladsen, an organizer of the trip, first traveled to Nicaragua on a sociology-led spring break trip in 2005; on that trip she recognized a need for health care and initiated a meeting with her nursing school faculty to organize the venture. Out of the 50-60 students who applied, nine were selected for this year’s inaugural trip. Pladsen said the experience helped her to learn a more holistic view of nursing.
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