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| Disaster Nursing | LOCAL | American Red Cross of Alaska | www.alaska.redcross.org | 235 East 8th Avenue, Suite 200 | Anchorage | AK | 99501 | USA | 907-646-5401 | 907-276-1465 | No | As able | BOTH | Anchorage, Wasilla, Fairbanks, Juneau and/or Kodiak Alaska | No Cost | Current AK RN license, consent to a complete background check | Our volunteer nurses can work in many areas. They can work in our Staff Health area completing necessary paperwork for other volunteers to respond to disasters. Also, they may work on the scene of a local or national disaster, providing very basic care. There is a series of three classes that each nurse needs to take. Those include a new volunteer orientation, Fulfilling Our Mission, and Health Services Response Workshop. The volunteer then is trained and ready to volunteer with us. The time commitment can vary depending on the volunteer’s availability, interest, and goals. | Details | ||||||
| Surgical Nursing | INTERNATIONAL | Children's Surgical Centre (CSC) | www.csc.org | P.O. Box 2545 | Kodiak | AK | 99615 | USA | 206-321-6395 | 907-486-6874 | 208-545-4525 | Jim Gollogly, MD, CEO | Jim@csc.org | Jim Carmichael, board secretary | JimC@csc.org | No | 3 month minimum | LONG | Phnom Penh, Cambodia | Travel and living expenses in Cambodia | Professionally qualified, references, experience that fits our needs. Contact us for interview. | CSC provides rehabilitative surgery for disabled Cambodians and teaching for Cambodian medical professionals at the post graduate level | Details | |
| Surgical Nursing | INTERNATIONAL | Cambodian Acid Survivors Charity (CASC) | www.theCASC.org | P.O. Box 2545 | Kodiak | AK | 99615 | USA | 206-321-6395 | 907-486-6874 | 208-545-4525 | Kanyapak Reinvetch, CEO | kanya@thecasc.org | Jim Carmichael | JimC@csc.org | No | 3 month minimum | LONG | Phnom Penh, Cambodia | Travel and living expenses in Cambodia | Professionally qualified, references and experience that fits our needs. Contact us for an interview. | The Children’s Surgical Center (CSC) created CASC in 2006 in response to a growing number of survivors of acid attacks accessing the center for treatment. As a result of the extensive and unique treatment needs presented by survivors of acid burns, CSC felt that a separate organization dedicated to meeting the physical, emotional, social and economic needs of survivors was necessary to provide comprehensive treatment. | Details | |
| General Nursing | LOCAL | Cross Road Medical Center | www.crossroadmc.org | P.O. Box 5 | Glenallen | AK | 99588 | USA | 907-822-3202 | 907-822-3203 | humanresources@crossroadmc.org | Gayle Kildal | Sherri Cox, Director or Nurses | scox@crossroadmc.org | Yes | 1 month minimum | LONG | Glenallen, Alaska | Cost of the Alaska RN license, airfare to and from Anchorage, Alaska and grocery costs while living in Glennallen | At least 1 year work experience as an RN preferably in a critical care area, BLS certification (ACLS, TNCC and PALS certification preferred) | Provide physical, emotional and spiritual nursing care across the lifespan working as an RN with a multidisciplinary team in the clinic, urgent care and/or observation unit of a rural Christian Community Health Center. Cross Road Medical Center is a small organization with a strong missionary heritage. We depend on Christian volunteers and support in order to continue to serve a large, medically-underserved area in rural Alaska. | Details | ||
| General Nursing | LOCAL | AIDS Action Coalition/Davis Clinic | 600 St Clair Avenue, Bldg 6, Ste 14 | Huntsville | AL | 35801 | USA | 256-536-4700 | 256-536-4117 | Mary Rozier -Hachen, RN, Nurse Manager | mhachen@aidsactioncoalition.org | No | As needed | BOTH | Madison County, Hospital District | None | Must have current RN license in AL, Spanish speaking a plus, previous experience in home health, hospice or doctor’s office helpful. MUST be willing to work with DIVERSE patient population as well as staff members | Fill in for vacationing or sick nurse: Triage patients who are seeing the provider, call in meds (with approval of NP), assist provider as needed, possibly enter visit related info into database, give injections, perform TB skin tests. We care for ONLY HIV+ patients, so the nurse would need to be very comfortable with that. They will experience a variety of patients from those who are academically educated as well as educated about their disease process to those who are disenfranchised socially with little to no resources. For someone who is interested in this area of nursing we offer a great experience to gain knowledge in addressing the many needs our patients have. We probably would not be a good fit for someone who needs a lot of structure. We work by appointments but do have patients that walk in having a crisis, so we try to see them. | Details | |||||
| Disaster Nursing | LOCAL | American Red Cross of Central Alabama | www.montgomeryarc.org | 5015 Woods Crossing | Montgomery | AL | 36106 | USA | 334-260-3890 | Bevery Brown, Emergency Services Director | brownb@montgomeryarc.org | Wanda Sanford, Volunteer Director | sanfordw@montgomeryarc.org | No | Varied - up to 3 weeks | SHORT | Local Alabama or nation wide | Minimal - transportation to local sites; All expenses are paid for national assignments | Red Cross Health Services Training | Nurses work in our shelters with displaced clients or in disaster services centers in the local area or at national assignments during national disasters (by choice). | Details | |||
| General Nursing | LOCAL | Cahaba Valley Health Care (CVHC) | www.cahabavalleyhealthcare.org | 5099 Caldwell Mill Road | Birmingham | AL | 35242 | USA | 205-991-8771 | 205 991-7762 | comfortnrs@bellsouth.net | Yes | 4 hours a Sunday up to 14 times a year, and the nurse can sign up for as many as s/he wishes | BOTH | Jefferson and Shelby counties, AL | None, except cost of gas to get to screening site | Speak Spanish | A nurse, preferably one who speaks Spanish, would take blood pressures and ask patients medical history questions. Each screening is 4 hours, on Sunday afternoon 14 times a year, and the nurse can sign up for as many as s/he wants. | Details | |||||
| Global Health Nursing | INTERNATIONAL | Edward A. Ulzen Memorial Foundation | www.elwininternational.com/healthcare_volunteer.html | PMB 170, 4851 Rice Mine Rd, NW, #550 | Tuscaloosa | AL | 35406 | USA | 252-412-0415 | Thad Ulzen, MD,FRCP(C),FAPA | tulzen@yahoo.com | No | 2 weeks to 3 months | BOTH | Elmina/Cape Coast, Ghana West Africa | $4000 - approximate cost of 2-4 week stay in Ghana, including airfare | RN license, proficiency in English, resume of experience and 3 professional references | Work in hospital, community clinic or rual satellite clinics with local staff in direct care and public health initiatives. | Details | |||||
| Global Health Nursing | INTERNATIONAL | Kenya Relief | www.kenyarelief.org | 1000 Sixth Ave. S.E. | Cullman | AL | 35055 | USA | 256-531-2535 | 256-507-0217 (Steve's cell) | Steve James, RN, CRNA, President | sjames@kenyarelief.org | Yes | 10-12 days | SHORT | Migori, Kenya | $2700-$3400: all inclusive with Safari for two days at the end of the trip | Strong independent practitioners with good health and team focus | To be determined by specific by specific focus of team, ie - surgery, peds, etc. Need strong independent practitioners. | Details | ||||
| Global Health Nursing | INTERNATIONAL | Life Water Medical Ministries | www.lifewatermissions.org | P.O. Box 353 | Fairhope | AL | 36533 | USA | 704-533-2596 | info@lifewatermissions.org | Yes | 10-12 days | SHORT | Awendo, Kericho, Miwani and Mfangano Island, Kenya | Volunteers must be born again Christians and an active member of their local church; application process | LifeWaterMedical Ministries focuses on meeting the physical needs of the people we minister to along with bringing them the story of the Gospel of Jesus Christ. We focus on the needs in the remote areas of Africa, where the medical needs are great and the clean, safe drinking water is in short supply. We believe that if we are to show people that we care about them, we need to help provide for their physical needs as well as spiritual. To this end, we send short-term teams to provide medical care in clinics set up in the bush and in the villages and conduct water purification projects to bring people clean drinking water. In addition, we construct the buildings to house the churches that are planted as a result of our evangelistic efforts that are the primary focus of each LifeWaterMedical mission trip. (Please Note: There is a need for medical professionals on all medical teams. Registered Nurses, Physician Assistants, Medical Doctors, etc are essential members of our teams. However, non-medical personnel are important to the medical teams as well. A professional medical career is not a requirement for participation in a LifeWaterMedical mission trip.) | Details | |||||||
| Disaster Nursing | LOCAL | The American Red Cross - Birmingham | www.birminghamredcross.org.org | 950 22nd St. N, Suite 750 | Birmingham | AL | 35203 | USA | 205-458-8253 | 205-458-8284 | Anna Tipler, Volunteer Services Specialist | TiplerA@birminghamredcross.org | Crystal Knezek | 205-458-8267 | No | As able | BOTH | Jefferson, Bibb, St. Clair, Shelby, Walker and Blount counties as needed | No cost | Current RN certification; helpful if current ARC trained volunteer | We use certified RN’s in our shelters during disasters. We are required
to have one RN in each shelter at all times. Provide medical care to
those staying in an American Red Cross shelter during times of disaster. |
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| Disaster Nursing | LOCAL | The American Red Cross, Alabama Gulf Coast | www.redcrossalcoast.org | 853 Dauphin Street, P.O. Box 1764 | Mobile | AL | 36602 | USA | 251-436-7916 | 251-438-2571 | 251-438-7802 | Claude Fillingham, Disaster Coordinator | Fillinghamc@redcrossalcoast.org | No | The only time that the American Red Cross ask for a commitment is when a person joins the Disaster Service Human Resources (DSHR) portion, and they are asked to give 21 days commitment to go any where in the United States and US bounders in a disaster area. | BOTH | No cost | Current RN certification and licesnse | With enabling the health and safety of our Shelters, working with staff in maintaining the volunteer health in our Disaster Action Teams,(single family fires), Service Center, Warehouses, Bulk Distribution centers and much more. | Details | ||||
| General Nursing | LOCAL | M-POWER Ministries | www.mpowerministries.org | 4022 4th Avenue South | Birmingham | AL | 35222 | USA | 205-595-5959 | 205-595-5974 | mpower@mpowerministries.org | Betty McCulloch, RN, MPH, Clinic Administrator | bettym@mpowerministries.org | Yes | As able | BOTH | Birmingham, Alabama | No cost | Current AL RN license | Nurses perform triage and general clinic duties in a free clinic. Clinic services are provided without regard to the spiritual status of our patients, but we provide the opportunity for patients to have discussions of a spiritual nature if they request it. Many of our patients are from faith-based recovery programs. | Details | |||
| Disaster Nursing | LOCAL | North Alabama Medical Reserve Corps (NAMRC) | www.northalabmamrc.com/ | 3330 L&N Drive, Suite I | Huntsville | AL | 35801 | USA | 256-881-7321 | 256-881-7424 | Ashley Hays, NAMRC Coordinator | ashleymcms@bellsouth.net | Laura Moss, NAMRC Director | lauramcms@bellsouth.net | No | As able | BOTH | 14 Counties in North Alabama: Cherokee, Colbert, Cullman, DeKalb, Franklin, Jackson, Lauderdale, Lawrence, Limestone, Madison, Marion, Marshall, Morgan, Winston | No cost | Current AL license, application process | The mission of the North Alabama Medical Reserve Corps (NAMRC) is to recruit and train medical and non-medical volunteers to supplement existing community organizations in preparing for and responding to an emergency or disaster and to provide community education in disease awareness and prevention during non crisis times. | Details | ||
| Disaster Nursing | LOCAL | Southwest Alabama Medical Reserve Corps Volunteer Mobile, Inc. | www.medicalreservecorps.gov | 1050 Government Street, Suite 201 | Mobile | AL | 36604 | USA | 251-433-4456 | 251-433-4460 | Toni Marie Jones, Program Director | tjones@volunteermobile.org | No | One power day for training and volunteership in case of emergencies | SHORT | Mobile and Baldwin counties in Alabama | $30 dues | Current AL RN license | In times of disaster or national crisis MRC volunteers give their time and skills to those who are in medical need. In times of peace, MRC volunteers donate their time and skills at community functions like faith based organizational clinics, health education fairs and various other community outreach services that benefit their city or area. | Details | ||||
| Disaster Nursing | LOCAL | American Red Cross - Madison/Marshall County Chapter | www.redcrossrelief.org | 1101 Washington Street | Huntsville | AL | 35801 | USA | 1-256-536-0084, ext 210 | Mary Alonzo, Volunteer/HR admin | hr@helpcantwait.org | Betty Haney or Jennifer Heath | No | Once a week, 4 hour shift | SHORT | Madison and Marshall counties in Alabama | $8.25 Health Orientation Class; $35 for uniform | Current AL nursing license | Nurses will volunteer in various school first aid rooms in the area. The Red Cross helps people prevent, prepare for and respond to emergencies, Thank You for considering helping others in our community through our programs! | Details | ||||
| Women's Health Nursing | LOCAL | Her Choice Birmingham Women's Center | www.herchoicebirmingham.org | 2120 7th Avenue South | Birmingham | AL | 35233 | USA | 205-252-0706, ext 22 | 205-252-0726 | Teresa M. Ragusa, Director | teresa@herchoicebirmingham.org | Yes | 1 year | LONG | Birmingham, Alabama | $25 training manual for volunteers | Current RN license, counseling experience preferred | Nurses will perform pregnancy tests, provide educational information to clients, perform ultrasounds and counsel clients. Her Choice Birmingham Women’s Center, a pregnancy resource center, located on the Southside in Birmingham, AL is a non-profit, 501 (C)(3) organization. Our mission is to help any woman facing an unplanned pregnancy to choose life and to help and support her with that decision. We help bring healing and support to women who have had abortions and to provide education regarding pregnancy options including adoption and healthy lifestyle choices for all young women. Working at Her Choice provides a wonderful opportunity to help young women understand their reproductive system as it relates holistically to her being; it is also presents an opportunity to help young teens and adults who are in crisis pregnancies or relationships understand their options and assist them to make healthy choices for themselves and their children. In addition, there is an opportunity to bring healing to those women who have experienced the negative effects of abortion. | Details | ||||
| Global Health Nursing | INTERNATIONAL | e3 Partners | www.e3partners.org/pages/page.asp?page_id=24682 | P.O. Box 660641 | Birmingham | AL | 35266 | USA | 205-914-0037 | 205-637-0727 | 866-594-0783 | medical@e3partners.org | Lauree Jones, MD, Medical Director | lauree.jones@e3partners.org | Yes | 7-10 days | SHORT | Worldwide | Current RN license, application process | A medical church planting trip incorporates medical, dental, and vision ministries into our church-planting strategies. Setting up a primary care clinic in areas where a new church is to be planted, these teams utilize doctors, nurses, dentists, dental hygienists, physician assistants, physical therapists, pharmacist, paramedics, optometrists, medical students, and any other person willing to serve. Our objective is to augment the existing church planting efforts by demonstrating the love of Christ in a tangible way and to strengthen relationships between the local church on the field and the surrounding community. (Please note that the ministries offered on any particular trip are dependent on the team members recruited. For example, dental can only be offered by those teams that have recruited a dentist—check with team leaders for more details). | Details | |||
| General Nursing | LOCAL | Yuma County Public Health Preparedness 7 Response Medical Reserve Corps | 2200 West 28th Street | Yuma | AZ | 85364 | USA | 928-317-4624, ext 1728 | Rogelio Torres, Health Educator/ MRC Volunteer Coordinator | rogelio.torres@co.yuma.az.us | No | As able. In an emergency we do 8 hours shifts | BOTH | Yuma County, Arizona | No Cost | Current AZ RN license | Normally nurses help us, flu clinics and health fairs in the community with blood pressure and glucose test and some other things. Most of our nurses are bilingual Spanish & English. | Details | ||||||
| General Nursing | LOCAL | Society of St. Vincent de Paul, Virginia G. Piper Medical & Dental Clinic | www.stvincentdepaul.net | P.O. Box 13600 | Phoenix | AZ | 85002 | USA | 602-261-6880 | Janice Ertl, RN, MHSA, Clinic Director | jertl@svdp-phx-az.org | Yes | Once a month for about 4 hours | BOTH | Phoenix, Arizona | Transportation to and from clinic | Spanish is helpful | Assist with patient preparation in a clinic setting. We are Catholic in nature, but welcome patients and volunteers with any or no religious preference. | Details | |||||
| Disaster Nursing | LOCAL | American Red Cross, Southern Arizona Chapter | www.redcrossarizona.org | 5301 E. Broadway | Tucson | AZ | 85711 | USA | 520-318-6866 | 520-275-5748 (cell) | 520-318-6749 | questions@redcrossarizona.org | Jennifer Lohse, Volunteer Services Manager | jlohse@redcrossarizona.org | No | 1 year or longer | LONG | Five county area in S. Arizona | No cost | Current AZ RN license | Health Services/Nursing Services (Vitals and medication monitoring) for shelter residents and workers for large scale disasters and locally on smaller emergencies help victims replace lost. Leadership positions available, flexible scheduling. | Details | ||
| Disaster Nursing | LOCAL | American Red Cross - Grand Canyon Chapter | www.arizonaredcross.org | 6135 N. Black Canyon Highway | Phoenix | AZ | 85105 | USA | 602-347-6522 | 602-336-6660, ext 1315 | volunteer@arizonaredcross.org | No | As able | BOTH | Local Grand Canyon area or may be assigned to a national disaster shelter | Travel money to and from Chapter or local meetings | Current AZ RN license | Staffing Disaster Health Services functions in Shelters and Aid Stations (Local and National Disasters). Aiding local Disaster victims in replacement of medications and durable medical equipment lost in the disaster. Simple first aid and ongoing assessment of health status of persons in shelters. Education of volunteer nurses and other Red Cross volunteers to Health Services Functions. Participate in major Disaster Readiness Drills with other Agencies. | Details | |||||
| Global Health Nursing | INTERNATIONAL | Medical Mercy | www.medicalmercy.org | 754 E. Maria Lane | Tempe | AZ | 85284 | USA | 480-250-7183 | Kelly Ramsland, RN, Medical Mercy Coordinator | kellyrams@cox.net | Yes | 10-12 days depending on location | SHORT | Africa, Dominican Republic | $2100 - $3400 (covers all costs) | Current RN license, in good standing | We can use a variety of medical and non medical people. A nurse would be used to see patients and do assessments as they would in the states. They would also be working along side a doctor, administering meds, as well as wound care. We may even use them in the pharmacy. We would love to have you join us, it is an opportunity of a lifetime to share God's love with the poor and needy people across the world. Your life will never be the same. You can see what we do on our BLOG at http://www.medicalmercy.blogspot.org/ | Details | |||||
| Disaster Nursing | LOCAL | American Red Cross, Northwest Arkansas Chapter | www.nwarkansasredcross.org | 250 Industrial Cricle East, P.O. Box 789, | Tontitown | AR | 72770 | USA | 479-306-4688 | 479-306-4325 | Karen Martin, Director | Kmartin@nwarkansasredcross.com | Carmen Newberry | cnewberry@nwarkansasredcross.com | No | Flexible | BOTH | NW Arkansas | Current AR RN certification; ARC specific team training | Details | ||||
| Global Health Nursing | INTERNATIONAL | IHCF (International Health Care Foundation) African Christian Hospitals | www.ihcf.net | 102 N. Locust St | Searcy | AR | 72143 | USA | 501-268-9511 | 800-293-6449 | 501-268-3811 | Tom Carr | tom.ihcf@sbcglobal.net | Yes | Variable | BOTH | Nigeria, Ghana | All travel costs, housing and food costs | Current RN license, member of Church of Christ | There are opportunities for Nurses to work in either Nigerian Christian Hospital, or Palmer Hospital. You can go short term or long, but we are currently looking for long term nurses. We suggest you call us for information about the need, and for requirements, finances, etc. For long term work: to work in the hospitals; make rounds; do surgery; mobile clinics; teach young doctors and nurses. For short term (a month or so): Teach in whatever your field of expertise, use that for the benefit of the patients; be ready to go on mobile clinics. We always welcome more nurses to work in our clinic in Kumasi. At the present time we have one Canadian nurse and Nationals working there, and they do a great job. We would like to have an American or another Canadian nurse, or nurses to also help with training, as well as communication. | Details | |||
| Global Health Nursing | INTERNATIONAL | Developing World Connections | www.developingworldconnections.org | #220 - 141 Victoria Street | Kamloops | BC | V2C 1Z5 | CANADA | 250-434-2524, ext 13 | 1-866-458-8209 | 250-851-9813 | Jess Rothenburger, Business Development Manager | jess@developingworldconnections.org | No | 1-2 weeks | SHORT | Cambodia, Guatemala, Sria Lanka, Swaziland, India | Typically $1800 | None | Developing World Connections is an international volunteer experience coordinator committed to introducing participants to meaningful service experiences and cultural tours in developing countries. Special skills are not required. When you participate in one of Developing World Connections overseas adventures you have the opportunity to work alongside community memebers in projects that include building homes for tsunami victims, providing infrastructure needs and educational training, and assisting with agricultural enhancements in rural areas. Participatns provide learning and medical assistance to impoverished children, permanent shelter to families and aid communities by assisting with the cost of equipment and the facilitation of employment and training opportunities. In-country project coordinators and Developing World Connections staff work cooperatively to match participant interests with the volunteer work in the host country. | Details | |||
| Global Health Nursing | INTERNATIONAL | Child Family Health International | www.CFHI.org | 995 Market Street #1104 | San Francisco | CA | 94103 | USA | 415-957-9000 | 1-866-345-4674 (toll free) | 415-840-0486 | info@cfhi.org | Rebecca Lubitz, Program Director | students@cfhi.org | No | 4 weeks | LONG | International | $1975 for 4 weeks | 21 or older | Child Family Health International (CFHI) is a global family of committed professionals and students who work at the grassroots level to promote the health of the world community. | Details | ||
| Global Health Nursing | INTERNATIONAL | International Medical Corps | www.IMCWORLDWIDE.org | 1919 Santa Monica Blvd., Ste. 400 | Santa Monica | CA | 90404 | USA | 310-826-7800 | 310-826-7800 | imc@imcworldwide.org | No | 2-12 months | LONG | International | No cost | Must have international experience | Our volunteer focus during this devastating time is the provision of life-saving emergency health services, primary health care, public health, and emergency nutrition. | Details | |||||
| Global Health Nursing | INTERNATIONAL | International Relief Teams (IRT) | www.irteams.org | 4560 Alvarado Canyon Rd, Suite 2G | San Diego | CA | 92120-4309 | USA | 619-284-7979 | 619-284-7938 | volunteers@irteams.org | Tamra Mackevics, Program Assistant | No | 10 days average | SHORT | Worldwide | $100-$1000 | Varies, depending on assignment | Services vary for our four program areas; medical training, surgical/clinical outreach, health promotion and disease prevention and disaster relief. Internation Relief Teams is a non-profit, international relief and health organization dedicationd to alleviating human suffering by providing critical assistance to victims of disaster, neglect and profound poverty worldwide. | Details | ||||
| Surgical Nursing | INTERNATIONAL | Interplast | www.interplast.org | 857 Maude Avenue | Mountain View | CA | 94043 | USA | 650-962-0123 | info@interplast.org | Beverly Kent | No | 2 weeks | SHORT | Bangladesh, Ecuador, Ghana, India, Nepal, Nicaragua, Peru, Sri Lanka and Zambia | $325.00 | OR and PACU nurses with a minimum of 3 years of experience *please see website for more specific information | Interplast staffs operating room and recovery room nurses as well
as nurse educators; Interplast's mission is to provide free reconstructive
surgery for people in developing nations, and to help improve health
care worldwide. The organization's goals are to establish, develop and
maintain host-country medical care and educational programs with the
following objectives: 1. Provide direct patient care-reconstructive surgery and ancillary services to those with no other resources. 2. Provide educational training and medical interchange. 3. Assist host-country medical colleagues toward medical independence. |
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| Global Health Nursing | INTERNATIONAL | Mexican Medical Ministries | www.mexicanmedical.com | 7850 Lester Avenue | Lemon Grove | CA | 91945 | USA | 619-463-4777 | 619-463-4770 | information@mexicanmedical.com | Kristi Libby, RN,C | Yes | 1 day - 1 week | SHORT | Mexico | $100 - $795 | Current RN license | Mexican Medical is active in the USA and in Canada sending part and full-time missionaries, individuals, and teams of people to Mexico to assist in the construction, development and expansion of these clinics and hospitals, to assist the doctors and medical staff with surgeries, etc., and to work with local churches in their evangelistic outreach programs. | Details | ||||
| Global Health Nursing | INTERNATIONAL | Nicaraguan Children's Fund | www.nicachildfund.com | 850 Aspen Circle | Oxnard | CA | 93030 | USA | 805-985-6866 | cell - 805-490-7564 | nicachildfund@juno.com | Doug Partello, Executive Director | No | 10-11 days | SHORT | Nicaragua | $750 participation fee, plus round trip airfare | RN license; passport; diploma; resume | We are a volunteer humanitarian group working to improve health care
in remote, impoverished, and isolated regions in Nicaragua. Through
ongoing material, educational, and facility improvement collaboration
with local partners we hope to bring desperately needed improvements
in health care delivery to underserved populations in Nicaragua, primarily
on the north Atlantic coast presently. Our fundamental overriding principle
is; It is better to teach, than to do. General medical and dental clinics are located in remote villages in Nicaragua. Nurses take vital signs, interview patients, do wound care, dispense medications in pharmacy, assist dentist in some cases, and assist physicians. Spanish is very helpful, but not mandatory. |
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| General Nursing | INTERNATIONAL | Project Concern International | www.projectconcern.org | 5151 Murphy Canyon Rd, Suite 320 | San Diego | CA | 92123 | USA | 858-694-0294 | 1-877-PCI-HOPE (toll free) | 858-694-0294 | Katherine Selchau, Program Assistant - NBDU | kselchau@projectconcern.org | No | 3 months minimum | LONG | Worldwide | All positions are unpaid. All travel related costs and living expenses while abroad | A wide diversity of skills can be beneficial to PCI's work, including technical fields (social work, health, education, business development services, and agriculture); IT (website improvement); and administrative support. | We do not have program in which health professionals would come and practice medicine (diagnosing/treating/operating), but we would be interested in getting assistance evaluating different components of our health work and developing recommendations, tools to help improve the work. | Details | |||
| Disaster Nursing | LOCAL | San Bernardino County Sheriff Medical Reserve Corps | www.sbcms.org/mrc | P.O. Box 11029 | San Bernardino | CA | 92423-1029 | USA | 951-878-7700, ext 103 | 909-825-6526 | 951-787-8795 | Rebecca DeLeon, Volunteer Coordinator | rdeleon@sbcms.org | No | As able | BOTH | San Bernardino County, California | No cost | Current CA RN, complete the registration process and the training offered | During a public health emergency, MRC volunteers may be needed to help staff an emergency vaccination clinic, or a pharmaceutical distribution clinic, or an emergency medical services clinic at an evacuation shelter. Volunteers might be asked to serve in several different ways including providing medical treatment or evaluation; providing education, administering vaccine, distributing medication, directing people flow, providing mental health consultation, registering patients, entering data from forms, stocking supplies, handling the press/media, etc. We will do our best to match volunteers' skill levels and interests to the need and to ensure that the role you are asked to fill is appropriate for your skill level and area of expertise, but volunteers must be flexible. | Details | |||
| General Nursing | LOCAL | Venice Family Clinic | www.venicefamilyclinic.org | 604 Rose Avene | Venice | CA | 90405 | USA | 310-392-8630 | 310-664-7667 (Carmen Ibarra) | 310-392-7875 | VFCinfo@mednet.ucla.edu | Ingrid Trejo, Assistant to the Associate Director | itrejo@mednet.ucla.edu | Carmen Ibarra, Director of Clinic Operations | cibarra@mednet.ucla.edu | No | One 3-4 hour shifts/week | LONG | 3 clinic locations in Venice, CA; 2 locations in Santa Monica, CA; 2 clinic locations in Mar Vista/Culver City, CA | No cost | Current, valid CA RN license; MMR and annual TB test; Spanish speaking is helpful | Provide direct clinical nursing services by providing patient education and pregnancy counseling and maintaining nursing standards. Ability to volunteer as part of a multi-disciplinary team. Many of the children speak Spanish as a first language. Therefore, bilingual English/Spanish communication skills are helpful but not necessary. | Details |
| Global Health Nursing | INTERNATIONAL | Catholic Medical Mission Board | www.cmmb.org | 10 W. 17th Street | New York | NY | 10011-5765 | USA | 1- 800-678-5659 | 212-242-0930 | info@cmmb.org | Rosemary DeCostanzo, Coordinator Medical Volunteer Program | Yes | varies, 1 month - 2 years | Developing countries, both rural and urban areas | depends on assignment | RN license, foreign language skills | CMMB will match you with a challenging mission where your professional skills will make a meaningful difference. You can bring health and hope to places that have seen more than their share of disease and despair. | Details | |||||
| Disaster Nursing | LOCAL | American Red Cross - Arcadia Chapter | 376 West Huntington Drive | Arcadia | CA | 91007 | USA | Ellen Velasquez, Program Services Director | velasquez@arcadia-redcross.org | No | 1 day to 3 weeks depending if it is a local or national disaster | BOTH | Arcadia, California | No cost | Current CA RN license | Shelter nurses for local disasters. We specifically need local nurses, in the Arcadia, CA area, to be on our local Disaster Action Team in case of a local disaster and we need to open a shelter. | Details | |||||||
| General Nursing | LOCAL | Samaritan House | www.samaritanhouse.com | 1511 S. Claremont Street | San Mateo | CA | 94402 | USA | 650-341-4081, ext 33 | Michelle Canning, Director of Volunteers | michele@samaritanhouse.com | No | Flexible | BOTH | Redwood City and San Mateo, California | No cost | Current CA RN license; Bilingual Spanish/English is helpful | Specialty services offered at one or both of our Free Clinics include dentistry, gynecology, breast cancer screenings, dermatology, opthalmology, optometry, pulmonology, nutritional counseling, psychology, and psychiatry. Patients who require specialty care not offered at the clinics are referred to other doctors in the community who generously volunteer their services to our patients. | Details | |||||
| Global Health Nursing | INTERNATIONAL | Flying Samaritans, Palomar Chapter | www.flyingsamaritans.org | P.O. Box 492 | Bonsall | CA | 92003 | USA | 760-940-1028 | 760-940-1057 | A. Nash Williams, President | anashwilliams@yahoo.com | No | Flexible, Saturday clinics | BOTH | Tiajuana, Mexico | Travel costs, all reachable by car | Current RN license | The El Hongo clinic supports family medicine and a dental capability is under development. The Valle Redondo clinic is primarily medical, but a dental facility is planned. The El Testerazo clinic covers family practice and dentistry. The Ensenada clinic emphasizes pediatrics and family medicine. The Eréndira clinic is now devoted primarily to dentistry. Volunteers should inform clinic coordinators of their availability in advance. A monthly meeting is held at Tri-City Hospital in Oceanside at 7pm on the 4th Tuesday which is open to volunteers and non members. | Details | ||||
| Pediatric Nursing | LOCAL | Kerry's Kids | www.kerryskids.org | 936B Seventh St PMB 420 | Novato | CA | 94945 | USA | 510-444-4326 | info@kerryskids.org | Christine Ma, MD, Medical Director | kerryskids@gmail.com | No | As needed | BOTH | East Bay area of San Francisco, California | Current CA RN license and specialty certificates; previous experience or knowledge of the special needs and issues that homeless families face would be of benefit. Spanish helpful but not essential. | Kerry’s Kids is a non-profit, volunteer-driven organization whose mission is to provide free health care and health education to underserved children in their neighborhoods, and to facilitate each child ultimately receiving care in a permanent medical home. The medical care we provide is all done by volunteers, and are currently all MDs and NPs. We have 1 RN who is just this month going to start volunteering with us. She will be helping with triaging (vital signs) & intake, as well as vaccines and point-of-care lab testing. She'll also supervise the student volunteers that we have that are doing the triaging when they are with us. Our clinics are mobile and are at shelters, head start schools and other community sites. | Details | |||||
| Global Health Nursing | INTERNATIONAL | His Healing Hands | www.hishealinghands.com | 3650A La Cruz Way | Paso Robles | CA | 93446 | USA | 805-434-3653 | 805-434-1098 | Jennifer Walker, BA, Project Manager | jenniferwalkerhhh@gmail.com | Mark G. Walker, MCSE, Project Manager | svermontrz@cox.net | Yes | 1-2 weeks | SHORT | Worldwide | $2500 - $4000 | Fit to travel and work long hours, also each team member must be willing to work alongside Christian organizations and comply with our code of ethics. | We use medical and non medical volunteers to field mobile medical teams into areas all over the world. We utilize nurses in our medical clinics to work hands on with patients. Nurses usually are required to take blood pressures, glucose readings, give injections, bandage wounds and so forth. Most of our clinics are basic family practice medicine, thus nurses get a lot of hands on work with patients. | Details | ||
| Global Health Nursing | INTERNATIONAL | Concern America | www.concernamerica.org | P.O. Box 1790 | Santa Ana | CA | 92702 | USA | 714-953-8575 | 1-800-266-2376 | 714-953-1242 | concamerinc@earthlink.net | Catharine Quinn, BSN, RNC, MPH, Coordinator of Immersion Program | cquinn_concern@earthlink.net | No | 3 weeks or 2 years | BOTH | South America, Mexico and Africa | Degree/experience as RN, fluency in Spanish, 21 years of age or older, work experience abroad desired | Concern America is a unique nonprofit, nonsectarian, nongovernmental development and refugee aid organization - unique in that its philosophy emphasizes the transference of skills and thus the creation of opportunity (seen as a more permanent solution), not just the placement of resources into impoverished regions. Concern America trains local populations in health, education, agriculture, and/or environmental health (appropriate technology), and accompanies these populations from eight to ten years, working with and through them to build local, functional social systems that meet their basic needs. Eventually, the Concern America team can be withdrawn, leaving in place trained local people who are "capacitated" to continue the work and to bring it to neighboring communities. | Details | |||
| Surgical Nursing | INTERNATIONAL | Plasticos Foundation | www.plasticosfoundation.org | 7677 Center Avenue, Suite 401 | Huntington Beach | CA | 92647 | USA | 741-902-1111, ext 135 | plasticosfoundation@yahoo.com | Denise Cucurny, Director of Trip Development | Dcucurny@csulb.edu | No | 1-2 weeks | SHORT | Latin America, India and Far East | No cost | Current RN license and certification, foreign languages preferred; application process | These are plastic and surgical missions so we need expereinced OR and Recovery Room Nurses. | Details | ||||
| Global Health Nursing | INTERNATIONAL | Women For World Health | www.womenforworldhealth.org | 16291 Fantasia Lane | Huntington Beach | CA | 92649 | USA | 714-717-5171 | Women4WorldHealth@yahoo.com | Denise Cucurny, President | No | Varied | BOTH | Varied | Electronic CV with: all contact information, languages spoken and level of fluency and previous overseas experience; electronic copy of license and/or certificate; electronic copy of passport - with at least 6 months left on it | We are a non-profit organization run by women but not limited to women's issues. Our goal is to first assess the medical needs in a community and secondly create a team of qualified personnel who can help to fulfill their needs. For instance, a community may require a combination that might include a plastic surgeon, an opthamologist, OB-GYN, pediatrician or a dentist. Whatever their health needs we try to create a team that can meet these needs. We have different specialties joining us and we always need nurses. | Details | ||||||
| Global Health Nursing | INTERNATIONAL | International Medical Alliance, Inc | www.internationalmedicalalliance.org | 69822 Camino Pacifico | Rancho Mirage | CA | 92270-1871 | USA | 760-485-8963 | 760-324-5530 | Ines Allen, Founder and President | ima.email@verizon.net | No | 10 days | SHORT | Ecuador | Airfare to mission - all logistics within country are supplied by IMA | Current RN license, active passport, most current CV or resume | The International Medical Alliance (IMA) was founded by Ines Allen, a resident of Rancho Mirage, California. Ines began working for various philanthropic causes in the 1980's and discovered that the work she found to be most satisfying was her volunteer efforts for the Flying Samaritans, a group of pilots and doctors whose goals it is to provide medical care to the indigent residents of Mexico. Ines dreamed of returning to Ecuador, the country of her birth, to provide the same type of medical care for the country's poorest residents, a third of whom would never receive medical care for their infirmities without an intervention from volunteer medical professionals. IMA, designated as a not-for-profit entity by the U.S. Internal Revenue Service in 2002, has organized five trips to Ecuador with teams of plastic and orthopedic surgeons, doctors in a variety of specialties, dentists and support staff. Thanks to the cooperation of the government and institutions of Ecuador, they work in a temporary clinic/surgical center where they have provided medical and dental services to 20,000 Ecuadorians since IMA's inception. | Details | ||||
| General Nursing | LOCAL | Shanti | www.shanti.org | 730 Polk Street | San Francisco | CA | 94109 | USA | 415-674-4712 | 415-674-0373 | No | As able | BOTH | San Fransico, California | No cost | Experience with HIV/AIDS and/or breast cancer | Shanti enhances the quality of life, health, and well-being of people living with Breast Cancer and HIV/AIDS; and shares over 30 years of experience with organizations nationwide through its training and consultation programs. All volunteers who work directly with clients got through the Shanti Peer Support Volunteer Training, the purpose of which is to prepare volunteers to work with individuals with life-threatening illnesses. The training supplies information about breast cancer and HIV/AIDS & the psychosocial and clinical issues that our clients may be facing; focuses on a non-judgmental, harm-reduction approach to client-volunteer interaction; as well as teaches communication and listening skills through a variety of interactive exercises. All interested persons must complete a pre-training interview before they may begin the training. This interview gives us the chance to get to know one another and gives volunteers an opportunity to learn about Shanti and the different services we provide to our clients. | Details | ||||||
| Surgical Nursing | INTERNATIONAL | Face the Challenge | www.facethechallenge.org | 16748 E. Smoky Hill Rd., Box 300 | Centennial | CO | 80015 | USA | 303-699-7970 | 303-699-7454 | Ginger Robinson, RN, BSN, President | GrProv3110@aol.com | Yes | 1-2 weeks | SHORT | Sucre, Santa Cruz, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, China | $3500+ per person | RN license, current certifications, peri-operative nurses with at least 5 years of current experience; passport, foreign language ability preferred | The Face the Challenge Mission for Short-term Volunteers exists to provide free facial surgeries and medical care for people living in the least developed low-income countries of the world. These countries have the lowest life expectancy, the highest infant mortality and population growth rate, the lowest GNP, the lowest access to healthcare, and the lowest number of healthcare workers. Please use this link to view our March 2009 newsletter: http://www.facethechallenge.org/newsletter.php?page=0309 | Details | ||||
| General Nursing | LOCAL | Marillac Clinic | www.MarillacClinic.org | 2333 North 6th Street | Grand Junction | CO | 81501 | USA | 970-255-1828 | Suzanne Swartz, Volunteer Outreach Coordinator | Suzanne.swartz@stmarygj.org | Yes | As able, but would prefer 6 weeks up to 3 months | BOTH | Grand Junction, Colorado AND Palisade, Colorado | None | Interested nurses must provide copies of current nursing licenses and immunization records for the following shots: TB Skin Test (within the last 12 months), Tetanus shot (within the last 10 years), Hepatitis B - series of 3 shots and 2 immunizations for MMR series. Any experience of working with the underserved/indigent population would also be beneficial. | We use nurses to help in triage services, which in addition incorporates quick eligibility requirements in order to help patients. They may also assist with basic nursing functions and provide vacation coverage for our staff nurses. The majority of our patients are Hispanic; therefore knowledge and ability to speak Spanish is very beneficial. We have two separate Clinics, one in Grand Junction and one in Palisade, Colorado. Marillac Clinic is a non-profit health clinic of Catholic faith, which operates under the guidance of a separate Board of Directors and our corporation, The Sisters of Charity in Leavenworth, Kansas. MarillacClinic also works closely with St. Mary's Hospital and Medical Center, which sits to the north area of our building. This hospital is also part of the corporate structure, the Sisters of Charity. The Grand Junction Marillac Clinic offers many health services under one roof: medical, dental, optical, mental health, a small medication service and eligibility services. The Palisade Marillac Clinic provides medical services mainly at this time and works closely with the Farm Workers Program. | Details | |||||
| Disaster Nursing | LOCAL | American Red Cross, Pikes Peak Chapter | www.pparc.org | 1040 South 8th Street | Colorado Springs | CO | 80905 | USA | 719-632-3563 | 719-632-0206 | Jaici Williams, Volunteer Coordinator | jwilliams@pparc.org | No | As able | BOTH | Southeast Colorado | None | Current CO RN license, English speaking, and reliable transportation | Nurses work to provide disaster services; verification of prescriptions for victims of disaster, staff health reviews | Details | ||||
| Pediatric Nursing | INTERNATIONAL | Children's Relief International | www.childrensrelief.org | P.O. Box 631369 | Highlands Ranch | CO | 80163 | USA | 720-344-1940 | 1-800-570-2217 | support@childrensrelief.org | Alan Pieratt, PhD, MNM, President, Children's Relief International | Yes | 10-15 days | SHORT | Mozambique, Kenya, India | $3,000 a person | Pre-application process | Children's Relief International is a proud member of this ancient community of faith and work. We were founded in early 2000 with the initial goal of providing aid for the community of Dondo, Mozambique, a cluster of villages totaling 60,000 souls. The work began in partnership with Jeronimo and Noemia Cessito, local Christian leaders who had a vision to help their community. They named the project Ray of Light, and in the ensuing years it has grown to include several schools, a medical clinic, farm, AIDS hospice, child sponsorship program and several church plants. In 2003 we started a second project in Kenya located just west of Nairobi in Kikuya County (the area where the film Out of Africa was shot). It's called the Mayatima Project after the Swahili word for orphan, and as the name suggests, its focus is on the care of HIV-AIDS orphans in that area. It was started by George and Jane Kairie, local Christian leaders who provided the original vision for the work and who continue to direct the project to this day. In the past three years, the project has grown to include a poultry and dairy farm and nearly 100 children enrolled in a child sponsorship program. | Details | ||||
| Global Health Nursing | INTERNATIONAL | World Venture | www.worldventure.com | 1501 W. Mineral Ave. | Littleton | CO | 80123 | USA | 800-487-4224 | Serve@WorldVenture.com | Lucy Jaske, Information Coordinator - Recruitment | L.Jaske@WorldVenture.com | Yes | 1 month - 5 years | LONG | Worldwide | The costs are calculated individually and each person will receive their own personal budget | See website for requirements | Following the example of Jesus, we address human suffering and practical needs everywhere we share the gospel, whether it be through individual acts of mercy or community-wide programs, such as development, education and medicine. | Details | ||||
| General Nursing | LOCAL | AmeriCares Free Clinics | www.americaresfreeclinics.org | 88 Hamilton Avenue | Stamford | CT | 06902 | USA | 1-800-486-4357 | 203-658-9592 (Teri McCartney) | Terri McCarney, Associate Director | Tmccartney@americares.org/td> | P.J. Dodge, Volunteer Services Associate | pdodge@americares.org | No | As able | BOTH | Danbury, Bridgeport and Norwalk Connecticut | No cost | Current CT RN license, application process; bilingual a plus | Nurses - Each 4-hour clinic session is staffed by two to four volunteer RN’s. The clinics may also use LPN’s and APRN’s in various capacities. All nurses are covered under the AmeriCares Free Clinics' malpractice insurance policy for the work that they do at the clinic. | Details | ||
| Surgical Nursing | INTERNATIONAL | Healing the Children, NE | www.htcne.org | P.O. Box 129 | Milford | CT | 06776 | USA | 860-355-1828, ext 24 | Melissa Law | mlaw@htcne.org | No | 7-10 days | SHORT | South America, Bangledesh, Cape Verde, China, Russia, Vietnam | $225 dues for nurses when you travel to cover admin expenses and Travel insurance; self funded by the team | Current RN license, OR and PACU experience | We send Surgical and Dental Medical Teams into needy areas around the World to provide free care for children. Trips are self funded, with the Teams raising their own funds and providing their own medical supplies. Some trips have Grant assistance, so costs for the volunteers are sometimes reduced or covered, depending on the type of trip it is. All Medical supplies are carried into the country with the Team. Left over supplies are left with the hosting hospital. There are currently annual dues of $225 / nurse, dues are only paid when you travel and covers office Admin expenses and Travel Insurance. Other travel expenses may include airfare, hotel, and food. Volunteers are encouraged to fund raise to cover their expenses. Some Teams do significant fundraising as a group to cover Team expenses. Upcoming trips are posted on our website, Nurses are welcome to contact the Team Leader or Administrator for consideration. We also keep a database of interested travelers. CVs / Resumes can be emailed to our office for inclusion in our database. Please include a note that you want to be considered for futurre trips. | Details | |||||
| Global Health Nursing | INTERNATIONAL | Health Volunteers Overseas (HVO) | www.hvousa.org | 1900 L St. NW, Suite 310 | Washington | DC | 20036 | USA | 202-296-0928 | Michelle Dea, Project Associate | m.dea@hvousa.org | No | 2-4 weeks; varies by site | BOTH | Worldwide | $2300 (average) for one month assignment; tax deductible | Current RN license, specialty certificate, foreign language, previous experience; varies depending upon needs at site | Nurses are needed for teaching and training of local health care professionals. Health Volunteers Overseas is a private non-profit organization dedicated to improving the availability and quality of health care in developing countries through the training and education of local health care providers. | Details | |||||
| Global Health Nursing | INTERNATIONAL | Peace Corps | www.peacecorps.gov | 111 20th Street, NW | Washington | DC | 20526 | USA | 1-800-424-8580 | No | 2 years | LONG | Worldwide | Free | RN license and nursing degree | No hands on patient care. Primarily health education and outreach. | Details | |||||||
| NATIONAL | TriCounty Medical Reserve Corps | www.tricountyhealth.com | 147 East Main Street | Vernal | UT | 84078 | 435-781-5379 | Sharon Weyland, MRC Coordinator | sharonweyland@utah.gov | No | Variable | Duchesne, Uintah or Daggett Counties in Utah | Travel to Verhal, UT and return home | Documentation of licensure, Spanish is helpful | To best utilize their services, they should be members of the medical reserve corp. They would most likely be assisting in triage, surveillance, or points of dispensing in a public health emergency. We are part of the National Medical Reserve Corps, but sponsored and functioning under the direction of TriCounty Health Department in Utah. | Details | ||||||||
| Global Health Nursing | INTERNATIONAL | Pueblo a Pueblo | www.puebloapueblo.org | P.O. Box 11486 | Washington | DC | 20008 | USA | 202-302-0622 | 502-7721-7683 (hospital in Guatemala) | volunteer@puebloapueblo.org | Claudina Monterroso, Volunteer Coordinator | claudinaeco@yahoo.com.mx | No | 1 month or longer | LONG | Santiago Atitlan, Solola, Guatemala | Nurse assumes all costs | Current RN license, application process, nursing skills check list, Advanced Spanish speaking skills, | Hospitalito Atitlan is a small not-for-profit hospital serving a population of 45,000 T´zutujil Mayans on the beautiful Lake Atitlán. We provide the only 24 hour Emergency Care and surgical obstetrical care within 2 hours distance. We also offer a variety of services such as outpatient and specially clinics, surgical care, ultrasound, X-Ray and lab services. We always are looking for Health Care Volunteers: Family and Emergency Physicians, Obstetricians, Pediatricians, Internists, Anesthesiologist, and also we are alway looking for Graduate Professional Nurses to reinforce the current skills of our "auxiliary nurses" and to teach new techniques as well as current theory. | Details | |||
| General Nursing | LOCAL | N Street Village | www.nstreetvillage.org | 1333 N Street NW | Washington | DC | 20005 | USA | 202-939-2076 | 202-319-1508 | info@nstreetvillage.org | Sharon Watkins | swatkins@nstreetvillage.org | No | As able | BOTH | Washington, DC | No cost | Current DC RN license | N Street Village is a non-profit organization responding to the needs of homeless women who may also be affected my psychiatric and addiction problems. N Street Village provides transitional housing, day care, and night shelter. We also have a job training program as well as a residential therapeutic community of 12-14 women in addiction recovery. The N Street Village Wellness Center offeris a variety of services including the following: free dental and eye clinic, chiropractic, body massage, Reiki, dance, Yogi Nidra, acupuncture. Additional group activities include: anger management; music, and various health prevention/promotion classes. Clients also come to “one-on-one” wellness visits with the RN. An interested volunteer nurse (licensed in DC) would be welcome “to come and see” what we are doing here and consider leading one of our group health initiatives and/or contribute ideas in developing a curriculum for one of the group classes we are currently developing: e.g. smoking cessation; hypertension management education. | Details | |||
| Global Health Nursing | INTERNATIONAL | FAVACA - Florida Association for Volunteer Action in the Caribbean and Americas | www.favaca.org | 1310 North Paul Russell Road | Tallahassee | FL | 32301 | USA | 850-922-9854 | 850-922-4849 | favaca@favaca.org | Christ Beyer, Program Coordinator | chris@favaca.org | No | 3 days to 1 month; varies upon program | BOTH | Caribbean and Latin America | Free | Current RN license | Our work with nurses has been rather extensive and has varied from things such as teaching HIV/AIDS training to CPR training to actual surgery. Sometimes a nurse will be asked to lecture on subjects such as Autism, to first aid, to new procedures in the field. All of our projects are demand driven from our partners in the region so we never know what is going to be coming into the office regarding the type of volunteers that are needed. | Details | |||
| Surgical Nursing | INTERNATIONAL | Healing the Children Florida/Georgia, Inc. | www.youcanheal.org | P.O. Box 354235 | Palm Coast | FL | 32135 | USA | 386-986-9732 | 407-877-9311 (voice mail) | Angeles Glick, DHS | angie@youcanheal.org | No | 10-12 days depending on location | SHORT | Local: central Florida International: Colombia, Dominican Republic, China and Vietnam | varies on program | RN license, resume, nursing diploma, professional recommendation, foreign language preferred, but not required | We are a non-profit organization dedicated to providing donated healthcare
to children in need. Healing the Children envisions a world where every
child has access to medical care, regardless of ability to pay, insurance
status and physical location. Nursing: OR and PACU patient care |
Details | ||||
| Global Health Nursing | INTERNATIONAL | World Hope Missions Ministry | www.amazon-mission.org | P.O. Box 915753 | Longwood | FL | 32791-5753 | USA | 1-800-630-1770 | 321-441-4179 | Jomathas Moreira | jmoreira@amazon-mission.org | Yes | One week | SHORT | Remote areas of the Amazon River | $2232 - $2400 per week, all inclusive | None | Two well equipped medical boats are in operation and leave the ports of Manaus or Belem each Sunday evening for one full week of service in that vast world of waters. Our goal is to take volunteers willing to make a difference in the lives of impoverished people and create a positive impact in their lives. Through short-term missions, we also open opportunities for churches of all Christian denominations to form groups of 15-20 missionaries, regardless of age, for a full week of missions in the Amazon. The ideal group includes a healthcare team with volunteers working in the medical and dental clinics. They will be supporting the Brazilian healthcare team already working in the boats. Support members will perform house-to-house calls, help the poor, lead Vacation Bible School or just have fun with hundreds of children in need of love and a caring touch. | Details | ||||
| Global Health Nursing | INTERNATIONAL | Rafiki Foundation | www.rafiki-foundation.org | P.O. Box 1988 | Eustis | FL | 32727 | USA | 407-557-2850 | 352-483-9131 | 352-483-9132 | rafiki@rafiki-foundation.org | Susy Harbick, Mission Personnel Director | susyh@rafiki-foundation.org | Yes | 2 weeks to retirement (!) | BOTH | 10 countries in Africa | $4000 (short term) | Christian beliefs, English speaking, RN training, pediatric experience preferred | Work in community health clinic, teach health in school. If long-term, oversee medical care for children, staff of orphanage. | Details | ||
| Pediatric Nursing | INTERNATIONAL | Project ChildHelp, Inc | www.projectchild.org | 3147 49th Street North | St. Petersburg | FL | 33710 | USA | 727-526-2578 | Lourdes Valladares, Founder | valladares@projectchild.org | Yes | 7 days | SHORT | Casa de Luz Children's Home, Santo Domingo | $900 (approx - departure from Miami/Tampa) for 7 days | Spanish is helpful, but not required. Any and all skills welcome. | Volunteer nurses can assist our physician, physical therapist and nurse at each shift; give input from your nursing experience as to how we can better care for the children. Any and all recommendations will be most welcome. | Details | |||||
| Surgical Nursing | INTERNATIONAL | MIMA Foundation | www.mimafoundation.com | P.O. Box 7133 | Jupiter | FL | 33468-7133 | USA | 561-747-3334 | 561-747-2535 | mimafoundation@hotmail.com | Mary Kay Thomas, CRNA, trip coordinator | mimafoundation@hotmail.com | No | 1 week | SHORT | Bolivia | $1200 (approx - departure from Miami) excludes cost of immunizations and visa($100) | Application process - current license in the US, currently practicing; Spanish speaking helpful, but not required…newcomers welcome, with adventurous spirit | We have a surgical group, so we need pre-op, post-op, circulators and scrub nurses. Must be flexible, with good skills, and able to adapt to the situation, ( ie..not the best equipment and supplies) Mostly nurses with good experience are the best volunteers. | Details | |||
| Global Health Nursing | INTERNATIONAL | Agape Flights | www.agapeflights.com | 100 Airport Avenue | Venice | FL | 34285 | USA | 941-488-0990 | GoMissions@agapeflights.com | Dan or Kate May | Maynger@aol.com | Yes | 7-10 days | SHORT | Haiti, Dominican Republic and the Bahamas | $650.00 (airfare must be purchased by nurse separately.) which includes all room and board, transportation while on island and a day of R & R. | Bahamas-English Haiti -French Creole Dominican Republic - Spanish | Nurses are needed for VS, triage, assessment, medication, hygiene and nutritional needs education. Acute treatment of wounds/medical conditions in conjunction with MD, DO or NP. We are just beginning Healthcare Evangelism Teams that are being organized and facilitated at Agape Flights. We have done medical missions before but individuals and/or churches were organizing and facilitating the teams. Some common ailments in these countries: intestinal worms, HIV/AIDS, TB, Dengue Fever, and Malaria. Agape, named with the Greek word used in the New Testament to describe God’s unconditional love, offers a ministry of love to missionary families. We help bridge the gap between the perception and the reality of what is needed for missionaries to accomplish most effectively their calling to share the gospel of Jesus Christ and meet the needs of the people around them. | Details | ||||
| General Nursing | LOCAL | Judeo Christian Health Clinic | www.judeochristianhealthclinic.org | 4118 N. MacDill Avenue | Tampa | FL | 33607 | USA | 813-870-0395 | 813-870-3231 | Kelly Nelson, Executive Direcctor | Kelly@judeochc.org | Yes | No minimum time limit | BOTH | Tampa, Florida | No cost | Current FL RN license; Spanish a plus | Nurses are needed during evening clinics for triage and basic clinical needs. The clinic was founded by a Reverend at a Presbyterian Church; however, we accept all religions, races and creeds. | Details | ||||
| General Nursing | INTERNATIONAL | New Frontiers Health Force | www.newfrontiershf.com | 1684 Belcher Rd. N. | Clearwater | FL | 33765 | USA | 727-447-3555 | 727-446-0106 | nfhf@verizon.net | Peggy Liss, RN, International Coordinator | Yes | 1 week to 1 month | BOTH | Worldwide | All volunteers are responsible to raise funds necessary to participate in the area they are working. | Application process, current nurses license in good standing, participate in possible training excercises | International—you can participate in a outreach in a foreign country
where you would work in a primary care setting. This can involved triage,
pharmacy, lab and in special situations even consultation with patients.
Domestic—nurses can participate as a volunteer with our mobile medical
unit that provides health care to the uninsured in the Pinellas county
area. We work in partnership with the Pinellas County Health Department.
Once a year Dr. Hawthorne teaches a class for health professionals that
are interested in missions/humanitarian work. It covers primary care
in Third world settings, Tropical Diseases, and preparations for a trip.
A nurse can get 15 CEUs’ for attending this 2 days seminar. Watch the
website for the date in 2009. (already did in 2008) |
Details | ||||
| Global Health Nursing | INTERNATIONAL | Hearts Afire, Inc. | www.heartsafire.us | 1425 S. Osprey Avenue #7 | Sarasota | FL | 34239 | USA | 941-552-1584 | 941-552-1572 | Barb Fager, Administrative Liason | barb@heartsafire.us | Yes | 7-14 days | SHORT | Worldwide | $1800 - $3200, depending on country | Current RN license | Nurses are needed to work at any capacity from triage to sub specialty nursing to wherever they can be used on short-term mission trips to the third world countries we go in to at the present time. Building on the experience of over seven years in mission work and sixteen medical mission trips to third world countries, we have treated more than 10,485 patients with an additional 4,403 people around the world committing their lives to Christ. | Details | ||||
| NATIONAL | Healing the Children - OR and W. WA Chapter | www.htcoregonwashington.org | 8227 44th Avenue W., Suite M | Mukilteo | WA | 98275 | USA | 425-290-9300 | 866-538-8004 | 425-290-5555 | Rebecca Snyders, Executive Director | rsnyders.ntc@verizon.net | No | 7-10 days | SHORT | Honduras, Guatemala, Vietnam, Nepal, Rwanda | $1500 per individual | Nurses need to fill out an application and supply us with a copy of their current license and passport. | The Medical Teams Abroad Program sends teams of surgical professionals overseas to provide on-site surgery for medically-needy children. These doctors and nurses volunteer their time and services, pay their own expenses, and help arrange for shipments of donated supplies and equipment. Teams usually stay from 7 to 10 days, providing surgery for children as well as health screening and training for local medical providers. The types of surgery vary with each trip according to need and available resources. Recent trips have included cleft palate, ear, nose and throat, and club foot corrections. As many as 75 to 100 children may receive surgical services on each trip, while scores of others receive dental services, medical consultations and medications. Everything is provided free-of-charge. Children who need additional services are referred to the stateside (international inbound) program either in our chapter or in one of the other HTC chapters. | Details | ||||
| Global Health Nursing | INTERNATIONAL | Love A Child, Inc. | www.loveachild.com | P.O. Box 30744 | Tampa | FL | 33630 | USA | 813-621-7263 | info@LAChaiti.org | Shar Bresheears, Donor Relations | shar@lachaiti.org | Yes | 1 week | SHORT | Fond Parisien, Haiti or in one of 11 villages | $600-$900 - including airfare and trip fees | Current RN license, passport | Missionaries Bobby and Sherry Burnette have worked in Haiti since 1972, and have lived fulltime in Haiti since July, 1991. Their goal is to rear a generation of educated, Christian children to help Haiti’s future, and to save Haiti – one child at a time. As described on our Home page. Our new Jesus Healing Center will open late in 2008. It will be a school clinic. We operate 14 schools in 11 villages, educating and feeding about 5,000 children daily. It will be a community clinic, and it will be a residence malnutrition clinic. We also conduct mobile medical clinics to remote villages. In the healing center, a nurse would work with and under direction of an M.D. or could work alone, assessing physical conditions and caring for injuries and skin infections in the school clinic, caring for malnourished infants and children in the malnutrition clinic and assessing/treating conditions/injuries in the community clinic. Nurses would assess conditions and injuries in the remote med clinics also. Nurses could volunteer to work at clinic in one week or greater intervals or could join a one-week long mission team conducting remote clinics. Speaking Creole would be a bonus, but not necessary. We have interpreters. Tropical medicine or pediatric medicine would also be a bonus. | Details | ||||
| Global Health Nursing | INTERNATIONAL | Himalayan Health Exchange | www.himalayanhealth.com | P.O. Box 610 | Decatur | GA | 30031-0610 | USA | 404-929-9399 | info@himalayanhealth.com | No | 20-28 days | LONG | Himalayas, Dharamsala, Indo Tibetan Borderland | varied | A team of health care professionals and other volunteers sets up "health camps" in local schools, monasteries or clinics. Working side by side with local health care providers, we administer general medical and dental care, and provide free medicines to patients. Depending on the make up of the team and the needs of the patients, certain specialties may be utilized. Each time a team is formed, we learn of each members' skills (i.e. their specialties) and discuss with local health officials their needs to determine how to contribute the best possible care to the local patient population. We always maintain a professional respect for the local health care delivery system as well as any religious or cultural customs associated with illness and health. Our health camps are not all work, however. Ample time is included for exploring the surrounding region. A typical camp day comprises six hours of clinical work. Depending on the group's wishes, we may tour or hike for the remainder of the day. We return for a relaxing evening to enjoy a meal and conversation before retiring for the night. | Details | |||||||
| General Nursing | INTERNATIONAL | The Mission Society | www.themissionsociety.org | 6234 Crooked Creek Road | Norcross | GA | 30092 | USA | 1-800-478-8963 | Anna Egipto, HR | aegipto@themissionsociety.org | Yes | Contingent upon location of service | BOTH | Worldwide | All travel costs, housing and food costs | Current RN license and some language school built into term | Nurses would serve in clinics, nutrition centers, mobile medical clinics and hospice care. The Mission Society's cross cultural workers serve with and have relationships with various medical facilities in the countries where they serve. We are willing to consider applicants and connect them with opportunities that are not specifically listed on our Website. | Details | |||||
| Global Health Nursing | INTERNATIONAL | Hounduras Outreach, Inc | www.hoi.org | 4105 Briarcliff Road NE | Atlanta | GA | 30345 | USA | 404-327-5770 | 404-327-5767 | Emily Grossman, Group Program Coordinator | egrossman@hoi.org | Fran Lewis | flewis@gmh.edu | Yes | 1 week | SHORT | Central Honduras | $600 per person, not including airfare | Current RN license and specialty credentials, Passport | HOI is a mission group organizationthat sends teams, minimum size 10, maximum 20 to our facility in central Honduras for one week. Each team is required to have a medical professional as part of the team. We always welcome nurses to join these teams for the week's duration; if more than one medical professional joins the team, each is able to rotate through our on-site clinic which is fully staff by a physician and local medical assistants. | Details | ||
| General Nursing | LOCAL | Partnership Health Center | www.lcpf.org | 205 Woodrow Wilson Drive | Valdosta | GA | 31602 | USA | 229-245-0020, ext 3 | Amy Draper, Director of Development | ardraper@bellsouth.net | No | No defined time commitment | BOTH | Valdosta, Georgia | No cost | Current GA RN license | The nurses will take vital signs of the patients during our clinic times. Also subject to discharging patients. This clinic is part of the Georgia Free Clinic Association. | Details | |||||
| Global Health Nursing | INTERNATIONAL | Flying Doctors of America | www.fdoamerica.org | 15 Medical Drive | Cartersville | GA | 30121 | USA | 770-386-5221 | flyingdoctors@fdoamerica.org | Allan Gathercoal, Team Leader/President | fdoamerica@aol.com | No | 1 week | SHORT | Worldwide | $2000-$3000 depending on trip | Current RN license | For more than 17 years, Flying Doctors of America has been bringing together physicians, dentists, nurses, chiropractors, other health professionals and non-medical support volunteers to care for people who otherwise would never receive professional medical care. We operate under the “Mother Teresa Principle,” focusing on the poorest of the poor who live in conditions that are difficult for most Americans to imagine. Knowing that someone cares renews hope for these people who live in an otherwise hopeless situation. | Details | ||||
| Global Health Nursing | INTERNATIONAL | Dorcas Medical Ministries International, Inc. | www.dorcasmedical.org | P.O. Box 246 | Covington | GA | 30015-0246 | USA | dorcasmed2@bellsouth.net | Rev. Larry Koontz, RN, President | Yes | 14 - 23 days | BOTH | Madiuguri, Nigeria | $2500 (average per person) all inclusive | Current RN license, specialty certificate | We are a Christian organization using humanitarian aid, primarily medicine in NE Nigeria to promote the Gospel as found in Matt 25:31-46, "As you have done it unto the least of these, you have done it unto me." At present, we make at least 2 short-term out reaches to Nigeria each year in February and November. These out reaches are for 14-23 days working in the primitive bush traveling from village to village daily from our base of operations in Maiduguri. We help in the clinics wherever there is a need but primarily in the preparation of drugs prescribed to the patients. These drugs we bring with us from the States in our luggage so that each team member must allocate one of their checked luggage to the carrying of meds. | Details | ||||||
| Global Health Nursing | INTERNATIONAL | MEDICORPS | www.medicorps.org | 758 Kapahulu Avenue, #507 | Honolulu | HI | 96816 | USA | 808-733-7808 | 808-590-2233 | medicorps@medicorps.org | Gunther Hints, MD, President and CEO | No | 2 weeks | SHORT | Cambodia | Variable, often free room and board for long term | Current RN license, specialty certificate, application process | MEDICORPS is an international volunteer organization aiming to improve healthcare in disadvantaged countries and reduce poverty - regardless of political, racial or religious circumstances. Affiliation with medical teaching institutions assures maximum quality control of teaching and research efforts. Medicorps' mission is to promote wellbeing in less privileged countries through transfer of technology and advanced skills and to further the understanding and action necessary for a capable global health care system. | Details | ||||
| Global Health Nursing | INTERNATIONAL | Aloha Medical Mission | Clni | 810 N. Vineyard Blvd. | Honolulu | HI | 96817 | USA | 808-847-3400 | 808-847-3443 | James Kia, Administrative Assistant | jkia@alohamedicalmission.org | No | 10 days | SHORT | SE Asia and Pacific | Nurse assumes all costs | Current RN license | Aloha Medical Mission (AMM) was founded in 1983 by members of the Philippine Medical Association of Hawaii to provide free and voluntary medical, surgical, and other health-related services, supplies, and equipment to medically indigent areas of the Philippines, South-East Asia, and the Pacific. | Details | ||||
| General Nursing | LOCAL | Honolulu Clinic | www.alohamedicalmission.org | 810 N. Vineyard Blvd. | Honolulu | HI | 96817 | USA | 808-841-9845 | clinic@alohamedicalmission.org | Jerry Allison, MD, Director | jallison@alohamedicalmission.org | No | As able | BOTH | Palama Settlement, Honolulu, Hawaii | No cost | Current HI RN license; application process | On July 31, 1995, AMM opened an interim free medical and dental clinic at the Institute for Human Services (IHS), a nonprofit organization that shelters and cares for the homeless in Honolulu. Note that an interim free clinic is one that attempts to connect patients with ongoing services elsewhere and thus does not compete long-term with established providers. In June 2002, with major support from some of Hawaii's largest foundations, AMM relocated its clinic to a building it rehabbed on the grounds of the Palama Settlement, in Honolulu's low-income Kalihi-Palama district. Today AMM continues to provide health services to individuals, including many recent immigrants, with no medical insurance and to operate the only 100% free medical and dental clinic in Hawaii. | Details | ||||
| Pediatric Nursing | INTERNATIONAL | Healing the Children: Illinois/Indiana | www.htc-il.org | 20821 N. Scott Avenue | Barrington | IL | 60010 | USA | 847-381-0924 | hope@htc-il.org | No | 1 week | International | Volunteer is responsible for all costs | RN license | We need physicians, surgeons, nurses, and dentists who are willing to freely give of their time and efforts. Their services might be utilized here, or perhaps in some underdeveloped country. | Details | |||||||
| Global Health Nursing | INTERNATIONAL | Circle of Love Foundation | www.circleoflovefoundation.net | 4804 Innsbruck Dr. | Rockford | IL | 61114 | USA | 815-282-9243 | info@circleoflovefoundation.net | Helen Laib, MD, President | laiblink7@sbcglobal.net | Helen@circleoflovefoundation.net | Yes | 8-17 days | SHORT | Guatemala, Sudan, Botswana, South Africa, Uganda, India, Sri Lanka, Vietnam, Thailand, Laos | $2500-$2800; $1250 (Guatemala) | An application including copies of diplomas, licenses and certificates must be submitted. We take nurses at all levels of experience, even student nurses. | Experienced nurses will be used in a "nurse practitioner" type of capacity as an examiner at a walk-in clinic under the supervision of a doctor. Nurses who are uncomfortable with that can be used to take vital signs and record chief complaints or to work in the pharmacy. Circle of Love Foundation is a non-profit non-denominational evangelical Christian 501(c)(3) organization that seeks to build the kingdom of God by reaching out in the love of Christ to those who are in need. Offering free medical clinics in impoverished areas is the primary vehicle for ministry. At a free medical clinic, an individual has the opportunity to hear the Gospel, receive quality medical care, prescription medications and a Bible in his/her language. Circle of Love seeks to bring about lasting changes through other programs such as planting and building churches, orphanages, children's ministry, discipleship, micro-development, prison ministry, and disaster relief. | Details | |||
| General Nursing | LOCAL | Touch Global | www.touchglobal.org | 402 Kishwaukee Street | Rockford | IL | 61104 | USA | 888-592-6776 | TouchGlobal@efca.org | Philip Falconer, Volunteer Coordinator | Philip.Falconer@efca.org | Yes | 1-5 days | SHORT | Rockford Resource Center, Illinois | Travel and lodging | Basic nursing knowledge | RESOURCE CENTER: Sorting and packing donated medical supplies and itemizing(data entry) for shipping. Through ReachGlobal we also have short-term opportunities to serve in Congo at Tandala Hospital | Details | ||||
| Global Health Nursing | INTERNATIONAL | International Health and Development Network | www.ihdn.org | 3950 Mill Stone Drive | Springfield | IL | 62711 | USA | 217-525-2500 | Dr. Edem Agamah, President | ihdn@aol.com | Yes | Short term: 1-6 months; Medium term: 6-24 mo; Long term: more than 24 months | LONG | IHDN Mission Hospital, Ghana | Raise own funds for airfare and upkeep in Ghana | English, Medical Surgical Nursing. Public Health background or interest an advantage, experience, etc | Nursing care in Hospital. We are also working towards building a nursing training school. | Details | |||||
| Pediatric Nursing | LOCAL | Action for Healthy Kids | www.actionforhealthykids.org | 4711 West Gold Road, Suite 625 | Skokie | IL | 60076 | USA | 1-800-416-5136 | info@actionforhealthykids.org | No | As Able | BOTH | Local state chapters | No cost | Current IL RN license | The focus of Action for Healthy Kids is to create healthier school environments for children. We do several projects and trainings/workshops each year to promote school health. We welcome any new members. Action for Healthy Kids is an organization of volunteer health professionals. Most are still working, but volunteer their time to be a part of the group. We have school nurses, dietitians, health educators, teachers, etc. from all over the state that participate. We are not a religious group and length of committment is up to the volunteer. The web site is http://www.actionforhealthykids.org. You'll click on Team Member Center and then Teams Homepage to get to your local site. | Details | ||||||
| General Nursing | LOCAL | Family Health Partnership Clinic | www.hpclinic.org | 13707 W. Jackson | Woodstock | IL | 60098 | USA | 815-334-8987, ext 18 | 815-334-9013 | Kathy Rauch, Volunteer Coordinator | krauch@hpclinic.org | No | Flexible, usually 6 hours a month. | BOTH | Woodstock, Illinois | No cost | Current IL RN license with experience | Volunteer nurses support the volunteer providers and staff nurse practioner. They show patients into exam rooms, take brief histories, vitals and assist the provider as necessary. Nurses also help dispense and explain medications, sort medications and restock medicines and exam rooms. They are a wealth of service and support! Volunteers speak highly of their contribution to the Clinic. They like to be here and enjoy the other staff and volunteers and patients. This is a nurse run clinic and volunteer nurses are hightly respected and treated well. You will love working here!! | Details | ||||
| Global Health Nursing | INTERNATIONAL | Christian Fellowship and Care Foundation | www.chrifacaf.org | #2 School Road, Ezeala Owerre, P.O. Box 101 | Ehime Mbana, Imo State | 472101 | NIGERIA, AFRICA | 234-805-879-4721 | info@chrifacaf.org | Clinton Ezeigwe, Director of Operations | chrifacaf@yahoo.com | No | 1-3 months | LONG | Ehime Mbano in Imo State, Nigeria | Traveling expense and support cost | Current RN license, previous experience and specialization in children's health | We are Christian Fellowship and Care Foundation a non-for profit humanitarian organization – whose primary focus is: 1. To provide free health care and humanitarian services to the surrounding rural communities and beyond. 2. To liaise and partner with other local and international humanitarian service providers for identification of target communities for the operations of the foundation in the actualization of thier aims. We render our services through difference core portfolios-activities: Providing good clean water to the Rural communities that does not have access to good clean water; To provide Food to the Orphanages to helping fight hunger as a server shortage of food resulting in wide spread of hunger all over the World particularly, Africa and engaged in school feeding program for school children who goes to school hungry; To train village health volunteers who will provide free First Aid Health care to the villagers; To also provide primary Health care on Immunization, clean water, sanitation, Training on Health care workers on HIV/AIDS education and Awareness and treatment as it infection rates continue to escalate in Partnership with ICEHA; To improving survival for the most vulnerable children, integrated management of childhood illness, nutrition and monitoring of the health. | Details | |||||
| General Nursing | INTERNATIONAL | Volunteer Kenya (ICODEI - Inter-Community Development Involvement) | www.volunteerkenya.org | 6051 Tylbalt Drive | Indianapolis | IN | 46254 | USA | Joe Manning, International Coordination Staff | joemanning@volunteerkenya.org | No | 1-3 months | LONG | Western Kenya, East Africa | $985 USD per month, included full room and board 7 days/wk and all program expenses | College degree and experience in nursing. No experience in Africa necessary, but must be open to working in rural, poor environments. | Volunteer nurses work in our clinic and mobile clinics programs to provide medical services in very rural villages throughlut western Kenya. The volunteer nurses will work with other volunteer doctors and medical students alongside our full time staff of Kenyan nurses and doctor. | Details | ||||||
| Surgical Nursing | INTERNATIONAL | Volunteer Optometric Service to Humanity | www.vosh-indiana.org | P.O. Box 19028 | Indianapolis | IN | 46219 | USA | Jeffrey C. Marshall, O.D. | drjcm@att.net | No | 1 week | SHORT | Kenya, Honduras | $1500 (approx) | None | Assist in the cataract surgery area of our program | Details | ||||||
| General Nursing | LOCAL | Volunteers in Medicine of Monroe County | www.vimmonroecounty.org | P.O. Box 2568, Bloomington, IN 47402 | Bloomington | IN | 47402 | USA | 812-353-3533 | 812-353-3204 | info@vimmonroecounty.org | Loraine Addison, Director of Volunteer Services | Elizabeth Sturgeon, Executive Director | No | 1 volunteer shift a month | BOTH | Bloomington, Indiana | No cost | Attend volunteer orientation and complete volunteer application | We are a free medical clinic serving Monroe and Owen counties in Indiana. We offer our services to the uninsured and those that lack the ability to pay for health care. Volunteers in Medicine clinics rely on donated time from both retired and active physicians and nurses, as well as volunteers from the community to provide administrative support. Health professionals should be aware that when volunteering in the clinic, they are protected from malpractice lawsuits by the Federal Tort Claims Act. | Details | |||
| Global Health Nursing | INTERNATIONAL | Congo Helping Hands, Inc. | www.CongoHelpingHands.org | 9152 Kent Ave, B-50 | Indianapolis | IN | 46216 | USA | 317-698-7643 | 243-812813597 (DR Congo) | Woody M Collins, President | WMCollins@CongoHelpingHands.org | Yes | 2 weeks minimum | BOTH | Democratic Republic of Congo | Nurse assumes all costs | Current RN license; understanding and speaking French is helpful | A full range of nursing skills is needed. We are partnered with the Bulape Medical Center (hospital, nursing school, and community clinics), Kasai Occidental Province, DR Congo. The Center provides health care for 100,000 rural poor Congolese. We support a reference hospital with the following activities: surgery, pediatric, TB, maternity, general medicine, and outpatient services. There are 28 outlying community health clinics in neighboring villages. Also, the nursing school train community health care workers through their 2-year and 4-year programs. We support a rural poor area of DR Congo. Medical facilities lack modern conveniences and range from the hospital with solar power but without running water to the community health care clinic with bare floor and mud-wall thatched-roof building. We primarily support faith-based health care systems in the DR Congo. Visit our blog: http://www.EndingExtremePoverty.org | Details | ||||
| General Nursing | INTERNATIONAL | Project Mercy, International | www.ProjectMercy.org | 7011 Ardmore Avenue | Fort Wayne | IN | 46809 | USA | 260-747-2559 | pminfo@projectmercy.org | Barbary Slauter, Director of Communications | bjslauter@comcast.net | Yes | One Month, minimum | LONG | Yetebon, Ethiopia (SE part of the country) | Room and board - approximately $30 a day | Application process | Yetebon is located in a rural farming area of Ethiopia where the closest area for shopping and restaurants is a small town called Butijira - nearly 7 miles away. The main mode of transportation is walking; however, there are some donkey carts (taxis). Yetebon, Ethiopia – a very impoverished area in southeastern Ethiopia. We have a 54-bed diagnostic hospital that consists of a pediatric ward, maternity ward, surgery center, laboratory, dentist office, and outpatient treatment area. The national language is Amharic. Most of our medical staff also speaks English. It is important to remember that you would be helping within a country whose medical laws and practices may differ in some ways from our USA teachings. It is highly recommended that anyone desiring to volunteer with Project Mercy, go to our website to become acquainted with us and the people we are working with, helping, and serving. | Details | ||||
| Pediatric Nursing | LOCAL | CHAMP Camp | www.ChampCamp.org | P.O. Box 40306 | Indianapolis | IN | 46240 | USA | 317-679-1860 | 317-245-2291 | Jamie Mitchell, Executive Director | jmitchell@champcamp.org | No | 1 week | SHORT | Ashley, Ohio - Recreation Unlimited | Travel to and from camp | Current RN license; experience with children with ventilation needs | Camp Counselor for children with tracheostomies or who require other respiratory assistance. | Details | ||||
| Global Health Nursing | INTERNATIONAL | The Timmy Foundation | www.TimmyFoundation.org | 22 E. 22nd Street | Indianapolis | IN | 46202 | USA | 317-920-1822 | 317-920-1821 | Stephanie Lefebvre, Volunteer Coordinator | stephanie@timmyfoundation.org | Chris Trani, International Programs Coordinator | chris@timmyfoundation.org | No | 1 week | SHORT | Quito, Ecuador; Xela, Guatemala; Sosua, Dominican Republic | $1000-$1500 and include flight, food, lodging and insurance | Must be fluent in Spanish | We serve direct populations through medical brigades and support existing healthcare projects with money, medicine, supplies and equipment. We strive for continuity of care and sustainability in all our projects. Spanish speaking nurses are invaluable to our medical teams as they work to provide primary care in underserved communities in Ecuador, Guatemala and the Dominican Republic. Nurses may assist as translators and as triage specialists. | Details | ||
| General Nursing | INTERNATIONAL | Mercy and Truth Medical Missions | www.truthandmercy.org | 636 Minnesota Avenue | Kansas City | KS | 66101 | USA | 913-371-9966 | info@mercyandtruth.com | Cynthia Moore, ARNP, Clinic Director | Cynthia@mercyandtruth.com | Kala Stockard, International contact | kala@mercyandtruth.com | Yes | 10 days to 3 weeks | BOTH | Local - Kansas City, KS; Shawnee, KS; Raytown, MO; International - Kenya, Malawi, Mauritania, and Mexico | Local - no cost; International - approx $2800 | Anyone welcome | Local - There are 4 medical clinics available to volunteer with performing primary care clinic nursing. International - Mercy & Truth international medical teams serve in a clinic setting. Clinics are usually established in a public building such as a church or government building. Each health care provider is given an area in which to work and perform his or her duties. Patients with illnesses are treated in privacy and with confidentiality. If patients have severe or life threatening illness, they are assisted in finding care at the nearest medical facility or hospital. After seeing a healthcare professional, patients are escorted, if they desire, to the spiritual counseling area, and then on to the pharmacy. The Gospel is shared with everyone who is interested. | Details | ||
| Global Health Nursing | INTERNATIONAL | Hospitals of Hope | www.hospitalsofhope.org | 3545 N Santa Fe | Wichita | KS | 67219 | USA | 316-262-0964 | 316-262-0953 | info@hopsitalsofhope.org | Daniel White, International Missions Coordinator | daniel@hospitalsofhope.org | Yes | 1 week to 6 months | BOTH | Cochabamba, Bolivia | $40/day, plus flight (+/- $1000), plus $125 application fee | Current RN license, Spanish is very helpful, but not necessary | Volunteer nurses are able to serve at our modern hospital in Cochabamba, Bolivia. Opportunities are available for nurses of every type and experience. There are also opportunities to do teaching and training. Nursing students are also able to do a rotation or internship. We are a Christian organization and our motto is "Showing Christ's Love by Healing Bodies and Souls". We like to have Christian volunteers serve with us, but sometimes we allow others to serve as well. | Details | |||
| Global Health Nursing | INTERNATIONAL | Agape Unlimited | www.agaperu.org | P.O. Box 50994 | Midland | TX | 79710 | USA | 1-877-576-4504 (toll free) | Dr. David DeShan, VP | davidd@mcagape.org | Yes | 2 weeks | SHORT | Russia | $2950 - $3950, all inclusive | Application process | We need nurses and would be honored to have you or others on our team,
as the Lord directs. Although traveling to the "ends of the earth" is
difficult and at times expensive, you will return with unforgettable
stories and a changed heart |
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| Global Health Nursing | INTERNATIONAL | International Medical Assistance (IMA) | www.ima-missions.org | P.O. Box 436986 | Louisville | KY | 46809 | USA | 1-877-251-0526 (toll free) | 812-379-1161 | 812-418-0350 | Maria Fritz, Administrative Coordinator | maria@ima-missions.org | Yes | 1-2 weeks | SHORT | Southern Mexico | Airfare plus $600 (1 week) or $800 (2 weeks) | We are a Christian organization but have no requirements for anyone who wants to join us, other than abiding by our guidelines while we're on the mission project. Anyone with a disire to serve/help and a willingness to be flexible in order to work where they are most needed, is welcome! | Medical, surgical and dental supplies are brought to each project, and we set up modest but efficient surgical suites and consultation rooms to provide loving care to people who may have waited for years for help. Some of these unfortunate people thought they would have to live in deplorable conditions for their rest of their lives. Volunteers come from a variety of denominational traditions and backgrounds. We work together with a common goal to share the love of God through serving the poor in medical, surgical and dental projects. We share the gospel of Jesus Christ and give copies of the New Testament Bible to people. | Details | |||
| Global Health Nursing | INTERNATIONAL | Children's International Lifeline | www.childrenslifeline.net | 194 Sunset Drive | Clay City | KY | 46240 | USA | 606-663-3459 | missionlife@bellsouth.net | Donald Curtis, President/CEO | Yes | 1 week | SHORT | La Digue Matheux, Arcahaie, Haiti | Airfare plus $300 for room and board | Current RN license, previous travel experience helpful | We have a small medical clinic in the country of Haiti. The clinic is staffed with a Haitian doctor, Haitian nurse, and Nurse Assistant. This is organization has one desire and that is to meet the needs of the people that it serves in Haiti. | Details | |||||
| General Nursing | LOCAL | Hospice of the Bluegrass | www.hospicebg.com | 2312 Alexandria Drive | Lexington | KY | 46202 | USA | 1-859-276-5344 | 1-800-876-6005 | Amanda Hope, Director of Volunteer Services | ahope@hospicebg.org | No | Flexible | BOTH | No cost | Training course, criminal records/driving check, TB test, interview and a signed confidentiality statement; reliable transportation is important | Hospice of the Bluegrass is a non-profit organization which provides support and care for persons in the last phase of an incurable illness. Hospice exists in the hope and belief that through appropriate care and the promotion of a caring community sensitive to their needs, patients and families may be free to attain a degree of mental, physical and spiritual preparation for death that is satisfactory to them. Hospice care usually takes place in the home, but may may also be provided in a nursing home, hospital, and the Hospice Care Centers. Patients receive skilled, multidisciplinary care. The interdisciplinary team consists of the patient's doctor, a registered nurse, social worker, chaplain, bereavement counselor, home care aid and volunteers. Hospice of the Bluegrass serves 25 counties and is a member of the National Hospice Organization. Hospice of the Bluegrass is certified by medicare and medicaid as well as being licensed by the State of Kentucky. The Patient Care Volunteer is assigned to a patient and usually visits weekly, or as needed to provide companionship or to just be a presence in their home. Their "home" can also be a nursing home facility. The volunteer may also provide respite for the caregiver to take a break or run errands. | Details | |||||
| Pediatric Nursing | LOCAL | Christian Appalachian Project | www.christianapp.org | 4192 N. Wilderness Rd. | Mt. Vernon | KY | 46809 | USA | 606-256-0973 | 800-755-5322 | volunteer@chrisapp.org | Amblyn Allen | Amy Schill | Yes | 2 weeks minimum | SHORT | McKee and Martin, Kentucky | No cost. Room and board are provided. Nurses are responsible for the cost of transportation to and from camp. | Current RN license. KY license, a plus | The Christian Appalachian Project is an interdenominational, non-profit Christian organization that has served families in poverty in Eastern Kentucky since 1964. We have over 30 programs including home repair, child and family development, adult education, elderly services, disability services, substance abuse recovery, spouse abuse shelters, disaster relief, and more. Most of our programs run throughout the year and are staffed by employees and long-term and short-term volunteers. We utilize volunteer nurses at our summer camps. Camp usually starts at the beginning of June and runs through the end of July. Our two camps serve children from low-income families who pay only $10/week for their children to attend. Nurse responsibilities are as follows: 1. Stock and distribute first aid kits to groups. 2. Receive and review the medical needs of each camper and receive any medications the campers have. 3. Check campers for lice and other medical concerns when they arrive. 4. Fill out prescription schedule for each camper and distribute meds. 5. Inform counselors of any medical concerns. 6. Tend to the medical nees of campers and staff throughout the week (nurse will be on call all week). We are an interdenominational Christian organization. However, our volunteers are not required to be Christian. | Details | |||
| Global Health Nursing | INTERNATIONAL | Helping Hands Healing Ministries, Inc. | www.helpinghandshealingministries.org | P.O. Box 274055 | Tampa | FL | 33688-4055 | USA | 502-744-2438 | Dr. Margie Sweeney | drmargie@helpinghandshealingministries.org | Yes | Variable - to be determined by the nurse with the facility where she/he will serve. | BOTH | Kenya, Tanzania, Zambia and Liberia | Airfare to and from the country where she/he will volunteer | Current RN license; work permit for service lasting longer than 1 month | The purpose of Helping Hands Healing Ministries, Inc is to facilitate healing of body, mind, soul and spirit to those in need throughout the world through medical and surgical interventions, prayer, and proclaiming the Good News of salvation. Because the social condition is important to a holistic approach to healing, interventions with aid for housing, clothing, food education, sanitation, and infra-structure will also be considered. Nursing services will depend on the area to which she/he chooses to go to such as schools, orphanages, or community clinics. | Details | |||||
| General Nursing | LOCAL | The Pool of Siloam Medical Ministry, Inc | www.poolofsiloam.org | 4140 Greenwood Rd | Shreveport | LA | 71109 | USA | 318-631-2212 | 318-631-2213 | thepoolofsiloam@bellsouth.net | Terry Strain, Executive Director | t_strain@bellsouth.net | Georgeann Luxion, Administrative Director | Yes | Not specified | BOTH | Shreveport, Louisiana | No cost | We use nurses to help in our clinic with patients and also to work with our med student volunteers. We would also like to have nurses available during enrollment of patients and to coordinate our Patient Assistance Program. | Details | |||
| Global Health Nursing | INTERNATIONAL | United Planet | www.UnitedPlanet.org | 11 Arlington Street | Boston | MA | 02116 | USA | 800-292-2316 | workoverseas@unitedplanet.org | Theresa Higgs, International Programs Director | theresa@unitedplanet.org | No | 1-12 weeks | BOTH | Guatemala, Chile, Peru, Costa Rica, Ecuador | $1445 plus cost of airfare, immunizations, visa, local transportation | English, basic Spanish, Nurse Certifications | United Planet's Quest Volunteer Abroad program offers you or your group a life-changing opportunity to interact with local communities through customized work experiences, cultural activities, and home stays. By dedicating 1-12 weeks, you can participate in United Planet’s Quest program and improve your language skills while practicing nursing internationally. Make a meaningful difference worldwide!Volunteer nurses may assist staff with minor procedures such as blood work, giving injections, setting up an IV, etc. Blog: www.unitedplanet.org/blog, Twitter: www.twitter.com/unitedplanet. Find us on facebook: United Planet,YouTube: www.youtube.com/unitedplanet | Details | ||||
| Global Health Nursing | INTERNATIONAL | St. Boniface Haiti Foundation, Inc | www.HaitiHealth.org | 400 N. Main Street | Randolph | MA | 02368 | USA | 718-963-7243 | info@haitihealth.org | Nannette Canniff, President/CEO | Yes | 1 year | LONG | Fond des Blancs, Haiti | Airfare to and from Haiti; possible small stipend from Catholic Medical Mission Board | Must speak Haitian Creole to be effective, some experience necessary | Work on med/surg floor, neonatal ward or OR; Volunteer nurses can also to do some educational programs with nursing staff. We see about 50,000 patients each year many of whom are the poorest of the poor. We also do outreach programs and clinics. See our web site for details of our work in Fond des Blancs. | Details | |||||
| Global Health Nursing | INTERNATIONAL | Cape CARES (Central American Relief Efforts), Inc. | www.CapeCares.org | P.O. Box 1049 | East Orleans | MA | 02643-1049 | USA | 508-631-4848 | Lisa Scapellati, Administrator | admin@capecares.org | No | 1 week | SHORT | Honduras | $450 + airfare | Current RN license; spanish speaking ability a plus, but not required | Cape CARES is a group of caring volunteers who have donated their time and resources to improve the lives of the poor and needy of Central American, specifically Honduras. We are physicians, specialists, dentists, dental hygienists, optometrists, chiropractors, nurses, nurse practitioners, pharmacists, medical and dental students, and support people such as translators and drivers. We are also bank tellers, secretaries, carpenters, office workers, retired executives, housewives, and teenagers. We are volunteers at home and in Honduras. We are thoughtful, sensitive individuals who donate our time and expertise to provide care to people in need. We are from all walks of life but with one shared purpose: WE CARE. Cape CARES sends nine teams to Honduras offering free medical and dental services to people in locations where there is no access to ongoing medical treatment. We offer friendship and develop a bond with the people in the villages we visit. Sometimes a smile or a hand on the shoulder of a sick or frightened person is the best way to show that we care. | Details | |||||
| Global Health Nursing | INTERNATIONAL | Health Teams International | www.healthteamsintl.org | 10056 Applegate Lane | Brighton | MI | 46809 | USA | 810-229-9247 | Richard E. Charlick, DDS, MS, President/CEO | Yes | 1-3 weeks | SHORT | Worldwide | $800-$3000 depending on mission trip | A Christian RN who is interested in helping share their knowledge, skills and their love of Jesus Christ | Primary nursing care working along side of physicians. | Details | ||||||
| Global Health Nursing | INTERNATIONAL | MOST Ministries | www.MostMinistries.org | P.O. Box 130678 | Ann Arbor | MI | 48113 | USA | 734-994-7909 | 734-994-7974 | Carly Stevens, Executive Director | cstevens@mostministries.org | Yes | 9-14 days | SHORT | Central or South America, Africa, Europe or Asia | $1500-$3900 | MOST Ministries sends over twenty types of teams, all over the world. Traditionally nurses join our medical, eyeglass, dental, health education, HIV/AIDS or hospice teams. However, nurses are invited to join our others teams as well to participate in projects such as music, sports or drama ministry, construction, teaching English, men or women’s ministry, marriage seminars and more. All MOST Ministries teams have a team member who serves as the ‘team medic’. Nurses are needed to serve in this role on all our teams. | Details | |||||
| General Nursing | LOCAL | Oasis of Hope Center | http://www.oasis-of-hope-center.org | 522 Leonard Street NW | Grand Rapids | MI | 49504-4258 | USA | 616-451-8868 | 616-451-8899 | info@oasis-of-hope-center.org | Barbara Grinwis, Director | Barb@oasis-of-hope-center.org | Yes | No defined time commitment | BOTH | Grand Rapids, Michigan | No cost | Current RN license, Believer in Jesus Christ | Oasis of Hope Center is a faith-based response to the increasing health care crisis. Founded in 2005, we opened our doors one year ago, April 30, 2007. Our mission is to: "Provide hope through low cost/free medical care and basic skills education to the economically disadvantaged and uninsured of the west side of Grand Rapids, MI, in Jesus name". Anyone working here must profess Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior. You cannot provide hope... in Jesus name if you don't know Him. We have many opportunities for nurses, depending on their skill level. We have a faith community nurse who goes as our representative into the community, we also utilize Nurse Practitioners as providers in the clinic, - we are transitioning to a "nurse triage" office and education position for RN's who volunteer. LPN's, MA's and CNA's are utilized to assist in vital signs, simple lab tests and patient histories. Everyone working in this clinic is volunteer and at the end of this month we will be covered by the Federal Torte Act for malpractice as well as the current coverage we have under the Michigan Good Samaritan Act and the Volunteer Protection Act. We offer our services free of charge and do not provide care to any insured persons, including those with Medicaid or Medicare. Our target are the people who make too much money to qualify for Medicaid because they are working, but perhaps are working a couple of part time jobs or are not offered health care in their job. So financially, they must make less than twice Federal Poverty guidelines. | Details | |||
| General Nursing | LOCAL | World Medical Relief | www.WorldMedicalRelief.org | 11745 Rosa Parks Blvd. | Detroit | MI | 48206 | USA | 318-866-5333, ext. 222 | 313-866-5588 | info@worldmedicalrelief.org | Carolyn Racklyeft, Director of Local Programs | No | As able | BOTH | Detroit, Michigan | None | Our organization sends shipments of medical supplies and equipment on a continuing basis from our distribution center in Detroit. We do not, however, place medical personnel in overseas settings. We welcome persons with medical backgrounds to help us identify, sort and prepare the multitude of donated medical supplies we have in our 8-story warehouse. Hours of operation: M-F 8 am to 4:30 pm and two Saturdays a month 9-11:30 a.m | Details | |||||
| Global Health Nursing | INTERNATIONAL | American Refugee Committee International | www.arcrelief.org | 430 Oak Grove Street, Suite 204 | Minneapolis | MN | 55403 | USA | 612-872-7060 | 1-800-875-7060 | 612-607-6499 | archq@archq.org | Anthony Indelicato, Sr. Recruiter | anthonyi@archq.org | No | 6 months | LONG | Africa - Sudan, Liberia, Rwand, Serra Leone, Uganda; Pakistan; Thailand | Transportation to and from cuntry and health insurance; ARC will provide housing and a small stipend | Management, training, and experience in a developing country strongly preferred. French is helpful. | We wouldn’t use a nurse volunteer to treat people, but to train, organize, manage, and secure more funding. Our ultimate goal is to hire and train local (indigenous) nurses and other health professionals. This will allow us to leave these individuals with the knowledge they need to be successful. | Details | ||
| General Nursing | LOCAL | One Heartland (formerly Camp Heartland) | www.OneHeartland.org | 1221 Nicollet Ave., Suite #501 | Minneapolis | MN | 55403 | USA | 1-888-216-2028 | 1-888-545-6658 | helpkids@oneheartland.org | Patrick Kindler, camp director | Patrick@campheartland.org | Jill Rudolph | jillrudolph@campheartland.org | No | Choose from (9) one week sessions | SHORT | Willow River, MN; Malibu, CA: Carmel, NY | Some help with travel costs; otherwise free | State licensing; HIV/AIDS knowledge | Work during week long sessions with youth who are infected/affected with HIV/AIDS. Dispense medications and handle any first aid issues at camp. Nurses will have the opportunity to teach sex education and HIV/AIDS 101 to youth and staff. | Details | |
| Global Health Nursing | INTERNATIONAL | Global Volunteers | www.globalvolunteers.org | 375 East Little Canada Rd | St. Paul | MN | 55117 | USA | 800-487-1074 | info@globalvolunteers.org | Karisa Grosser, Afflilations Manager | kgrosser@globalvolunteers.org | No | 1-3 weeks | SHORT | Worldwide | $795 - $2800 | Current RN license | Nurses will provide direct patient care in clinics as well as health education. Global Volunteers is partnered with the American Nurses Association and all service program fees and airfare are tax-deductable to our volunteers. | Details | ||||
| Pediatric Nursing | INTERNATIONAL | Children's HeartLink | www.childrensheartlink.org | 5075 Arcadia Avenue | Minneapolis | MN | 55436 | USA | 952-928-4860 | 888-928-6678 | 952-928-4859 | Bistra Zheleva, Internation Programs Manager | bistra@childrensheartlink.org | No | 1-3 weeks for on-site training and up to several months for off-site training | LONG | China, India, South Africa, Kenya, Malaysia, Ukraine, and Costa Rica | VISA, travel clinic visit, daily incidentals | Current RN license, experienced pediatric cardiac care nurses | Children's HeartLink is an international medical nonprofit, building sustainable programs to prevent, treat and cure heart disease among needy children in developing countries by mobilizing extraordinary hearts, minds and resources around the world. Children's HeartLink helps enhance existing pediatric cardiac programs through on and off-site training provided by volunteer teams and consultants, technical assistance and resources (funding, equipment and supplies) to support life-saving treatment for needy children. | Details | |||
| General Nursing | LOCAL | Hope for the City | www.Hope4theCity.com | 7003 Oxford Street | St. Louis Park | MN | 55426 | USA | 952-746-7604 | 952-897-7799 | Jordana Vitullo, Program Coordinator | jvitullo@hopeforthecity.net | No | As able | BOTH | St. Louis Park, Minnesota | No cost | No experience necessary | Hope for the City is a privately funded, 501(c)3 relief organization that was established by Dennis and Megan Doyle in 2000 to fight poverty, hunger and disease by utilizing corporate surplus. The Minnesota-based, non-profit organization collects overstock products from top retailers, medical companies, and food distributors nationwide and donates the items to people in need locally, across the country and around the world. Since its inception, Hope for the City has donated approximately $400 million in wholesale value of goods. Locally, Hope for the City distributes corporate surplus to non-profit organizations that serve the poor in the Twin Cities and surrounding areas. Hope for the City makes an incredible monthly impact on the non-profit organizations it serves. Our Community Partners reach 30,000 individuals in need each month. Because of their partnership with Hope for the City, they can now reach 40,000 individuals. In other words, Hope for the City touches approximately 10,000 individuals in need each month. Internationally, Hope For The City delivers medicines, medical supplies and equipment to developing countries all over the world. With our access to medical resources, we are able to equip a 4-5 story hospital with everything from hospital beds and exam tables, to supplies and medicines. One new resource, which we call "A Hospital in a Box" can literally get a hospital started anywhere in the world with just one container. | Details | ||||
| Global Health Nursing | INTERNATIONAL | International Health Partner(IHPTZ-US) | www.ihptz.org | 1811 S. 39th Street, #36 | Mesa | AZ | 85206 | USA | 1-870-404-4491 (Paula) | Mary Ellen Kitundu | mkitundu@gmail.com | Paula Lofstrom | paulalofstrom@yahoo.com | Yes | As able | BOTH | Mwanza (Nyakato), Tanzania | Airfare, lodging and food…about 15 USD a day, plus personal expenses | Current RN license, Swahili is appreciated | International Health Partners is a non-governmental non-profit organization formed to facilitate partnerships from all over the world with Tanzania to improve health care. The IHP-USINC is a sister organization in the US that helps raise funds. The IHP TZ is an official NGO (non governmental international organization) in Tanzania that is on the ground working with the funds to develop the projects. While working on our first project, we were overwhelmed by the number of people who wanted to help improve the health care system in Tanzania. They recognized the huge problems that Tanzania faces especially with the high incidence of both HIV/AIDS and poverty. 2008 Projects: In Mwanza, IHP is currently designing and renovating a Women’s Health and Birthing Center. The area has the highest maternal and infant mortality rate. In spite of training traditional midwifes, the high rate has continued. The East of Lake Victoria Diocese of the Lutheran Church has donated a lovely 16 room complex for the beginning of a health center soon to be developed into a hospital. The large number of orphans due to death of parents by AIDS and the large number of older women who are sometimes thought to be witches and are killed, make an idea pairing for an orphanage and a women’s wisdom center. The orphanage will be constructed in family groups with the older women fulfilling the role of grandmother. The need for a specialized non-profit pediatric HIV/AIDS hospital is great since none currently exists in Tanzania. All the plans for the hospital are ready as well as approval by various governmental organizations and land is in the process of being purchased. The needs for this hospital are financial at this point, with later needs encompassing volunteers, students, equipment, and research. The project proposal is available to those who are interested. Besides the plans, the proposal includes equipment lists, supply lists, furnishing lists and a comprehensive list of proposals for hospital projects. These activities include outreach, educational programs, specialized maternity and infant care for HIV+ mothers and infants as well as an orphanage for under 5 children with HIV/AIDS. A hostel for volunteers is also planned. In addition to the above projects, medical teams and personnel as well as volunteers come to help improve the health care in Tanzania. IHP serves as the vehicle to assist them to work in areas suited to their desires and abilities as well as the needs of the people in the selected area. | Details | |||
| Women's Health Nursing | INTERNATIONAL | Interfaith Service to Latin America (ISLA) | www.isla.cc | 270 Page Street West | St. Paul | MN | 55107-3422 | USA | 612-819-8877 | info@isla.cc | Jean Kennedy, Administrative Director | jean@isla.cc | Yes | 12 days | SHORT | Jalapa, Nicaragua | $1250 plus round trip airfare to Managua, Nicaragua | Current RN license, experience in women's health | ISLA was formed by two faith communities in Minnesota (Minneapolis and Rochester). ISLA teams do not promote any one faith, ISLA respects all faith perspectives. Women’s Health Program: ISLA collects pap smears and provides follow up treatment on abnormal results. ISLA also conduct educational training on Women’s Health issues. RN’s needed to collect pap smears, assist in follow up and conduct education programs. Mental Health Program: ISLA provides treatment for people living with mental illness. ISLA also conducts educational programs for local physicians on Mental Health issues. | Details | ||||
| Global Health Nursing | INTERNATIONAL | International Health Service of Minnesota | www.IHSoMN.org | P.O. Box 33449 | Eden Prairie | MN | 55344 | USA | 952-996-0977 (Cheryl S.) | 320-634-4386 (John Kirckof) | Jonelle Tempesta, Nursing Director | nojelle2002@yahoo.com | Cheryl Schraeder | cschraeder@earthlink.net | No | 2 weeks | SHORT | La Ceiba, Honduras | $500 project fee, plus travel costs to and from Honduras | Current RN license, Spanish helpful | Going on a Medical Mission with IHS can be a life-changing experience. IHS has opportunity for nurses to serve on a medical team that travels to remote areas of Honduras and also for nurses that would work with a surgery group, need OR scrub and circulating as well as recovery nurses. | Details | ||
| Global Health Nursing | INTERNATIONAL | Lutherans In Medical Missions (LIMM) | www.LIMM.org | LIMM Box 766 | Concordia | MO | 64020 | USA | 866-676-5466 | 660-463-7873 | limm@limm.org | Gail Nierman, Program Assistant | Yes | Varied - both long term and short term trips available | BOTH | World wide | Volunteer is responsible for all costs, but no fees to LIMM | Various, but must have a letter from their Lutheran Pastor | The mission of Lutherans In Medical Mission is to link qualified health professionsals to global mission needs. LIMM networks with more than 35 medical mission sending agencies, sharing information, ideas, resources and education in the areas of health and healing ministries. | Details | ||||
| General Nursing | LOCAL | The Kitchen, Inc. | www.TheKitchenInc.org | 1630 North Jefferson | Springfield | MO | 65803 | USA | 417-837-1500 | 417-831-6709 | clinic@thekitcheninc.org | Sarah McCullem | Yes | 4 hours a week for 4 months | SHORT | The Kitchen Medical Clinic in Springfield, MO | $9.00 for Missouri background check | Current MO RN license; fluent Spanish reading and writing preferred, but not required | There are many services that we provide at the Medical Clinic. It is Springfield's only free clinic for the low income uninsured. We are experiencing an increasing number of clients, so many that some are unfortunately turned away. | Details | ||||
| General Nursing | NATIONAL | Kidney Early Evaluation Program (KEEP) | www.kidney.org | 1150 Grand Blvd., Suite 300 | Kansas City | MO | 64106 | USA | 816-221-9559 | 1-800-522-9559 | Peggy Waite, Direct Service Manager | peggyw@kidney.org | No | 7 hours for each screening | BOTH | Oregon, Washington, Mississippi, Arkansas, Oklahoma, New Mexico and Nevada states | No cost | Spanish speaking a plus, but not required | KEEP screenings include: BP measurements, height and weight measurement,
UA's, supervision of phlebotomy stations, spinning of blood in a centrifuge,
answering basic health questions. The location of the screening services
varies. Screenings are set up and then publicized on our website. http://www.kidney.org/news/keep/index.cfm |
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| Global Health Nursing | INTERNATIONAL | International Crisis Aid | www.CrisisAid.org | P.O. Box 510167 | St. Louis | MO | 63151 | USA | 1-888-740-7779 | 1-314-487-1400 | 1-314-487-1409 | info@crisisaid.org | Jennifer Garrett | jgarrett@crisisaid.org | Yes | 1 week | SHORT | Angacha, Ethiopia | $3000-$5000 | Current RN license, international volunteer experience and extensive application process | International Crisis Aid’s purpose is to assist in sustaining life, bring encouragement to those suffering and to assist in facilitating with other relief organizations bringing necessary materials, foods and medicines to people who are in crisis situations where life and death situations exist. To accomplish this vision we will continue to target our efforts in no-go zones where other organizations cannot or will not go. Our programs and services have reached out to children and families in need from Cambodia, Ethiopia, Afghanistan, Pakistan, North Korea, Indonesia and Sudan. These programs include feeding, medical, orphanages, disaster relief, girls’ schools, community development, rescuing girls from sex-trafficking, etc. International Crisis Aid leads groups of nurses, doctors and other volunteers on international medical mission trips several times a year. We travel to Angacha, Ethiopia to provide services in a village that did not have medical care prior to our arrival. We have since established a medical clinic and four outposts where we provide care. Volunteers participate in multiple capacities, including providing first-aid, assisting in surgeries, distributing food, running the pharmacy, etc. International Crisis Aid was founded on Christian principles and beliefs. However, we do not discriminate against anyone—including the people we serve and/or potential volunteers. All applicants should be comfortable participating on teams consisting of church members and other people in ministry. | Details | ||
| Global Health Nursing | INTERNATIONAL | Pro-Health International | www.prohealthinternational.info | 10801 Johnston Road | Charlotte | NC | 28270 | USA | 704-804-4436 | Dr. Uvoh Onoriobe, Missions Coordinator | u.onoriobe@phint.org | Yes | 10 days to 2 weeks | SHORT | Africa | $3000, does not include visa fees | English, specialty certificate, fill out organization's application form | 5 minute movie on home page of the website | Details | |||||
| Global Health Nursing | INTERNATIONAL | Serving in Mission (SIM) | www.simusa.org | 14830 Choate Circle | Charlotte | NC | 28273 | USA | 1-800-521-6449 | 704-588-4300 | Kim Love, Inquiry Coordinator | Kim.Love@sim.org | Shirley Hoffman | Yes | 2 months, minimum | LONG | Africa, South American, Asia | This cost range varies and is tailored to each person's needs. | Current RN license; South America requires fluent Spanish. Each of our volunteer must have a growing personal relationship with God that. This relationship is started from ones choice not from baptism, birth, or parents. They must agree with our ten Statements of Faith. | Our opportunities range from hospital in the city to down country clinics. Our application process can take anywhere from 1 to 3 months. We ask for references and medical history. Divorced people have to answer 6 questions concerning the divorce before continuing with the application process. | Details | |||
| Global Health Nursing | INTERNATIONAL | Lumiere Medical Ministries | www.lumiereministries.com | 3816 S. New Hope Road, Suite 20 | Gastonia | NC | 28506 | USA | 704-823-0271 | 704-823-0272 | service@lumiereministries.com | Sharon Kolb, Volunteer Coordinator | Yes | 1 week to lifetime | BOTH | Port au Prince, Haiti | Airfare plus approximately $500 for in country fees, depending on length of stay and location | Copy of current RN license; French or Creole helpful | Nursing Service- Lumiere Medical Ministries is a non-denominational, nonprofit mission. LMM's mission is to serve the health needs of the Haitian people in the name of Jesus Christ. This affords an ideal opportunity for spiritual and physical healing. The majority of our nursing service needs are divided among two hospitals located in the capital city of Port au Prince. Minutes from the airport you will arrive at either King's Hospital and Orphanage, or Hopital de la Paix. King's Hospital is a new four story, 30 bed facility serving both in-patient and out-patient customers and will open in May 2009. Hopital de la Paix's recent major renovation and expansion now provides a 40 bed facility serving out-patient and in-patient services. Both hospitals offer guesthouse facilities. The following medical services provided and specialty needs on a continuing basis include:
1. General Surgeons
2. Urologists
3. Orthopedists
4. OB/GYN
5. Anesthesiologist
6. Internist
7. Pediatricians
8. Family practicioners
9. Nurses, pre-op, surgical, post op, general care and (all specialties to support services listed above)
10. Lab Tech
11. Bio-Med Tech
12. Nurse Practicioners
13. Physician Assistants
14. Medical Record Administration
15. * Trainers in all nursing specialties listed above are greatly needed. Integration of a tranining management system is desirable too.
Please contact our volunteer coordinator with questions or to schedule your visit. Your heart will never be the same. |
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| General Nursing | LOCAL | Wings of Eagles Ranch | www.WingsofEaglesRanch.org | 4800 Faith Trails | Concord | NC | 28205 | USA | 704-784-3147 | wingsofeaglesranch@ctc.net | Christine Cronin, Executive Director | Joann Lampe, Board of Directors | joann.lampe@wachovia.com | Yes | At least 1 week, 8am-3pm | SHORT | Wings of Eagles Ranch in Concord, North Carolina | Gas to travel out to Ranch | Current NC RN License, Ability to deal with children and adults with and without special needs. Ability to be outside all day. | Wings of Eagles Ranch is situated on 78 acres of beautiful countryside in Cabarrus County. Wings of Eagles Ranch is a place where symbols of limitations transform into limitless possibilities. Where one develops self-esteem and muscle tone. WoE is a family owned and operated non-profit (501)(c)(3) organization which specializes in a practice known as therapeutic horseback riding. Our therapeutic horses serve as unique vehicles for exercising one's body and mind. Horseback riding provides physical, mental and emotional rewards. The horse's gentle rhythmic movement helps increase the balance, muscle control and strength of riders with impaired mobility. Riding motivates children and adults with learning challenges to increase their levels of concentration, patience and discipline. A relationship forms between horse and rider allowing riders to overcome fears and develop trust in the therapeutic team and themselves. We are a North American Riders for the Handicapped Association (NARHA) Center and we adhere to their standards for safety and operations. We are in our 9th year of serving the special needs community in Cabarrus County and the surrounding areas. Over 100 riders have consistently taken part in our program since it began. In addition, approximately one hundred (100) children with special needs have had mini-riding experiences at the Ranch through field trips from area schools. Nurses are needed to be on hand to assist with any medical emergency or basic scrapes, bruises etc that might happen during summer camp. | Details | |||
| Global Health Nursing | INTERNATIONAL | Curamerican Global, Inc. | www.curamericas.org | 2245 North Hills Drive, Ste E | Raleigh | NC | 27612 | USA | 1-877-510-4787 | Elizabeth Barricklow, International Volunteer Coordinator | elizabeth@curamericas.org | No | 10-14 days | SHORT | Guatemala, Bolivia, and Liberia | Travel costs; plus a flat fee of $750-$1000 to cover in-country costs (transportation, translator fees, meals, lodging, etc) and a $100-$400 project donation (depending on the project). | Current RN, maternal-child health experience a plus! | Curamericas Global, Inc. partners with partners with organizations in communities that lack basic health services to develop self-sustaining programs that deliver measurable improvements in health. Over the past 25 years, we have led several successful child survival and maternal health programs in Latin America and the Caribbean, and are now expanding our reach to Africa. We are always looking for nurses to join our short-term volunteer expeditions, which typically include a team of 6-15 people and last for 10-14 days. Work activities are uniquely planned for each expedition, in order to best match the skills and interests of the volunteers with the most urgent needs of our local partners. This often includes treating patients, helping with field research, and/or providing training for local staff. Expeditions are coordinated and led by a Curamericas facilitator in order to ensure the success of the trip and the safety of the team. (We arrange all of the meals, lodging, in-country transportation, activities, etc. and send a facilitator to accompany the team.) | Details | |||||
| Global Health Nursing | INTERNATIONAL | Light of the World Missions and Outreach Ministries | www.lotwmissions.truepath.com | 2714 24th Avenue | South Fargo | ND | 58103 | USA | Bobbie Nutt Alfred | lotwm@yahoo.com | Yes | 8-10-12 days | SHORT | Belize, Central America | $1125 plus airfare to Belize and cost of passport | English speaking country and open to all. Need passport to come..
and open heart to serve the poor |
We set up medical clinics in the Mayan villages and work with the health post on the island of Caye Caulker. A "hands on experience" in remote areas. We work in the southern area, Toledo district, in the hospital. We have recently adopted their pediatric unit. | Details | ||||||
| Global Health Nursing | INTERNATIONAL | Volunteers Around the World | www.volunteersaroundtheworld.org | 93 Fairview Ave | North Plainfield | NJ | 07060-4138 | USA | 866-417-2413 | Mark Stanley | mark@volunteersaroundtheworld.org | No | 2 weeks or longer if deisred | BOTH | San Pedro, Guatemala | $1300, plus $300 each additional week | at least 18 years old and an adventurous spirit! | Volunteers lodge with a local family. There is alot of need for people who are trained nursing professionals. There are not enough medical professionals in the area to provide for all the citizens. Nurses are greatly needed assets to the programs and goals we are trying to achieve along with local doctors. Whether you are highly trained or just getting started, we have a place for you where your contribution will be appreciated and your experience will be increased. | Details | |||||
| Pediatric Nursing | LOCAL | Camp Nejeda | www.CampNejeda.org | P.O. Box 156, 910 Saddleback Road | Stillwater | NJ | 07875-0156 | USA | 973-383-2611 | 973-383-9891 | information@CampNejeda.org | Ray Fowlie, RN, Health Center Director | Health.Center@CampNejeda.org | No | 1-2 weeks | SHORT | Stillwater, New Jersey | Transportation to and from camp | Current RN license | The mission of Camp Nejeda is to enhance the lives of children and teens with diabetes and their families by providing a fun and educational camping experience in a safe environment. We are a non profit camp for children with Type 1 diabetes in New Jersey. We are one of only 5 camps in the USA that all we do is camp for Diabetes. We are always looking for nurses to compe to camp and be part of the Camp nejeda family. We usually use about 60 -70 nurses a summer. Nurses meet with campers for insulin delivery at each meal, snack, bedtime, and whenever else required, assist with pump site changes, work in the Health Center on “bumps and scrapes” duty, go on field trips with the campers, and become part of the camp community and the Camp Nejeda Family. Cabin nurses usually work at camp for one or two weeks and come from diverse professional and personal backgrounds. | Details | |||
| Pediatric Nursing | INTERNATIONAL | Healing the Children - SW chapter | www.htcsw.org | 1112 San Pedro NE #203 | Albuquerque | NM | 87110 | USA | htc_sw@hotmail.com | Bobbye Krehbiel | r.krehbiel@comcast.net | No | 1 week | SHORT | Central America | $1200 approximately | Current RN license and passport | We need volunteer nurses for medical missions to Central America; Anyone interested should have a look at the website and if still interested send an email | Details | |||||
| Global Health Nursing | INTERNATIONAL | American Jewish World Service | www.ajws.org | 45 West 36th Street, 11th Floor | New York | NY | 10018 | USA | 212-792-2888 | volunteer@ajws.org | Andrea Richardson | Yes | 2 months | LONG | Twelve countries in Asia, Africa and the Americas | Volunteers pay for pre-departure costs and in-country living costs. AJWS covers airfare and emergency evacuation assistance. | Volunteers should have previous international travel and living experience, preferably in developing countries, as well as experience training others. Fluent Spanish is required for placements in the Americas. | AJWS Volunteer Corps places professional Jewish women and men on volunteer assignments with local NGOs in developing countries. Volunteers provide skills training, technical consultancy and general support, and range in age from young professionals to retirees. Through exchanging best practices, AJWS Volunteer Corps participants promote the sustainable development of community-based NGOs. Our health placements focus on training NGO staff and local health providers in medical care and public health. Volunteers do not provide direct nursing services to community members. | Details | |||||
| Global Health Nursing | INTERNATIONAL | Pro Papa Missions, America, Inc | www.ProPaPa.org | 19 Brooks Avenue | Nesconset | NY | 11767 | USA | 631-360-1306 | 631-656-6152 | Lou Cherry, Administrative Director | loucherry@gmail.com | No | 11 days | SHORT | Honduras | $1200 including transportation, living arrangements, etc | Spanish useful but not required. Anesthetist specialty useful for a Special Orthopedic Brigade. Otherwise no requirements. | Assist docs to provide medical care to poor villagers distant from clinics in Honduras during 11 day brigade. | Details | ||||
| Global Health Nursing | INTERNATIONAL | Global Outreach Mission | www.missiongo.org | P.O. Box 2010 | Buffalo | NY | 14231-2010 | USA | 1-866-483-5787 (toll free) | 905-684-3069 | len@missiongo.org | Len Lane, VP candidates/personnel | len@missiongo.org | Don Stauffer, mobilizer | dstauffer@missiongo.org | Yes | Short term and long term opportunities | BOTH | Worldwide | Application process | Global Health Services Evangelism is our fundamental goal, and essential programs such as church growth; leadership training, camps and medical ministries on most occasions are the catalyst for effective evangelism. Global Health Services seeks to successfully build and maintain hospitals, smoothly handle short-term clinics in isolated villages, and provide medical professionals with unique opportunities to successfully introduce the love of Christ. Short-term, long-term and career medical and support missionaries are required now to grow and maintain a broad variety of medical services. | Details | ||
| General Nursing | INTERNATIONAL | Global Medic Force (formerly ICEHA) | www.GlobalMedicForce.org | 101 West 23rd Street, Suite 179 | New York | NY | 10011 | USA | 1-866-232-4954 | volunteer@globalmedicforce.com | No | 6-12 weeks | LONG | Nepal, Vietnam, Burundi, Congo Brazzaville, South Africa, and Zambia with additional countries to be added shortly | None, all expenses are paid | Current RN license, Minimum of 3 years of clinical HIV/AIDS experience | Global Medic Force is an international not-for-profit organization that engages healthcare professionals to rapidly transfer their expertise on HIV care and infectious diseases to colleagues in developing countries, using an innovative method of clinical mentoring. Unlike other organizations, GMF volunteer clinical mentors do not provide patient care directly. Instead, they equip local caregivers with the skills needed to take care of their own patients. As a result, thousands of patients receive HIV care when none existed before, care delivered by their own healthcare providers, within existing resource limitations. | Details | ||||||
| Pediatric Nursing | INTERNATIONAL | Cure2Children Foundation | www.cure2children.org | 230 Riverside Drive, #11P | New York | NY | 10025 | USA | 917-653-6039 | info@cure2children.org | Adina Salehi | adina.salehi@cure2children.org | No | Open | BOTH | Varied | Nurse assumes all costs | Pediatric hematology-oncology nurses PICU nurses | Our goal is the facilitate the management of children with leukemia, cancer and other severe diseases in developing countries by providing professional education opportunities, qualified medical advice, drugs, medical equipment, family support programs, web-based patient management tools, support to create national networks and associations dealing with childhood cancer and blood disorders, and research grants. | Details | ||||
| Pediatric Nursing | LOCAL | Double H Ranch | www.doublehranch.org | 97 Hidden Valley Rd. | Lake Luzerne | NY | 12846 | USA | 518-696-5676, ext 242 | nursing@doublehranch.org | Emo Castle, RN, BSN, Nursing Coordinator | nursing@doublehranch.org | No | 1 week | SHORT | Lake Luzerne, New York | Must carry malpractice insurance | Current NY RN license | Double H Ranch is a part of the Hole In The Wall family of camps. (http://www.holeinthewallcamps.org). Hole in the Wall Camps are the world's largest family of camps for children with serious illnesses and life threatening conditions. Children with cancer, sickle cell anemia, HIV/AIDS, and many other conditions come to Camp to experience the simple joys of childhood, without compromising any of their medical needs thanks to our high-quality medical care. To date, more than 114,000 children with serious illnesses from all 50 states and 32 countries have attended our Camps free of charge. We are a not-for-profit organization totally supported by charitable contributions. Hole in the Wall Camps are the dream of actor Paul Newman, who started the first camp in 1988 and has been the driving force ever since. Each of our 8 summer session we bring in 10 volunteer nurses to work with our campers. Nurses are matched up with a cabin of campers, they dispense routine meds for these campers and spend time PLAYING with them to monitor their health and wellness. Our "Body Shop" (infirmary) is staffed by nurses 24 hours a day to deal with any emergencies, volunteer nurses always have the support of these staff nurses. We also have 2 residential nurses who are at camp for the entire summer, these nurses are also resources for the volunteer nurses. Each week we have an on site physician who is available 24 hours a day. | Details | ||||
| General Nursing | LOCAL | Millennium Sistahs, Inc | www.MillenniumSistahs.org | 543 Northern Parkway | Uniondale | NY | 11553 | USA | 516-538-5466 | Glenda Hills, MHS ADS, President and CEO | ghills@millenniumsistahs.org | Yes | 7-10 days | SHORT | Trinidad and Tobago | Airfare and 50% of accommodation. We pay for the other expenses (food, transport to and from hotel and 50% of accommodation). | English speaking and notarized copies of certificates and diplomas | Multiple free medical clinics. Nurses will provide assistance to the doctors of staff; basic medical care - BP and glucose testing - and speaking engagements. | Details | |||||
| General Nursing | LOCAL | Bhrags Home Care, Corp. | 444 Thomas S. Boyland Street | Brooklyn | NY | 11212 | USA | 718-345-5940 | Elaine Knight, RN, Executive Director | eknightbhrags@yahoo.com | No | 3-6 months | LONG | Brooklyn, New York | There is no previous experience, speciality and certification necessary. Bi-lingual nurses are a plus. | The volunteer nurse can be utilized by our company for chart reviews (audits) and opening cases. We are a layed back stress free agency. | Details | |||||||
| General Nursing | LOCAL | Hattie Larham Center for Excellence | www.hattielarlham.org | 9772 Diagonal Road | Mantua | OH | 44255 | USA | 330-274-2272 | Jenna Allen, Volunteer Coordinator | jenna.allen@hattielarlham.org | No | 6 hours per month | BOTH | Mantua, Ohio at the Hattie Larlham Center for Excellence | Current OH RN license; provide own transportation to volunteer site | Located on 27 acres in Mantua, Ohio, the Hattie Larlham Center for Excellence is home to 126 children and young adults with mental retardation and developmental disabilities (MR/DD) and medically fragile conditions. Because we believe that life is sacred, Hattie Larlham enhances the quality of life for people with disabilities and their families through our commitment to comfort, joy and achievement. | Details | ||||||
| Global Health Nursing | INTERNATIONAL | By The Holy Spirit Medical Adventure Evangelism | www.bytheholyspiri.org | P.O. Box 58213 | Cincinnati | OH | 45258 | USA | 513-378-7601 | Richard J. Fry, MD | rjfry2004@hotmail.com | Yes | 9 days - 2 weeks | SHORT | Honduras and Madagascar | $1500 - $3000 | Current RN license | Primary care ambulatory nursing including Family Medicine, Adult and Pediatric Medicine and Obstetric and Gynecologic Ambulatory Medicine. One Gyn-Urology Surgical Mission per year for CRNA's and OR nurses. We are a Faith -Based 501(c)3 Not-For-Profit organization and so trip donations are tax deductible. | Details | |||||
| Disaster Nursing | LOCAL | Memphis and Shelby County Helath Department Public Health Emergency Preparedness Program | www.shelbyBTvolunteers.com | 1075 Mullins Station Road, Shelby East Complex | Memphis | TN | 38134 | USA | 901-379-7156 (office) | 901-379-7155 (secretary) | 901-379-7236 | Jennifer Price, Volunteer Coordinator | Jennifer.Price@shelbybtvolunteers.com | Beverly Watkins, RN: Nurse Educator | Beverly.watkins@shelbycountytn.gov | No | TBA as needs occur | Short | Memphis and Shelby County | No cost | Current TN RN license | The Memphis and Shelby County Health Department Public Health Emergency Preparedness Program is currently recruiting volunteers to support the Public Health Reserve Corps/Medical Reserve Corps. It has been determined that thousands of medical and non-medical volunteers are needed to assist the Health Department in emergency response efforts. In the event of an epidemic or a bioterrorism attack, Public Health Reserve Corps (PHRC) volunteer nurses would be called upon to assist in providing medication or immunizations. In a worst case scenario, this could mean providing these services for all residents of Shelby County, nearly 1 million people. To accomplish this monumental task , we would have to staff 20 public health clinics located throughout Shelby County for 24 hours, 7 days per week for 10 consecutive days, requiring the assistance of 4,600 volunteers each day. In an effort to expedite our alerting processes, our program is trying to pre-register as many healthcare professional as possible so, when a disaster occurs, the emergency response will be more efficient and effective due to the fact of verify the nurses information in advance. Nurses may register at www.shelbybtvolunteer.com pr contact Jennifer Price, Volunteer Coordinator at 901-379-7156. | Details | |
| Disaster Nursing | LOCAL | Marion County Medical Reserves Corps | www.marionhealthdept.com | 98 McKinley Park Blvd. | Marion | OH | 43302 | USA | 740-387-6520, ext 124 | David McElhatten | dmcelhatten@marionhealthdept.com | No | Decided by nurse | BOTH | Various locations throughout Marion County, Ohio | No cost | Current OH RN license | All volunteers should complete FEMA on-line courses: IS100 and IS700 and attend the local orientation course. Nurses work on the Public Health Emergency Response Team (mass vaccinations and prophylaxis, first aid, community information, etc) as well as in Non-emergency situations (community health education). | Details | |||||
| Disaster Nursing | LOCAL | Franklin County and Columbus Medical Reserve Corps | www.volunteermrc.org | 280 E. Broad Street | Columbus | OH | 43202 | USA | 614-462-3608 | 614-462-6672 | mrc@franklincountyohio.gov | Robin Franz, MRC Coordinator | rlfranz@franklincountyohio.gov | No | At least 8-12 hour shift, and may choose to sign up for additional shifts | BOTH | Focused mainly in Franklin County, Ohio, but may choose to respond in region, state or nation | None | Current OH RN license; must complete online or in person orientation | The Franklin County and Columbus Medical Reserve Corps is dedicated to establishing teams of local volunteer medical, public health and other professionals to contribute their skills and expertise during times of disaster and public health emergency, as well as throughout the year for community health promotion. | Details | |||
| Disaster Nursing | LOCAL | Stark County Medical Reserve Corps | www.starkhealth.org/smrc.smrc.htm | 3951 Convenience Circle | NW Canton | OH | 44718 | USA | 330-493-9904 | No | 4 hours of training every 3 years | BOTH | Local Stark County, but can be activated to any part of the country needing assistance. | No cost | Current, active OH RN license | The MRC is a group of medical professionals and non-medical individuals whose purpose is to assist the already existing emergency response teams during a disaster or large-scale emergency. | Details | |||||||
| Disaster Nursing | LOCAL | Coshocton County Medical Reserve Corps | 724 S. Seventh Street | Coshocton | OH | 43812 | USA | 740-622-1426 | 740-295-7307 | 740-295-7576 | Rebecca J. Beiter, RN, BSN, Director of Nursing, MRC Coordinator | bbeiter@odh.ohio.gov | No | Decided by nurse | BOTH | Coshocton County, OH | No cost | Current OH RN license | The MRC is a group of medical professionals and non-medical individuals whose purpose is to assist the already existing emergency response teams during a disaster or large-scale emergency. | Details | ||||
| General Nursing | LOCAL | Wyandot County Health District | www.wyandothealth.com | 127-A S. Sandusky Ave. | Upper Sandusky | OH | 43351 | USA | 419-294-3852 | 419-294-6424 | Jeffrey Ritchey, RS, Primary Emergency Response | envhealth@co.wyandot.oh.us | Jean Aller, RN, Director of Nursing, Wyandot County Health District | nursing@co.wyandot.oh.us | No | Dictated by emergency situation | BOTH | Site dependent upon location of emergency/disaster | lodging/travel costs are responsibility of individual | Current OH RN license | Emergency vaccination support- provision of injections, screening patients for contraindications to vaccines. We are a non-profit public health agency serving a rural population of roughly 23,000 people. | Details | ||
| Disaster Nursing | LOCAL | Williams County Medical Reserve Corps | www.williamscountyhealth.org | 310 Lincoln Avenue | Montpelier | OH | 43543 | USA | 419-485-3141, ext 128 | 419-485-5420 | Linda Earle, Health Educator, MRC Coordinator | Linda.Earle@odh.ohio.gov | No | No defined time commitment | BOTH | Locations will vary | No cost | Current OH RN license | Volunteer nurses could assist in any way possible. They may help out at Flu clinics, provide health education, and assist in immunizations, first aid, and CPR (if they are trained & certified, etc). We will utilize nurses and other lay responders in our Medical Reserve Corps. Only those folks trained and certified will be utilized for medical related assistance. All others can help with consoling patients, paperwork, directing traffic, etc. | Details | ||||
| General Nursing | LOCAL | Madison County Health Partners, Inc Free Clinic | 210 N. Main Street, P.O. Box 651 | London | OH | 43140 | USA | 740-845-7286 | 740-845-7499 | Melissa Canney, Executive Director | mcanney@mch-ohio.org | No | As able | BOTH | Madison County, Ohio | No cost | Current OH RN license | We offer a weekly clinic providing a free doctor’s office visit with a primary care physician, gynecologist and/or pediatrician. We also provide the services of a pharmacist, social worker and prayer partner at each clinic. We serve about 20 patients per clinic. All services are provided by volunteers. We utilize nurses at each clinic and they function much like a nurse at the office of a family practitioner. The time commitment is Monday evenings from 5p-8:30p. We are fortunate to have many volunteers and so we operate off a 6 month volunteer schedule. A nurse can volunteer once a month or twice a year – it is up to the nurse. | Details | |||||
| General Nursing | LOCAL | Reach Out of Montgomery County | www.daytonreachout.org | 25 E. Foraker Street | Dayton | OH | 45409 | USA | 937-258-2000 | reachout@choiceonemail.com | Matt Rhoden | rhoden.5@wright.edu | No | No defined time commitment | BOTH | Dayton, Ohio | No cost | Current OH RN license; Current CPR certification, at least one year experience | Reach Out of Montgomery County is a non-profit safety net organization delivering quality medical care to the uninsured in our community. Reach Out offers comprehensive medical services including multiple evening clinics, access to a charitable pharmacy and case management into primary care medical homes. Reach Out partners with over 8 area universityes and colleges to train students in community health. The clinics are staffed with volunteer physicians, nurses, pharmacists, translators, phlebotomists and medical students supported by community clerical help. Nurses are expected to effectively communicate patient condition/chief complaint as they present to the Reach Out Clinic. (The medical record reflects a detailed history obtained through the interview/triage process. Documentation will include an accurate and concise record of all services provided, treatments performed, patient education response and feedback, medication review and instructions for referral, if applicable.) Volunteer nurses are also expected to collaborate with Reach Out staff to provide resources available to Reach Out patients to promote education and understanding of disease process; encourage follow up with primary care physician, advocate health prevention; encourage participation in health fairs, screenings and attendance of other community health educational topics. | Details | ||||
| Women's Health Nursing | LOCAL | ACTION OHIO Coalition for Battered Women | www.ActionOhio.org | 5900 Roche Dr., Suite 445 | Columbus | OH | 43229 | USA | 614-825-0551 | 888-622-9315 | 614-825-0673 | actionohio@sbcglobal.net | Phyllis Carlson-Riehm, Executive Director | No | 1-2 years | LONG | Ohio | No cost | Current OH RN license | Advisory capacity related to grant-funded projects & assistance in promoting DV training for medical community. Which would require assistance for single event or 1-2 year advisory group commitment (possible 2 hr meeting per quarter of yr). We also currently have a project related to pre- and post-natal care. Please check out our website and contact us for more information. | Details | |||
| General Nursing | LOCAL | Lorain County Free Clinic | www.lcfreeclinic.org | 3323 Pearl Avenue | Lorain | OH | 44055 | USA | 440-277-7602 | lcfc@centurytel.net | Paul Baumgartner, Director | No | 3 hours a month | SHORT | Lorain, Elyria or Oberlin, Ohio | No cost | Current OH RN license | Volunteer in a Family/primary Care office setting, includes GYN services.
Times available mornings, afternoons and evenings usually 3 hours per
month --more if desired. Non-Profit although main location housed in
the basement of Christ Lutheran Church. |
Details | |||||
| General Nursing | LOCAL | Jefferson County 4th Street Health Center | 701 North 4th Street | Steubenville | OH | 43952 | USA | 740-283-2856 | 740-283-2932 | Diann Schmitt, FNP-BC, RN, Director | dsschmitt@aol.com | No | No defined time commitment | BOTH | Steubenville, Ohio | No cost | Current OH RN license | We are the Jefferson County 4th Street Health Center , Steubenville, OH. We are a free clinic currently opened 3 days per week, 2 nights per week. Our plan is to be open 5 days per week once our volunteer pool is large enough to support the patients. | Details | |||||
| General Nursing | LOCAL | LifeBanc Organ and Tissue Procurement Organization | 20600 Chagrin Blvd. Suite 350 | Cleveland | OH | 44122 | USA | 216-820-4852 | 216-921-0350 | Dr. Toni Morton, D.Min., MBA, MT (ASCP), Manager of Public Education | tonim@lifebanc.org | No | Negotiable | LONG | 20 counties of Northeast Ohio | No cost | Current OH RN license, experience in critical care, dialysis, emergency department or nursing education | We are committed to providing education in an effort to increase numbers on the Ohio Donor Registry so that no one dies waiting for an organ. Nurse volunteers will provide education on the benefits of organ and tissue donation to nursing students and other professional organizations. They will also assist with donor registration drives. | Details | |||||
| General Nursing | LOCAL | Asian Health Inititative Free Clinic | www.aacsohio.org/Services/HealthCarePrevention/AHIFreeClinic | 4100 N. High Street, Third Floor | Columbus | OH | 43214 | USA | 614-220-4023, ext 227 | 614-220-4024 | Lhakpa Tsering, Executive Director | ltsering@aacsohio.org | No | As able | BOTH | Columbus, Ohio | No cost | Current OH RN license | We provide free medical care for the uninsured Asian population of Columbus, the largest growing immigrant group in Franklin County. We provide free interpreting services to our clients, and provide free educational workshops/supplemental programs on other health issues: see www.aacsohio.org for details. We would appreciate any help you may be able to give! | Details | ||||
| Global Health Nursing | INTERNATIONAL | Medical Missions Response | www.mmronline.org | P.O. Box 57011 | Oklahoma City | OK | 73157 | USA | 866-667-8996 | info@mmronline.org | Dan Bivisn, Executive Director | Yes | 2 week average | BOTH | North Africa, Middle East and Asia | $1500-$3000 plues volunteers are responsible for airline ticket costs to the project site | RN license, passport; Our teams are meant for sharing the message of Christ and assisting the work of missionaries. We do ask for Christian testimonies and do not take non-Christians on our trips. | Many of these missionaries are developing or utilizing health strategies and have a need for long term personnel. These are volunteer positions for qualified health workers who can come to the field with their own funding. | Details | |||||
| General Nursing | INTERNATIONAL | Feed the Children | www.feedthechildren.org | P.O. Box 36 | Oklahoma City | OK | 73101-0036 | USA | 405-942-0228 | 800-627-4556 | 405-945-4177 | ftc@feedthechildren.org | Larry L. Biehler M.D., Medical Director | DRLB37@aol.com | Yes | 12-15 days | SHORT | Nicaragua, Bolivia, Malawi, Ecuador | $1700 - $3700 | Current RN license; of Christian faith | Nurses see patients and prescribe under eye of doctors on the team. Nurses see patients and directly help in patient care | Details | ||
| General Nursing | LOCAL | The Baptist Medical Dental Fellowship | www.BMDF.org | 3401 Rolling Lane | Midwest City | OK | 73110 | USA | 405-606-7027 | 405-606-7028 | Bill Sisson, Coordinator of Health Care Ministries | BSisson57@yahoo.com | Yes | As able, varies by clinic | BOTH | International and state of Oklahoma | None | Current OK RN license; retired RN's welcome! | Each year, BMDF members accept short-term, volunteer healthcare assignments in 50+ countries, including our own. Projects are diverse and include working in rural clinics, teaching in dental and medical schools, and instructing health professionals in medical evangelism. | Details | ||||
| Global Health Nursing | INTERNATIONAL | VSO Canado | www.vsocan.org | 44 Eccles Street, Suite 100 | Ottawa | ON | K1R 6S4 | CANADA | 613-234-2364, ext 250 | 1-888-876-2911, ext 250 | 613-234-1444 | Inquiry@vsocan.org | Andrea Bacsfalusi, Inquires and Training Coordinator | No | 2 years | LONG | Worldwide | Community RN with at least 3 years' post-qualification experience; experience in maternal and child health, sexual health and/or HIV and AIDS is desirable; aged 21-63 for US residents and 21-68 for Canadian residents; residing in Canada or US | Experienced community nurses are needed to help improve community healthcare provision in developing countries. You could be sharing your skills in countries such as Cambodia, Indonesia or Namibia. Community nurse placements focus on community-based primary health care. You could be doing a combination of clinical nursing, health promotion and informal training with a local counterpart, such as village health workers or nurse assistants. Placements deal with all general health issues, but key areas tend to include maternal and child health, family planning and HIV and AIDS. Most volunteers work with disadvantaged rural communities, so you'll need to be fit enough to travel large distances on rough roads. You're likely to have to learn to ride a motorbike (we'll provide training) before starting your job. | Details | ||||
| Global Health Nursing | INTERNATIONAL | Medical Teams International | http://www.medicalteams.org | P.O. Box 10 | Portland | OR | 97207 | USA | 503-624-1000 | 1-800-959-4325 | 503-624-1001 | volunteer@medicalteams.org | Molly Brandt, Manager of Volunteer Services | mbrandt@medicalteams.org | teams@medicalteams.org | Yes | 2-3 weeks | SHORT | Latin America, Africa, Eurasia, East Asia | varies by destination | Depends on team, some teams require specific experience | Nurses can participate as members of medical teams overseas. Medical Teams International is a Christian organization; we help all in need, without regard to religious belief. Aid recipients are never required to participate in faith-based activities as a condition of receiving help. Volunteers must be willing to work on behalf of a faith-based organization. | Details | |
| General Nursing | LOCAL | Addictions Recovery Center | www.addictionsrecovery.org | 1003 W. Main Street | Medford | OR | 97501 | USA | 541-779-1282, ext 126 (Christine) | 541-779-1282, ext 105 (Kim) | 541-779-2081 | Christine Mason, Executive Director | chrism@addictionsrecovery.org | Kim Oveson, Clinical Director | kimo@addicationsrecovery.org | No | "consistent schedule" for at least 90 days | LONG | Medford, OR | Current RN license; experience with taking of patients with addictions | We have a nurse, however, we frequently engage in offering professional opportunities to volunteers who want experience in our industry. | Details | ||
| Pediatric Nursing | LOCAL | CASA of Jackson County | www.JacksonCountyCASA.org | 613 Market St. | Medford | OR | 97594-6125 | USA | 541-734-2272 | Emily Canete | ecanete@jacksoncountycasa.org | No | 2 year commitment, 7-10 hours a month | LONG | Medford, OR | Our agency is always happy to have nurses as volunteers. CASA, Court Appointed Special Advocates are trained volunteers who advocate for abused and neglected children who are wards of the Court and are in foster care. When one of these children has medical needs or has been severely physically abused such as shaken baby it is very helpful to have someone on the case who understands medical terminology. | Details | |||||||
| Global Health Nursing | INTERNATIONAL | A Broader View Volunteers Corp | www.abroaderview.org | 1001 Dell Lane, Suite B | Wyncote | PA | 19095 | USA | 215-780-1845 | 866-423-3258 | volunteers@abroaderview.org | Mr. Oliver Ehlers, Managing Director | No | 1 week to 6 months | BOTH | South America: Ecuador, Honduras,Peru, Chile; Africa: Cameroon, Ghana, Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia; India | Ranges from program location and length of stay. One week placement price start at $750 | Nurses must submit copy of their RN credentials, nursing students must provide university letter verifying enrollment. For placements in South America, volunteers should be proficient in Spanish. Prior experience abroad not necessary, all levels of expertise are appreciated and project placement is confirmed accordingly. | We are a 501(c)(3) organization, whose program fees are tax deductible for US nurses. Volunteers with medical training; doctors, nurses, paramedics, lab technicians participate in direct patient care such as diagnosing, injections, IV starts and lab work. There is a wide variety of cases but disease such as malaria, HIV/Aids, tuberculosis and syphilis, as well as childbirth/maternity needs are most common. Nursing students are welcome and assist with tasks like dressing wounds, record and immunization chart keeping, helping dispense medications, helping to screen and organize patients and assisting with administrative needs or seminars. Most nursing and medical placements are located in busy community clinics which are typically understaffed, have a lack of supplies and equipment. The program is challenging and the need in these countries is extremely high for international assistance. Volunteers live with a local host family near the clinic, are provided meals and a comfortable living arrangement. Our on-site project coordinator arranges airport transfers on arrival and departure, provides city introduction and 24/7 support while the volunteer is in country. You can read more about our programs at www.abroaderview.org | Details | ||||
| Global Health Nursing | NATIONAL | American Friends Service Committee (AFSC) | www.afsc.org | 1501 Cherry Street | Philadelphia | PA | 19102 | USA | 215-241-7000 | 215-241-7275 | Mike Warady, Recruitment & Data Management Assistant | mwarady@afsc.org | Yes | Varied | BOTH | Varied | Varies, AFSC does provide some financial assistance to volunteers in some cases, including travel expenses and meals | Current RN license, English language | Not totally sure at this point, but we do have a few possibilities.
For example, we have some humanitarian assistance programs in Afghanistan
and Indonesia. Another possibility would be at some large events in
the US, like Eyes Wide Open, than may need a nurse on hand during the
even (in case of emergency, like heat stroke); The American Friends
Service Committee carries out service, development, social justice,
and peace programs throughout the world. Founded by Quakers in 1917 to provide conscientious objectors with an opportunity to aid civilian war victims, AFSC's work attracts the support and partnership of people of many races, religions, and cultures. |
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| Global Health Nursing | INTERNATIONAL | Central American Relief Efforts | www.carelief.org | 2117 Saddleridge Road | Lancaster | PA | 17601 | USA | 717-299-4942 | Steve Mentzer | steve@carelief.org | Yes | 1-2 weeks | Honduras, Central America | $1,250.00 | No specific requirements other than a willingness to help | Medical Screening and some diagnoses of unpoverished patients in Honduras. | Details | ||||||
| Pediatric Nursing | INTERNATIONAL | Foundation for International Medical Relief of Children (FIMRC) | www.fimrc.org | P.O. Box 1132 | Philadelphia | PA | 19105-1132 | USA | 1-888-211-8575 | 1-888-735-6530 | info@fimrc.org | Vikram Bakhru, Executive Director | vik@fimrc.org | Sara Schoenleber, VP of Volunteer Programs | sara.schoenleber@fimrc.org | No | Variable | SHORT | Costa Rica, El Salvador, Uganda, Peru | $525 -$699 per week, PLUS housing, food and transportation costs | Current RN license. No language fluency required, but basic understanding of Spanish would enhance the personal experience and service impact of volunteering in our Costa Rica, El Salvador or Peru sites. | The primary activity of nurses who travel to our sites is participation in the management of children with acute health issues as well as conduct well child visits and prenatal care. FIMRC's clinics are stocked with basic medical supplies and charting systems have been developed to maintain continuity of care. In addition to seeing children in the clinics, health professionals can travel into the community to provide care as needed. FIMRC relies on these volunteers to act as investigators and advise the foundation on areas for improvement. We welcome your suggestions and comments once you return from you mission. FIMRC's medical sites and the children we serve are in great need of qualified nurses to provide medical care! Please see our website at www.fimrc.org for more information about each of our sites. Once you are ready to start the booking process, submit the online information request form and we will be in contact with you! | Details | |
| General Nursing | INTERNATIONAL | World Harvest Mission | www.whm.org | 101 West Avenue, Suite 305 | Jenkintown | PA | 19046-2039 | USA | 215-885-1811 | 215-885-4762 | Ginny Barnette | Gbarnette@whm.org | Yes | Varied - both long term and short term trips available | BOTH | Worldwide | Application process | Details | ||||||
| General Nursing | LOCAL | Allegheny County Health Department MRC Region 13 | 3333 Forbes Avenue | Pittsburgh | PA | 15213 | USA | 412-578-8349 | 412-578-8025 | Edward Schwartz, Policy and Development | Eschwartz@achd.net | Janet Norkus | No | As able | SHORT | Various disaster sites | No cost | Current RN license in good standing | Nurse would function as a nurse at triage site, shelt, point of distribution of medications. | Details | ||||
| Global Health Nursing | INTERNATIONAL | Cosmic Volunteers | www.cosmicvolunteers.org | P.O. Box 11738 | Philadelphia | PA | 19101 | USA | 610-279-2052 | 610-471-0920 | info@cosmicvolunteers.org | Scott Burke | scott@cosmicvolunteers.org | No | 2 weeks to 6 months | BOTH | Ecuador, Ghana, India, Kenya, Nepal, Peru and Phillipines | $795-$1825 depending on country and length of time | Current RN license, passport, Intermediate Spanish if traveling to a Spanish speaking country | Cosmic Volunteers is a US-based non-profit organization that offers volunteer and internship programs abroad. Hands-on work at medical clinics and hospitals. Volunteers must be medical/nursing students or healthcare professionals. Available in Ecuador, Ghana, India, Kenya, Nepal, Peru, and the Philippines. | Details | |||
| General Nursing | LOCAL | AIDS Care Ocean State | www.aidscareos.org | 18 Parkis Avenue | Providence | RI | 02920-1497 | USA | 401-521-3603, ext 106 | info@aidscareos.org | Kelly Brennan | kellyb@aidscareos.org | No | 6 months, but negotiable | LONG | Providence, Rhode Island - generally the south side | No cost | Malpractice insure is preferable. But, if not, we do provide it. Bilingual is always helpful but not required. | Mainly we are in need of nurses who are able to help us test for HIV/AIDS and Hepatits C. We are also in need of nurses who are able to administer vaccines, Hep-A and Hep-B. | Details | ||||
| General Nursing | LOCAL | Hope Alzheimer's Center | www.hopealzheimerscenter.org | 25 Brayton Avenue | Cranston | RI | 02920-3336 | USA | 401-946-9220 | 401-946-3850 | Cynthia Conant-Arp, Executive Director | cconantarp@HopeAlzheimersCenter.org | lfac1@yahoo.com | No | decided by nurse | BOTH | Cranston, RI | Application process, interview, trial day (1-2 hours) and background check | We do use volunteer nurses to complement the work of our 4 staff RNs and 1 LPN and 9 CNAs when the opportunity arises. We are an adult day health program specializing in the the daytime care of persons with Alzheimer's disease and other forms of cognitive impairment, and have folks at all stages of dementia. We are open 6 days per week, Monday-Saturday. | Details | ||||
| General Nursing | LOCAL | Angels on Horseback Therapeutic Riding School, Inc | www.anglesonhorsebackri.com | 2552 Ten Rod Road | Exeter | RI | 02822-1004 | USA | 401-539-6106 | 401-539-6125 | AOH2552@aol.com | Susan Griffin, CEO / Instructor | Loveamorgan@aol.com | Aimee Gamboa, Volunteer Coordinator | Gamboa629@hotmail.com | No | 6 month minimum | LONG | Exeter, RI | Training from AOH | Our volunteers are responsible for sidewalking with the handicapped students to help support and encourage proper balance, muscle tone, strength etc. Angels on Horseback is a nonprofit 501 ( c ) ( 3 ) organization since 2003 that used equines to help assist the handicapped children and adults with mental and physical needs. The students again muscle tone, speech, balance, self esteem, trunk control, hand eye coordination and much more during their lessons. | Details | ||
| Global Health Nursing | INTERNATIONAL | Cutting Edge Foundation | www.cefoundation.net | P.O. Box 2266 | Irmo | SC | 29063 | USA | 803-520-4619 | 803-520-4618 | Bert Oubre | bertoubre@gmail.com | Yes | BOTH | Sub Saharan Africa | Current RN license | Our vision is to bring the good news of the Christian faith along with quality medical care to people across sub-Saharan Africa without limitations regarding tribe, status or religion. We will build hospitals and recruit personnel to serve as doctors, nurses, technicians and administrative staff in these facilities. To ensure continuity, we will give emphasis to the training of nationals to become competent medical and administrative professionals. We will be involved in primary and community health care, maternal and infant care, as well as, curative care. Additionally, we plan to assist the welfare of nationals through the establishment of training programs in various types of agricultural and other non medical projects. | Details | ||||||
| Global Health Nursing | INTERNATIONAL | Caring Community Development Coalition, Inc | www.caringcdc.com | 1175 Mathis Ferry Rd M2 | Mt. Pleasant | SC | 29464 | USA | 843-367-0858 | 843-856-1274 | caringcdc@yahoo.com | Rosetta Swinton | Yes | BOTH | Malawi | Current RN license | We are a non-profit faith-based organization that provides services that help to eliminate poverty and distress of families in America and internationally. Our coalition is reaching out to the poor distressed families of America and around the world through the provision of health and public health services, capacity building, and resource enhancement. The Rose Of Sharon Project is a special mission’s initiative of Caring Community Development Coalition, Inc (CCDC). CCDC will provide health and education access through building health clinics, providing life saving services and preventive health education to villages, and underserved poverty areas around the world. | Details | ||||||
| Global Health Nursing | INTERNATIONAL | Volunteers in Medical Missions (VIMM) | www.vimm.org | P.O. Box 756 | Seneca | SC | 29679 | USA | 864-885-9411 | 1-800-615-8695 | missions@vimm.org | Vickie Burns, Admin Asst. | Yes | 1-2 weeks | SHORT | South America, Sudan, Vietnam, Tanzania | $1,250-$3,900 | RN license, application process and passport | VIMM (Volunteers In Medical Missions) is a team of Christian Doctors, nurses, and many other volunteers that minister to the physical & spiritual needs of children & adults in developing countries throughout the world. VIMM provides opportunities for Christian medical professionals & other volunteers to experience missions first-hand. Please consider supporting our efforts and join our team, through financial support, through prayer, and/or participating in a mission trip. | Details | ||||
| Disaster Nursing | LOCAL | South Carolina Edisto Savannah Medical Reserve Corps (SC Edisto Savannah MRC) | 1680 Richland Ave W, Suite 40 | Aiken | SC | 29801 | USA | 803-642-7568 | Ella Gardner, Coordinator | gardneer@dhec.sc.gov | No | As able | BOTH | Edisto, Savannah, Georgia area | Current SC RN license; retired professionals also accepted | The responsibilities of MRC volunteers vary, depending on the nature of the needs in the community. MRC volunteers can assist during emergencies and assist with public initiatives and ongoing community health outreach and education efforts. | Details | |||||||
| General Nursing | LOCAL | Hallmark Hospice | 117 Broadbent Way | Anderson | SC | 29626 | USA | 864-224-6757 | Rodney Dunagan, Volunteer Coordinator | No | As able | BOTH | Anderson County, South Carolina | The primary purpose of the hospice direct care volunteer is to provide physical, psycho-social and spiritual support to hospice patients, their family and caregivers, in conjunction with hospice team and under the supervision of the volunteer coordinator. You will serve as a part of the interdisciplinary group. | Details | |||||||||
| Global Health Nursing | INTERNATIONAL | Global Health Outreach (a department of the Christian Medical and Dental Associations) | www.cmda.org | P.O. Box 7500 | Bristol | TN | 37621 | USA | 423-844-1000 | gho@cmda.org | Shelby Blevins, GHO Orientation Team Associate | shelby.blevins@cmda.org | Yes | 1-2 weeks | SHORT | Based upon the location of the individual trip | We need diplomas, transcripts and current license for all nurses for in-country registration and the experience is based upon the needs for the trip, i.e. whether it is a general medicine or surgical trip and those details are listed on our individual trips. | The past 100 years of missionary medicine have seen great successes in much of the world. The strategies we have used and the strengths we have focused on have brought physical and spiritual health and healing to millions. The future demands answers to many questions: “Where do we go from here?” “How do go together where God wants us to go?” “How do we most wisely use personnel, partnerships and resources?” “Am I willing to share my knowledge, lessons learned, and skills with others and am I willing to learn from them?” and “Will we spend adequate time in prayer seeking God’s direction for the future?” We have several challenges for the coming years. There is no doubt that missionary medicine and health care are still one of the most effective means of impacting lives worldwide and for bringing about Biblical transformational change in individuals and communities. God has, and always will, use wholistic healthcare to heal lives and bring people to Him. | Details | |||||
| Global Health Nursing | INTERNATIONAL | Remote Area Medical Volunteer Corps | www.ramusa.org | 1834 Beech Street | Knoxville | TN | 37920 | USA | 865-579-1530 | ram@ramusa.org | Jean Bray Jolly | jeanjolly@ramusa.org | No | Saturdays and Sundays | BOTH | USA and overseas | All RAM volunteers pay for their own transportation to domestic medical clinics and their own lodging. Meals provided at no cost by host community | Current RN license | The Remote Area Medical® (RAM) Volunteer Corps is a non-profit, volunteer, airborne relief corps dedicated to serving mankind by providing free health care, dental care, eye care, veterinary services, and technical and educational assistance to people in remote areas of the United States and the world. Founded in 1985, Remote Area Medical® is a publicly supported all-volunteer charitable organization. Volunteer doctors, nurses, pilots, veterinarians and support workers participate in expeditions (at their own expense) in some of the world's most exciting places. Medical supplies, medicines, facilities and vehicles are donated. The primary purpose of the Rural AMerica Program is to provide vision and dental care for underserved areas of the US. The vision care team of RAM provides people with eye exams and eyeglasses to improve their present circumstances and better see the world around them. For some, a pair of glasses may allow them to drive more safely, get a job or better execute their present job. For others, reading glasses will allow them to read more comfortably or thread a needle for the first time in years. The main service to be provided by the RN is to triage all patients before they receive vision, dental and some medical services. | Details | ||||
| Global Health Nursing | INTERNATIONAL | Christian Emergency Relief Team | www.certinternational.org | P.O. Box 1129 | Crossville | TN | 38577 | USA | 913-707-9328 | 888-299-8502 | 913-707-9406 | cert@certinternational.org | George Willis, Field Operations & Recruitment | george@certinternational.org | Yes | 10 days - 2 weeks | SHORT | Mexico, Romania, Peru and India | $2300-$2400 | We have no requirements other than 1) Be flexible and 2) come with a servants heart and attitude to serve the people we are reaching out to. Language skills are always appreciated and utilized but not required as we always have plenty of national translators. Previous experience is not required and we welcome all specialties. | Nurse will do anything from patient registration and triage to seeing patients depending on skill level training and experience. We welcome any and all Nurses and Nursing Students and are greatly appreciative of those who are willing to go to sometimes difficult places and use their skills and training to reach out to those around the world who are medically under-served. | Details | ||
| Disaster Nursing | LOCAL | Memphis and Shelby County Health Department Public Health Emergency Preparedness Program | www.shelbybtvolunteers.com | 1075 Mullins Station Road, Shelby East Complex | Memphis | TN | 38134 | USA | 901-379-7156 (office) | 901-379-7155 (secretary) | 901-379-7236 | Jennifer Price, Volunteer Coordinator | Jennifer.Price@shlebybtvolunteers.com | Beverly Watkins, Nurse Educator | Beverly.Watkins@shelbycountytn.gov | No | TBA as needs occur | SHORT | Memphis and Shelby County | Current TN RN license | The Memphis and Shelby County Health Department Public Health Emergency Preparedness Program is currently recruiting volunteers to support the Public Health Reserve Corps/Medical Reserve Corps. It has been determined that thousands of medical and non-medical volunteers are needed to assist the Health Department in emergency response efforts. In the event of an epidemic or a bioterrorism attack, Public Health Reserve Corps (PHRC) volunteer nurses would be called upon to assist in providing medication or immunizations. In a worst case scenario, this could mean providing these services for all residents of Shelby County, nearly 1 million people. To accomplish this monumental task , we would have to staff 20 public health clinics located throughout Shelby County for 24 hours, 7 days per week for 10 consecutive days, requiring the assistance of 4,600 volunteers each day. In an effort to expedite our alerting processes, our program is trying to pre-register as many healthcare professional as possible so, when a disaster occurs, the emergency response will be more efficient and effective due to the fact of verify the nurses information in advance. Nurses may register at www.shelbybtvolunteers.com or http://thanvolunteer.health.state.tn.us please contact Jennifer Price, Volunteer Coordinator at 901-379-7156. Thanks | Details | ||
| Disaster Nursing | LOCAL | Chattanooga-Hamilton County Health Department, Medical Reserve Corps | www.health.hamiltontn.org | 921 East Third Street | Chattanooga | TN | 37403 | USA | 423-209-8068 | 423-315-3154 (cell) | 423-209-8069 | Susan McNabb, Volunteer Coordinator | SusanM@HamiltonTN.Gov | No | As able | SHORT | Chattanooga-Hamilton Counties | No cost | Current RN license | The Health Department has developed an all hazards public health emergency response plan which addresses infectious disease outbreaks and natural or manmade disasters. Point of Dispensing clinics for mass vaccination or medication distribution. Medical professionals may be asked to volunteer at hospitals during a medical emergency which causes a surge of patients at local hospitals. We do have nurses in our volunteer program. And there is a system called ESAR-VHP which stands for Emergency System for Advanced Registration of Volunteer Health Professionals. Our program is trying to pre-register as many healthcare professionals as possible so, when a disaster happens, the emergency response will be much faster and efficient due to having the nurse's information already verified. So if you have nurses who would like to volunteer, please have them contact me. | Details | |||
| Disaster Nursing | LOCAL | Medical Reserve Corps of Southeast Tennessee | 540 McCallie Avenue | Chattanooga | TN | 37402 | USA | 423-634-5824 | Robert Goff, Coordinator | robert.f.goff@state.tn.us | No | As able | SHORT | Southeast Tennessee | No cost | Current RN license | Nurses will support and backfill medical services when the community is overwhelmed. | Details | ||||||
| Global Health Nursing | INTERNATIONAL | FarSight Christian Mission | www.farsightchristianmission.org | 7128 White Oak Valley Road | McDonald | TN | 37353 | USA | 954-629-5637 | Halsteads@FarsightChristianMission.org | Levern Halstead, Founder/Director | halsteads@FarsightChristianMission.org | Yes | 8-10 days | SHORT | Carribean Basin | Travel costs, but FCM may be able to partially cover some costs | Current RN license; Language - Spanish, Creole, French is helpful | We take volunteers overseas on mission service projects, some medical mission work where nurse or Dr. would be helpful. Also some teams are senior citizens and a team nurse could be useful. FCM began with the idea of being "FARSIGHTED", a person having the ability to see beyond their own wants and seeing the needs of others. | Details | ||||
| Global Health Nursing | INTERNATIONAL | CASA - Casa de Adolescentes de San Miguel de Allende, A.C. | www.casa.org.mx | San Miguel CASA PMB 264, 220 N. Zapata Hwy 11 | Laredo | TX | 78043 | USA | 212-234-7940 | 718-360-5645 | casainterns@hotmail.com | No | 3 month minimum | LONG | CASA hospital - central Mexico | Volunteer is responsible for all living and travel expenses | RN license; Spanish fluency; interest in maternity care | Includes a team of health promoters; maternity hospital and family health clinic; youth outreach center; library; child development center; counseling and anti-violence program; and Mexico's first professional midwifery school. | Details | |||||
| Global Health Nursing | INTERNATIONAL | Christian Medical Missions, Inc. | www.ChristianMedical.org | P.O. Box 160515 | Austin | TX | 78716 | USA | 512-328-0327 | Diane Gele' | cmmi@austin.rr.com | Yes | One Week | SHORT | Guatemala or Panama (Honduras in the future) | $625 for Guatamala; $550 for Panama (cost of airline ticket + trip fee) | Current RN license | Nurses assist the providers with procedures, injections, ear lavages, wound care, etc...and assist in the pharmacy when not doing nursing duties. We take at least one nurse on our trips. Our teams are small, usually 10 to 14 volunteers. In Guatemala, we stay in hotels and drive to remote villages during the day. In Panama, we stay in remote villages, usually camping and working in a school. | Details | |||||
| Disaster Nursing | LOCAL | Denton County Medical Reserve Corps | Health Emergency Alert Response Team (HEART) Denton County | TX | 940-349-2923 | 940-349-5188 | Sandi Wiggins, MPA, Assistant Coordinator | Sandi.wiggins@dentoncounty.com | No | 2 year commitment | LONG | Denton county, TX | FREE | All nurses should be fluent in English, though an ability to speak foreign languages is a tremendous asset | Primary duties include triage, medical screening, exit interviewing and clinic managers. Our next Volunteer Orientation is scheduled for February 23 from 6:30 to 8:30 PM. I would need your volunteers to reserve a spot at the Orientation but we would strongly welcome their participation. | Details | ||||||||
| Global Health Nursing | INTERNATIONAL | Institute for Field Research Expeditions (IFRE) | www.ifrevolunteers.org | 8500 N Stemmons Frwy #5030 K | Dallas | TX | 75427 | USA | 1-800-675-2504 | 214-295-8585 | info@irfevolunteers.org | Alex L, Manager | No | 4 days to 12 weeks | BOTH | Nepal, India, Peru, Kenya and Ghana | $350 application fee, plus $299 - $2000 depending on program fee * see website | Current RN license and proof of certification and experience in the field | Volunteers in health project work in local hospitals and assist local doctors and medical staff in the treatment of patients. Volunteers also help in the hospitals by record keeping, sanitation, nutrition or treatment of minor injuries. FRE also offers a highly beneficial one week of the Language and Cultural Immersion Program in these counties. The main goal of the one week language and culture is to introduce local language, culture, traditions and the local ways of life prior to starting the volunteering project. The one week culture immersion program comprises of language training, introduction sessions, discussions, 1-2 days of travel of major tourist areas, village stays, and other programs of cultural immersions. Though we do recommend this one week training to make your volunteer abroad experience successful, you can choose to take the orientation or go directly into a volunteer project. We offer a free Spanish language program in Costa Rica. | Details | ||||
| Global Health Nursing | INTERNATIONAL | MEDICO (Medical, Eye & Dental International Care Organization, Inc.) | www.medico.org | 2955 Dawn Drive, Suite D | Georgetown | TX | 76826 | USA | 512-930-1893 | information@medico.org | Lynda Peters, Executive Director | director@medico.org | No | 1 week | SHORT | Honduras or Nicaragua | $675 participation fee plus airfare | RN License, Diploma, passport. Spanish is not a requirement. | Nurses will work alongside a doctor, work in the pharmacy filling prescriptions, help with triage, or an interpreter in the medical clinic area if Spanish is his/her skill. MEDICO provides medical, eye, and dental care to ruralized areas of Central America where there is little to no care available; Dynamic opportunity for nurses in all specialty areas. | Details | ||||
| General Nursing | INTERNATIONAL | Mercy Ships | www.mercyships.org | P.O. Box 2020 | Garden Valley | TX | 75771-2020 | USA | 1-800-772-SHIP | 903-939-7634 | 903-939-7114 | jobs@mercyships.org | Angela Fadely, Recruitment Manager | angie.fadely@mercyships.org | Yes | depends on position | BOTH | Primarily West Africa, but also have teams in Central America | Volunteer is responsible for cost of air travel to location, health insurance and crew fees (currently $600/mo) to cover room and board | Current RN license; 2 years experience | We currently have nursing positions available in the following areas: OR, Ward, Pediatric, Palliative care, Mental health, ICU, Recovery Room, Ophthalmic | Details | ||
| Global Health Nursing | INTERNATIONAL | Global Crossroad Team | www.globalcrossroad.com | 415 E Airport Freeway #356 | Irving | TX | 75062 | USA | 1-800-413-2008 | 972-252-4191 (overseas caller) | info@globalcrossroad.com | No | 2-12 weeks | BOTH | Worldwide | Depends on program and length of stay | Current active RN license, English speaking | Global Crossroad offers numerous and exciting abroad experiences to international volunteers in 27 marvelous countries of Asia, Africa, and Latin America. Our highly-affordable, unique, life-changing and stimulating programs engage volunteers in an adventure with a purpose. RNs will work to assist the local doctors and nurses. | Details | |||||
| Disaster Nursing | LOCAL | Texas State Guard Medical Reserve Brigade - Galveston Company | www.galvestontexasmedicalrangers.com | Box 432 | Port Bolivar | TX | 77650 | USA | 409-684-7831 | 409-772-3072 (Brian) | 409-772-3014 (Brian) | info@galvestontexasmedicalrangers.com | Captain Alec Ross | 2LT Brian Berlin, ScB, EMT, Director of Internet Operations - Programmer Analyst IV | BDBerlin@utmb.edu | No | One training session monthly | LONG | Within the state of Texas | Uniform items - less than $150; Incidental expenses - minimal | Resident of Texas or enrolled student; Age 18-70. Age requirements are frequently waived for people who have a health-related license or experience; Reasonable Good Health; Pass criminal background check; Prior Military Service not required; Any skill set (Rescue, Medical, Medical, Logistical Support, Shelter Management, Civil Affairs, and Communications very welcome); No educational requirement for enlistment; Educational and age requirements exist for officer commissioning; Valid Texas Drivers License | Volunteer nurses will participate in surge capacity nursing services during times of emergency. Volunteer nurses are welcome to attend our monthly training sessions as our guests in order to get a feel for the mission of this organization. | Details | |
| Global Health Nursing | INTERNATIONAL | Refuge International | www.refugeinternational.com | 104 N Montgomery | Gilmer | TX | 75644 | USA | 1-903-843-6203 | 1-903-843-5859 | info@refugeinternational.com | Nancy Neuman, VP | nancyrneuman@gmail.com | No | 1 week | SHORT | Guatemala | $600 week, plus airfare | Current RN license | We provide week long volunteer opportunities to serve in clinic/OR settings in small groups in remote areas of Guatemala or a large group located in a compound closer to the capital. We like to tell our nurses that we can provide them an opportunity for the best and most inspiring week of work they never get paid for! | Details | |||
| General Nursing | INTERNATIONAL | Charity Anywhere Foundation | www.charityanywhere.org | 1162 E. 1850 S. | Bountiful | UT | 84010 | USA | 208-404-6304 | Gordon Carter, President | gordon@charityanywhere.org | No | 1 week to 6 months | BOTH | Ecuador, Guatemala, Domincan Republic and Mexico | $750 per month, plus airfare | Current RN license, specialty certificate | Charity Anywhere is a non-profit organization dedicated to giving service to Anyone, Anywhere in the world. We have organized service projects as close to home as Twin Falls Idaho and as far away as Ecuador, Haiti, Nicaragua and Mexico. We organize Dental and Medical expeditions as well as construction and re-construction projects. We normally organize 4 expeditions to Tijuana Mexico every year. Including Christmas, Spring Break, Summer Break and Fall. | Details | |||||
| Disaster Nursing | NATIONAL | Utah County Medical Reserve Corps | www.ucmrc.com | 151 South University Avenue | Provo | UT | 84601 | USA | 801-404-7172 | Jan Rogers, Coordinator | janicer@utah.gov | No | As able | BOTH | Valid UT RN license, consent to a complete background check, fill out and return application; Complete MRC training | Nurses are critical to our organization. Our primary function is to provide a qualified, credentialed, competent team of volunteer health professionals that can be readily mobilized when the existing health infrastructure is overwhelmed and unable to provide needed care in a timely manner, such as during a disaster or pandemic situation. We team with local emergency responders and organizations such as the Red Cross to add a more in-depth medical capability to the response efforts. We accept a wide variety of active and retired medical volunteers, including auxiliary people (medical assistants, medical records, ham radio operators, etc.) Our organization provides training in disaster triage, setting up Points of Dispensing (PODs), Incident Command, etc. | Details | |||||||
| General Nursing | LOCAL | The Free Clinic of Central Virginia, Inc | www.fccv.net | 1016 Main Street | Lynchburg | VA | 24504 | USA | 434-847-5866 | 434-528-2529 | Robert (Bob) Barlow, Executive Director | bob@fccv.net | No | 1-4 Thursday nights per month or on occasional weekdays for specialty clinics | BOTH | Lynchburg, Virginia | No cost | Current VA RN license | General medical, dental, and pharmaceutical services are provided on site. Support services available on site include: lab, diet and nutrition counseling, physical therapy, health education classes and support groups and specialty clinics in gastroenterology, gynecology, physical therapy, podiatry, orthopedics, and rheumatology. Support services available in the community include diagnostic imaging, lab, and consultation in cardiology, dentistry (general), endodontics, family practice, gynecology, internal medicine, nephrology, ophthalmology, oral surgery, orthopaedics, otolaryngology, pediatrics, physical therapy, pulmonology, surgery, and urology. | Details | ||||
| General Nursing | LOCAL | Crossroads Medical Mission | www.crossroadsmedicalmission.org | P.O. Box 16852 | Bristol | VA | 24209-6852 | USA | 276-466-1600 | 276-466-2800 | info@crossroadsmedicalmission.org | Cindy Rockett, Executive Director | Yes | Ongoing | BOTH | Northeast Tennessee and Southwest Virginia | normal living expenses | Current TN/VA RN license | Nurses will secure vital signs, act as medical assistant, draw blood, register patients, patient management, patient encounters (Advanced Practice Nurse). We are a free clinic on wheels delivering free medical care to folks in need throughout Soutwest Virginia and northeast Tennessee. Our clinic has a set schedule and volunteering seems to work best for nurses who live in the area. We make no religious requirements of our patients. | Details | ||||
| Global Health Nursing | INTERNATIONAL | Friends of Barnabas Foundation, Inc. | www.fobf.org | P.O. Box 2194 | Chesterfield | VA | 23852 | USA | 804-744-5624 | info@fobf.org | Erin H. Caldwell | erin@fobf.org | Yes | 9 days | SHORT | Honduras | $1485 which includes food, lodging, airfare and insurance | Current RN license. Spanish a plus, but not required. | The Friends of Barnabas Foundation (FOBF) sends 11 Mountain Medical Mission Teams to central Honduras each year. Teams travel from a central location to remote mountain villages to set up general health clinics. Physicians and nurses, along with translators and lay people, offer medical consultations and medicines to patients. Additionally, the clinics offer antiparasite medications and Vitamin A as well as eye glasses. Also, 3 to 4 times a year, FOBF sends surgical teams to Honduras to work in Honduran hospitals. These teams focus on cardiac, oral and maxillofacial, and neurological cases. Nurses serve as vital parts of the Mountain Medical Teams and also Surgical Teams. | Details | ||||
| Disaster Nursing | LOCAL | Loudoun Medical Reserve Corp | www.loudounmrc.com | Loudoun County Health Department, 1 Harrison Street, S.E., P.O. Box 7000, | Leesburg | VA | 20177 | USA | 703-771-5023 | Dr. David Goodfriend | dgoodfrie@loudoun.gov | No | Depends on length of health emergency | BOTH | Loudoun County, Virginia | No cost | The Medical Reserve Corp utilizes nurses (and other volunteers) in the event of emergencies and to facilitate accomplishment of public health goals. More information on the Medical Reserve Corps is available at: www.medicalreservecorps.gov | Details | ||||||
| Surgical Nursing | INTERNATIONAL | Operation Smile, Inc | www.operationsmile.org | 6435 Tidewater Drive | Norfol | VA | 23509 | USA | 1-888-OPSMILE (888-677-6453) | credentialing@operationsmile.org | No | 10-12 days | SHORT | Over 25 different countries in Latin America, Africa, Middle East and Asia | $25 one time, non-refundable application fee; $500 team fee, which covers roundtrip airfare, transportation , lodging and most meals | RN licensure, current OR, PACU experience; pediatric experience; PALS, BLS credentials | Throughout the world, Operation Smile volunteers repair childhood facial deformities while building public and private partnerships that advocate for sustainable healthcare systems for children and families. Together, we create smiles, change lives, heal humanity. | Details | ||||||
| Disaster Nursing | LOCAL | Piedmont Medical Reserve Corp | http://www.piedmontmrc.org | Piedmont Health District MRC Coordinator 111 South Street, 1st Floor | Farmville | VA | 23901 | USA | 434 392-3984, ext 112 | Betty Bridges, RN, BSN, Health Educator | No | Decided by nurse | BOTH | Would vary within the health district with potential to deploy to other areas of the state or nationally | No cost | Verification of licensure is required. No specific requirements, though training is offered. | The Medical Reserve Corp utilizes nurses (and other volunteers) in the event of emergencies and to facilitate accomplishment of public health goals. More information on the Medical Reserve Corps is available at: www.medicalreservecorps.gov | Details | ||||||
| Disaster Nursing | NATIONAL | Virginia Medical Reserve Corps | www.vamrc.org | 109 Governor Street, 13th Floor | Richmond | VA | 23219 | USA | 804-864-7036 | 804-864-7029 | Jennifer Freeland, State Volunteer Coordinator | Jennifer.Freeland@vdh.virginia.gov | No | Here in Virginia, we have 25 active MRC groups that consist of both Medical and Non-Medical volunteers. MRC was created in 2002, out of President Bush's USA Freedom Corps (established to help Americans answer his call to service and to foster a culture of service, citizenship, and responsibility). Freedom Corps led to the development of the Dept. of Homeland Security's Citizen Corps (established to harness the power of individuals through education, training, and volunteer service to make communities safer, stronger, and better prepared to respond to the threats of terrorism, crime, public health issues, and disasters of all kinds). The basis of each local unit's mission is to augment and assist existing community operations during large-scale emergencies, aid in the response to pressing health care needs, and improve community emergency preparedness. Our volunteers are engaged on a regular basis through participation in emergency drills, vaccination clinics, health education and outreach, etc. When there is an emergency, MRC units are activated in their communities on a local level first but are also able (if willing) to assist across the state of Virginia and Nationally (if needed). Nurses and Nurse practitioners make up about 30% of our volunteers and we are always looking to engage more professionals in our cause. I would love to be able to provide your registry as a resource for our Coordinators to advertise their local MRC units' need for volunteers (if that is the purpose of the solicitation for information below). | Details | |||||||||
| General Nursing | LOCAL | Arlington Free Clinic | www.arlingtonfreeclinic.org | 3833 N. Fairfax Drive | Arlington | VA | 22203 | USA | 703-979-1425 | Lee Miller, Volunteer Director | lee@arlingtonfreeclinic.org | No | One year commitment or more (one or two shifts of 2 hours per month) | LONG | Arlington, Virginia | parking ($1-$2, depending on time spent volunteering) | Current, active VA RN license; Spanish is helpful, but not required | Nurses assist in providing care to at risk, uninsured families through participation in clinics sessions doing medical intake, education, discharge instruction or phlebotomy. AFC is a volunteer oriented non-profit dedicate to providing access to quality care to those outside of the medical system. We will work with you around your work schedule to make your participation possible. | Details | |||||
| General Nursing | INTERNATIONAL | The Foundation for Hospices in Sub-Sahara Africa | http://www.fhssa.org | 1731 King Street, Suite 300 | Alexandria | VA | 22314 | USA | 703-647-5176 | 703-837-1233 | info@fhssa.org | Funmi D. Adesanya, Program Assistant | fadesanya@fhssa.org | No | 8 weeks | LONG | Africa | Nurse assumes all costs | Current RN license and experience in Palliative care. | Due to the functionality of our work, which focuses primarily on partnering healthcare and community organizations with similar organizations in sub-Saharan Africa, we are unable to offer volunteer opportunities. However, APCA will attempt to link your skills and time availability with the needs of one of their member organizations to place you in an assignment that maximizes the benefits of your experience and that of the organization. Please contact the African Palliative Care Association (APCA) at http://www.apca.co.ug or email them at info@apca.co.ug for more information | Details | |||
| Global Health Nursing | INTERNATIONAL | Physicians for Peace | www.physiciansforpeace.org | 229 West Bute Street, Suite 200 | Norforlk | VA | 23510 | USA | 757-625-7569, ext 314 | 757-625-7680 | info@physiciansforpeace.org | Susan Carroll Palmer, CAE, Director, Global Helath Programs & Volunteer Development | spalmer@physiciansforpeace.org | Caroline Martin, chair of Global Nurse Education Committee | No | 1-2 weeks, depends on program | SHORT | El Salvador, Dominican Republic, Eritrea, Guatemala, Vietnam, Panama, Nigeria, West Bank, Phillipines | Depends on program | Current RN license | Physicians for Peace does work with nurses. We have nurses on most of our mission teams as well as serving on our Medical Operations Committee. Our need for volunteers varies with each mission as does the number of volunteers. The individual mission needs and specifics are based on the request from the host organization and this specific request drives the selection of the team members and the make-up of each mission team. So, volunteers are matched to teams based on their skill sets and apply for a targeted opening and specialty. | Details | ||
| Global Health Nursing | INTERNATIONAL | International Mission Board | www.imb.org | 3806 Monument Avenue, P.O. Box 6767, | Richmond | VA | 23230-0767 | USA | 800-999-3113 | Yes | Varied | BOTH | Worldwide | Varies by destination | Varies | Are you ready to respond to the challenge of volunteering overseas? You won’t regret it! Just ask those who have gone before you. Each year thousands of volunteers—people like yourself—go in His power throughout the world as evangelists, teachers, prayerwalkers, musicians, athletes, medical personnel, Vacation Bible School workers, agriculturists and more. | Details | |||||||
| General Nursing | LOCAL | Beach Health Clinic | www.beachhealthclinic.org | 3396 Holland Drive, Suite 102 | Virginia Beach | VA | 23452 | USA | 757-428-5601 | 757-428-7872 | beachhealthclinic@gmail.com | Susan Hellstrom, Executive Director | Jillian Gann, Administrative Coordinator | No | As able | BOTH | Virginia Beach, Virginia | No cost | Current VA RN license | Volunteer nurses will be able to work with the patients for clinical (medical history, triaging, lab work, etc.) and health education purposes. he Beach Health Clinic is a 501©3 organization that provides free comprehensive medical care to the uninsured of Virginia Beach. Most of our patients work full-time, yet receive no health insurance benefits, and fall below 200% of the Federal Poverty Level. Volunteer providers, which include general practitioners, specialists, nurse practitioners and physician assistants, offer medical visits on site. Other services such as lab work, medication assistance and referrals for diagnostic testing and specialty care are also available at no cost. Any nurse interested in volunteering can simply contact the clinic directly and submit a medical volunteer application form. | Details | |||
| Disaster Nursing | LOCAL | Chickahominy Regional Medical Reserve Corps | www.crmrc.us | 11044 Richardson Road | Ashland | VA | 23005 | USA | 804-496-6695 | Coordinator@crmrc.us | Bob Wilburn | Robert.Wilburn@vdh.virginia.gov | No | As able | BOTH | Chickahominy Health District, Virginia | No cost | Current RN license, complete required training | The MISSION of the CR-MRC is to sustain a community-based volunteer organization which provides education to the public on health and safety; and to support the Chickahominy Health District in emergency preparedness, mitigation and response. | Details | ||||
| Global Health Nursing | INTERNATIONAL | Australian Volunteers International (AVI) | www.australianvolunteers.com | 71 Argyle Street (P.O. Box 350) | Fitzroy | VIC | 3065 | AUSTRALIA | (03) 9279 1727 | info@australianvolunteers.com | Aarathi Krishnan | Max Campos | No | 2 years | LONG | Pacific and Africa | Most costs are fully covered by AVI | Current RN license with experience in specialty field; application process | Nurses will provide support and training to maternal and child health teams working with educational institutions; supporting public health hospitals through practical training and classroom training; supporting good practice in critical care nursing; providing nursing services in remote communities. Volunteering overseas is an excellent way to build employability skills such as corss-cultural communication, management, problem-solving, networking and resourcefulness. Nurses also broaden their practical experience in dealing with a wide range of medical conditions, establishing clinical processes and practices, and training colleagues. Finally volunteering with AVI offers the opportunity to eneter into the life of a developing community and find experiences and friendships thay you might never have otherwise. | Details | ||||
| General Nursing | LOCAL | Park Street Healthshare, Inc (Rutland County Healthshare - in April) | 71 Grove Street | Rutland | VT | 05701-3402 | USA | 802-775-1360 | pksthealthshare@yahoo.com | Karen Glad, RN Executive Directo | No | whatever he/she can commit to; no contract | BOTH | 71 Grove Street, Rutland, Vermont | No cost | Current VT RN license | We are a free medical and dental clinic. Volunteer nurses help with telephone triage, patient screening, assisting MD during appointment time by taking vital signs, medical history, and physical assessment. We serve those adults in our community who are without health insurance of any kind. While providing the medical and dental care that they need, we assist them in signing up for watever health care programs they may qualify for. We also assist them in obtaining any prescription medications that may be needed. | Details | ||||||
| General Nursing | LOCAL | Vermont Coalition of Clinics for the Uninsured (VCCU): | www.vccu.net | P.O. Box 1015 | Middlebury | VT | 05753-5015 | USA | 802-388-2753 | 802-388-2753 | vccu@verizon.net | Sonja Olson, VCCU Coordinator | Lynn Raymond-Empey | No | 9 clinics throughout Vermont | No cost | Current VT RN license | Formed in 1995, the VCCU is a group of nine free primary health care clinics and one dental clinic. The clinics meet quarterly to address common issues and problems. Each clinic also collects patient and visit data that is pooled annually to evaluate how they serve the health care needs across Vermont. | Details | |||||
| Pediatric Nursing | INTERNATIONAL | CHABHA, Children Affected by HIV/AIDS | www.chabha.org | 16 Bradley Avenue | Brattleboro | VT | 05301-3429 | USA | 802-874-4013 | 802-258-2440 | info@chabha.org | Susanna Grannis | susanna.grannis@chabha.org/td> | No | One Month | LONG | Remera, RWANDA (suburb of Kigali) | $5000 for one month (includes airfare) | Current RN license, prior experience in third world is highly recommended; French language is very helpful | CHABHA is a small organization and we work very closely with the leaders and children of the grassroots organizaitons. We would suggest a reading list to prepare nurses for work in Rwanda so they would have a grasp of the genocide and its aftermath, the efforts of the current government and people, HIV/AIDS, and children's needs. Ours is a small NGO that in Rwanda works with four projects. Three are associations of orphans and other children vulnerable because of HIV/AIDs and terrible poverty. The leaders, most young adults, make home visits to bring solace and assess family needs. It would help them for a nurse to do home visits and show the leaders what to look for in terms of symptoms. All the children have basic health care; we can get children to clinics. In the associations, between 5% and 9% of the children are infected, mostly at birth. Nurses will work in a shared office with CHABHA-Rwanda. Nurses will provide home visits of children with leaders of three associations: Kigali, Kicukiro, Nyamata (rural). Nurses are also needed to lead workshops for leaders on nutrition and hygiene. | Details | |||
| Global Health Nursing | INTERNATIONAL | Corner Of Love | www.corneroflove.org | 23855 SE 216th Street | Maple Valley | WA | 98038 | USA | 206-419-1133 | 425-413-0121 | Tanya Amador, Executive Director | tanya@corneroflove.org | Yes | 8-10 days | Nicaragua | $650 plus airfare | Spanish is helpful, but not required | Serve on a medical/dental brigade to Nicaragua. Why vacation elsewhere?! Corner of Love offers a working vacation and a life changing experience for those who wants to change lives! | Details | |||||
| General Nursing | INTERNATIONAL | Gateway Medical Alliance | www.gatewayma.org | P.O. Box 718 | Graham | WA | 98338 | USA | 253-847-8838 | 253-847-1595 | info@gateway.ma.org | Michael Spiger, MD, President | michael.spiger@gatewayma.org | Helen Lucas, Administrative Assistant | hlucas@rainierconnect.com | No | Tacoma, WA medical supply warehouse | Gateway Medical Alliance is a humanitarian medical relief and development program for Morocco. By delivering donated US medical supplies and equipment to poor communities not only are people aided medically, but cross-cultural relationships are established. GMA originated as The Morocco Project in 1992 with several trips to assess the need for medical relief in the country. Based on these experiences, GMA developed a humanitarian outreach partnership by sending medical supplies and refurbished medical equipment to many of Morocco’s rural hospitals and primary care centers in cooperation with the Moroccan Ministry of Health, Moroccan charitable associations, Moroccan private health care workers, and expatriates living and working in Morocco. Early shipments of supplies and equipment were done through Northwest Teams International, a Portland, Oregon, USA non-profit organization. As of December 2006 GMA has successfully delivered nineteen shipping containers with a total value of approximately $3.25 million. Working with Morocco-based expatriate colleagues and heath care workers GMA representatives have been able to follow up on the deliveries to optimize future donations. Further assessment of need, done in conjunction with the follow-ups, assures improved and focused future deliveries. More than thirty health care facilities have received materials, all of which have been visited by GMA representatives. Additional sites for donation are continually being added. Procurement and shipping of medical supplies continues to be one of the main focuses of our organization. Currently we do not use nurses in the field but are looking into this possibilty. Volunteers are needed to help sort and pack medical supplies. | Details | |||||
| General Nursing | LOCAL | Grace Clinic | www.gracecliniconline.org | 3180 W. Clearwater Ave. | Kennewick | WA | 99336 | USA | 509-735-2300 | 509-735-2323 | Susan Campbell, RN, MN | scampbell@gracecliniconline.org | Yes | One shift month; shifts are 4,6 or 8 hours | BOTH | Kennewick, WA | No cost | Current WA RN license, TB and Hepatitis testing; maintaining current CPR | Grace Clinic provides free medical and related services to uninsured people in the Tri-Cites through a holistic approach. We seek to meet the needs of the whole person by providing services such as medical care, medications, emergency dental care, mental health counseling, and spiritual care. | Details | ||||
| General Nursing | LOCAL | Haller Lake Christian Health Clinic | www.hlchc.org | N. Seattle Alliance Church, 2150 N. 122nd Street | Seattle | WA | 98133 | USA | 206-363-4105 | volunteer@hlchc.org | Yes | Not specified; usually once a month | North Seattle, WA | No cost | Current WA RN license | The mission of Haller Lake Christian Health Clinic is to show Christ to low income medically underserved individuals by providing them with quality, compassionate health care. | Details | |||||||
| General Nursing | LOCAL | Health Information Network | www.healthinfonetwork.org | P.O. Box 30762 | Seattle | WA | 98133 | USA | 206-784-5655 | information@healthinfonetwork.org | Kathi Knowles | No | 4 lectures | LONG | Bellevue, WA - Overlake Hospital | Prep time and travel cost | Previous public speaking experience | Our special focus is in the area of sexually transmitted disease (STD), including HIV and AIDS. We provide this education through conferences and distribution of printed materials at conference exhibits. | Details | |||||
| Disaster Nursing | LOCAL | Medical Reserve Corps of Eastern Washington | C/O Community-Minded Enterprises 25 W. Main, Ste. 310 | Spokane | WA | 99201 | USA | 509 -209-2607 | Becky Duffey | beckyd@community-minded.org | No | No time limit | BOTH | We are located in Spokane, Spokane County although; we operate in the 10 Eastern Washington Counties known as Region 9. | No cost | Current WA RN license; If retired: able to obtain a Retired Volunteer Medical Worker's License which is found at: https://fortress.wa.gov/doh/hpqa1/hps5/RetiredMedicalWorker/default.htm | The Medical Reserve Corps of Eastern Washington (MRC) is a component of the Citizen Corps that brings together local health professionals and others with relevant health related skills to volunteer in our community. The MRC of Eastern Washington is an organization composed of volunteer active and retired medical workers that have been trained & credentialed to respond to a medical emergency. These volunteers will assist local, existing community emergency medical response systems as well as provide a group of readily trained and available resources to help a community deal with pressing public health needs and improvements. | Details | ||||||
| Disaster Nursing | LOCAL | Snohomish County Medical Reserve Corps | www.snohomishcountymrc.org | Snohomish Health District, 3509 109th Street SW | Everett | WA | 98204 | USA | 425-388-5075 | Therese Quinn, MRC Coordinator | Therese.Quinn@co.snohomish.wa.us | No | Varies depending on emergency | BOTH | We focus on Snohomish County, where most of our trainings are held. There is an opportunity to deploy in other parts of the country in a disaster. | Transportation to meetings | Current WA RN license; First Aid, CPR, AED training (we provide for free), incident command system 100 and 700 courses (on-line free courses) and an annual universal precautions training that we provide. | Some of the activities MRC Volunteers would be asked to do are: staffing a mass immunization clinic, helping with surge support at a hospital or clinic, supporting an alternate care facility or triage site. | Details | |||||
| Disaster Nursing | LOCAL | WA Region 3 Medical Reserve Corps | www.co.thurston.wa.us/health/admin/preparedness/mrc.html | Thurston County Public Health and Social Services Department, 412 Lilly Rd, NE | Olympia | WA | 98506-5132 | USA | 360-786-5581 | Annie Merritt, Volunteer Coordinator | merrita@co.thurston.wa.us | No | Varies depending on emergency | BOTH | Thurston and Mason Counties, WA | No cost | Current WA RN license; pass background check | Nurses will serve to expand the public health capacity during an emergency. We require that folks who are interested register ahad of time and attend our orientation. We also offer training with CE credits. Folks who are interested can log onto our website for more information. | Details | |||||
| General Nursing | LOCAL | Volunteers in Medicine of the Olympics dba VIMO | www.vimoclinic.org | 929 Georgiana Street | Port Angeles | WA | 98362 | USA | 360-452-3078 (business) 360-457-7755 | 360-457-4431 (clinic) | 360-457-7755 | Gina Steinmetz, Clinic Administrator | manager@vimoclinic.org | Adrienne Heinz, RN, Clinic Manager | No | Not Specified; 1 year minimum | LONG | VIMO clinic in Port Angeles, WA | None | Current WA RN license | The Volunteers in Medicine of the Olympics (VIMO) Clinic provides primary medical, mental health care, and referrals for dental care to adults who live, work or visit on the Olympic Peninsula and do not have access to health care. | Details | ||
| Pediatric Nursing | INTERNATIONAL | Friends of the Orphans / Nuestros Pequenos Hermanos (NPH) | www.friendsoftheorphans.org | 1800 112th Avenue NE, Suite 308-E | Bellevue | WA | 98004 | USA | 425-698-5449 | info@friendsoftheorphans.org | Vicky Medley, International Volunteer Coordinator | vmedley@friendsus.org | Yes | 12 months | LONG | Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, El Salvador, Peru, Bolivia, Haiti and Dominican Republic | Airfare to and from the home; room and board, access to medical care and a stiped included | 21 years or older, high level of Spanish or French/Creole; RN license, patient, flexible and hard-working | All of our homes have internal clinics, that provide healthcare for the children of NPH. Some of the homes also have external clinics, that serve the healthcare needs in the surrounding community. Nurses may work in either the internal or external clinics to care for children, assist in specialized care for HIV/AIDS children, organize visits to specialists, help with prescriptions, vaccinations, etc. NPH is associated with the Catholic Church, and many of the guiding philosophies are based on Catholic Social Teachings. All children at NPH are raised in the Catholic faith. Many, but not all, volunteers are Catholic. We do ask that volunteers support the children's Catholic upbringing, and attend mass weekly with the children. | Details | ||||
| Disaster Nursing | LOCAL | Medical Reserve Corps of Island County | www.islandcounty.net/health | c/o Island County Health Department, P.O. Box 5000 | Coupeville | WA | 98239 | USA | 360-679-7350 | Dave H. | DaveH@co.island.wa.us | No | As able | BOTH | Island County, WA | None | Current WA RN license | We supply many of our volunteers with training opportunities that are accredited for their maintenance of licensure through the MRC.(We just had all of them take the AMA CDLS course - online no less) We collaborate with many volunteer groups, like the Red Cross, Salvation Army, etc to provide care at shelters. (We do not hand out food though). We feel an obligation to mentor new medical professionals encouraging them to follow through their medical school education. We have a budding program to encourage high school students to go into the medical professions. (Jr. MRC). We have standing practice to stand up and operate PODS (Points of Dispension) for Pandemic issues. We provide medical support at public events (Race for the Cure, Boston Marathon, etc). We are very active at the state and federal level lobbying for better care for those who may not have medical insurance or availability. Our national focus is currently on providing care for those that are listed as Special Needs or Vulnerable Populations (ie senior citizens, veterans, children, single moms, etc) in the event of disaster or local issues. We have gone door to door checking on individuals in the major storms of Dec 2007 throughout WA. We feel that we do make a difference. | Details | |||||
| Disaster Nursing | LOCAL | Skagit County Medical Reserve Corps | www.skagitcounty.net | 700 South Second Street, Suite 301 | Mt. Vernon | WA | 98273-1071 | USA | 360-419-3310 | 360-770-2622 | 360-336-9401 | scmrc@co.skagit.wa.us | No | As able | BOTH | Skagit Valley, Washington | Transportation to the site or a meeting place | Current WA RN license | The Skagit County Medical Reserve Corps is made up of volunteers to respond to Public Health. The Medical Reserve Corps addresses issues before crisis, assuring community wellness through prevention. Our volunteers can help with immunizations, smoking cessation, dental hygiene, and activity to reduce obesity. During crisis nurse volunteers are critical to meet surge demands, especially if acute care settings are overloaded. They can provide triage, first aid, and care. After a crisis, the skills of Public Health restore Water, Hygiene, Food, and Communicable Disease wellness. A "crisis" is when more bad is happening than good through exposure to aversive stimuli. Crisis can be anything from a very severe flu season, to earthquakes, to voluntary acts of terrorism. The Medical Reserve Corps staff is signed up and vetted preferably before a crisis, takes a couple of online courses, and attends one orientation meeting. | Details | ||||
| General Nursing | LOCAL | American Red Cross, South Central Wisconsin Chapter | http://www.southcentralwisconsin.redcross.org | 211 North Parker Drive | Janesville | WI | 53545 | USA | 608-754-4497 | 608-751-0078 (cell) | 608-754-8119 | No | As able | BOTH | South Central Wisconsin | No cost | Current, active WI license; ARC training | Please contact the local office for more information | Details | |||||
| General Nursing | LOCAL | Health Access, Inc | 489 Washington Avenue | Clarksburg | WV | 26301 | USA | 304-622-2708 | Jim Harris, Executive Director | healthac@ma.rr.com | No | 1/2 to 1 day a month | SHORT | North Central West Virginia | No cost | Current WV RN license | We have historically used volunteer nurses and physicians and they provide primary patient care to the uninsured in a two county area of north central West Virginia. We have a large number of diabetic cases, hypertension and the full array of medical management issues for patients ranging in age from 18 to mid 60's. We do not serve children or the elderly. | Details | ||||||
| General Nursing | LOCAL | Wheeling Health Right Free Clinic | 61-29th Street | Wheeling | WV | 26003 | USA | 304-233-1135 | 304-281-1330 (cell) | 304-233-3869 | Kathie Brown, Executive Director | Kbrown@wheelinghealthright.com | No | As able | BOTH | Wheeling, West Virginia | No cost | Current WV RN license | Recently, the Board of Directors updated Wheeling Health Right’s mission statement: “To provide access to free comprehensive medical care, preventive care and pharmaceuticals to the underserved. We embrace the philosophy that all are entitled to health maintenance and care.” There is rededication to the mission every day, when the clinic doors open, and patients are greeted with respect and compassion. | Details | ||||
| Global Health Nursing | INTERNATIONAL | Disaster Volunteers of Ghana (DIVOG) | www.divog.org | P.O. Box H 814 | HO, V/R | GHANA, AFRICA | 213-24-4734074 | 233-20-7370167 | divog@hotmail.com | Richard Yinkah, Executive Director | volunteerteamgh@yahoo.com | No | 2 weeks to 6 months | LONG | Volta Region, Ghana, Africa | $550 plus $125 per week | Our health care programs bring service and learning into our hospitals and clinics in Ghana This is as a result of the exodus of our health personnel to developed countries in search for green pastures. These situations have created a vacuum in our hospital and clinic in our communities. Besides,due to inadequate health personnel people die of illness and diseases which would have been prevented if there were health personnel. Medical outreach Project: Volunteers duties are providing health education, taking history of patient, consultation, treating patient and treating wound. Placement in Clinic and Hospital: Volunteers duties are observing and helping in the OPD, consultation room, laboratory etc. | Details | ||||||
| General Nursing | INTERNATIONAL | Emmanuel Hospital Association | www.eha-health.org | 808 Deepali Building, 92 Nehur Place | New Delhi | 110019 | INDIA | 011-30882009,2018 | volunteers@eha-health.org | Ajit Eusebius | ajit@eha-health.org | Yes | 8 weeks to 12 months | LONG | North India | Approx Rs. 500 per day at the hospital. Includes boarding and lodging. | Current RN license | EHA is a fellowship of institutions and individuals that exists to transform communities through caring, with primary focus on the poor and marginalized. Emmanuel Hospital Association (EHA) was founded in 1970 as an indigenous Christian health and development agency serving the people of North India. Its primary focus is the poor, largely in rural areas. With a catchment population of nearly seven million, EHA treats more than 500,000 patients each year in some of India's most needy areas. EHA is committed to the transformation of communities with programmes that invest in the health and well being of everyone, irrespective of caste, creed or race. It aims to focus on the development and empowerment of women and the health and nurture of the under fives. The poorest of the poor rarely access health care facilities even at a charitable hospital - therefore EHA is committed to promotive and preventative health programmes. A core activity is training local village women in areas from basic health and hygiene to antenatal care of pregnant women, which together can transform a whole community. Added to this are non-medical interventions in health. Wherever literacy programmes are in place one of the first effects is a fall in the infant mortality rate. Teaching and training in income generation skills and co-operative banking schemes allows villagers to resolve problems in their own way, giving them hope for the future. The long-term result is a community with increased capacity to deal with the challenges it faces and able to enjoy sustainability in their own development | Details | |||||
| Pediatric Nursing | INTERNATIONAL | Cornerstone World Miracle Ministries | www.cwmministries.net | P.O. Box 34191 | Kampala | 46202 | UGANDA, EAST AFRICA | 256-772-692-476 | Reverend Ruhasha Fresian Dickson | pastor@cwmministries.net | friendsoforphans@cwmministries.net | cmfchurch@gmail.com | Yes | Kampala, Uganda | All travel costs, housing and food costs | Current, valid RN license | Care for 421 orphans affected by HIV/AIDS and poverty calamities. | Details | ||||||
| Global Health Nursing | INTERNATIONAL | Eleos Project | www.eleosproject.org | P.O. Box 1143-00621, Village Market | Nairobi | KENYA, EAST AFRICA | 011-254-724-953-938 | Mark Purington | mspuringtn@aol.com | Yes | One week | SHORT | South Sudan, Africa | Regular travel expenses to project site | Current RN license | Nurses will provide basic health care services. Eleos Project/Sudan is working to improve health conditions through our Healthcare Initiative Project for South Sudan. This project is in the fund raising stage to provide volunteer health professionals, medical equipment and supplies, health education and construction of a new medical facilities for communities in South Sudan. As of 3/2008 a new clinic has been built and ready for use! | Details | |||||||
| Global Health Nursing | INTERNATIONAL | Internship Nepal | www.internshipnepal.com | NEPAL | 977-1-4770809 | 911-98510-03577 | info@internshipnepal.com | Nardev Pandey, Chairman | No | 1- 5 months | LONG | Kathmandu | Volunteer is responsible for all costs | Current and active RN experience | For a significant number of Nepali people, it is very difficult to
receive proper health care. Many of the state’s health centers—established
to provide services in rural areas—are inadequately staffed. Internship
Nepal gathers compassionate volunteer groups to help alleviate this
problem in an effort to improve the quality of health care for disadvantaged
Nepali people. Volunteers in this program assist local doctors and medical
staffs in the treatment of patients. Volunteers may also participate
in hospital programs in a variety of fields such as record keeping,
sanitation, nutrition, or treatment of minor injuries. Our medical volunteering
program places doctors, nurses, and medical school students in hospitals
and clinics throughout Nepal. We have standing requests from local facilities
for Internists, Urologists, Surgeons, Oncologists, Ophthalmologists,
Nurses, and Dentists. Volunteers have the option of working in either
an urban or rural setting. As a medical school student, you will participate in a wide range of activities. You will accompany doctors on their rounds, explore different treatments for simple ailments, provide physical therapy, and take part in vaccination programs. Depending on the timing of your visit, you will have the opportunity to visit large general hospitals, maternity clinics, children's hospitals, HIV/AIDS wards, and alternative-medicine clinics. Your visits will be given some context by local doctors and nurses who will discuss issues such as typical illnesses/treatments and the general state of health care in Nepal. |
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| Global Health Nursing | INTERNATIONAL | The International Nepal Fellowship Worldwide (INF/W) | www.inf.org | P.O. Box 1230, Kathmandu, Nepal | Kathmandu | NEPAL | 977-1-5544483 | Vicki Wellner, Recruitment Officer | recruitment@world.inf.org | Yes | 2 years or more | LONG | Nepal | Approximately $315 USD a month, in addition to the nurses's travel and living expenses | Only seasoned nurses, preferably with training and coaching experience as well as strong clinical background, will be considered for these advisory posts. A BSN or equivalent is required, along with at least 5 years experience. Additional specialization may be beneficial, although the nurse would need to be prepared to work at a basic clinical level due to the present realities of nursing in rural Nepal. | Roles vary over time as the needs of our partners change. Because Nepal currently has a large number of national nurses, expatriates are not invited for routine nursing. Instead, experienced expatriate nurses are needed to mentor and encourage national nurses to ever stronger clinical and compassionate practice. As advisors and development professionals, expatriate nurses may be asked to build the capacity of senior national nurses to run their departments or add a clinical service. Alternatively, s/he may be needed to come alongside new graduates to help develop their general clinical skills and care standards. As such we need experience, confident, supportive nurses - people willing to help others care for patients. Nurses need to be prepared to be very flexible and comfortable with ambiguity. Those with a sense of humor will generally have a better time! INF/W makes available a four-month language course for those who are not fluent in Nepali language. The costs of this course are borne by the nurse. English is spoken in Nepal, but less so in the remote postings than in urban centers. INF/W is a Christian mission serving Nepali people through health and development work. Expatriate members are committed Christians and are sent by Christian sending agencies in their home countries. | Details | |||||||
| Global Health Nursing | INTERNATIONAL | International Centre for Sustainable Development (ICSD) | www.icsdnepal.org | GPO Box NO-8973 NPC-662 | Kathmandu | NEPAL | 97712364432 | icsd@mail.org | Bishnu K.C., Chairman | No | 2 weeks or longer | BOTH | Kathmandu | Nurse assumes all costs | Current RN license and specialty credentials, Passport | ICSD it is a not for profit social development organisation established in Nepal with the purpose of sustainable development. The mission of ICSD is to encourage and invite international volunteers to contribute in the communitydevelopment, and nature conservation activities of the Nepalese people. Through work camps and village-based programs, international volunteers promote mutual friendships and solidarity in addition to enriching their own experiences and making meaningful contribution to Nepalese Communities. ICSD offers significant abroad opportunities for volunteers to boost significant knowledge, expereience and expertise in education, health, conservation, and community development issues through international volunteering. We hope to achieve this goal by offering community oriented volunteer programs where the efforts of our volunteers go directly to the underprivileged people and their communities. Our volunteers are supposed to be active community workers who support the programs and activities of the organization by undertaking a variety of jobs and responsibilities such as working in orphanages, teaching English, working as community health workers, working in conservation sector, etc. | Details | |||||||
| Global Health Nursing | INTERNATIONAL | ACORN | www.acorn.nl | kadijksplein 18, 1018 AC | Amsterdam | NETHERLANDS | (+)31 20 5302156 | Franz Auidema | acorniraq@yahoo.com | Yes | 3 weeks or more | LONG | Iraqi Kurdistan (Sulaimany City) | Volunteer responsible for all costs - housing and food are provided by ACORN for approximately 3 weeks | Current RN license, Experienced in their profession and capable of training lowly trained nurses. Translation from English into Sorani Kurdish will be provided. | Training of lowly trained nurses in Iraqi Kurdistan. Although Iraq is known as very dangerous, the Kurdish region where ACORN is active since 1993, is a safe place where internationals are warmly welcomed by the local population. ACORN is a Christian organisation and we require for staff / volunteers that they are practicing christians if they work with us longer than 3 weeks. If they want to work with us longer than 6 months a DTS (Discipleship Training School of Youth with a Mission) is required. | Details | |||||||
| Global Health Nursing | INTERNATIONAL | Global Volunteer Network | www.volunteer.org.nz | Colin Salisbury, P.O. Box 30-968 | Lower Hutt | NEW ZEALAND | 800-963-1198 | 011-64-4-569-9081 | info@volunteer.org.nz | Colin Salisbury, Executive Director | Karen Ward, Marketing | No | Varies depending on program | BOTH | Africa, Asia, Europe, North America, Oceania, Lain America | $350 application fee plus all travel and personal expenses during the volunteer experience | RN license; passport; foreign language skills important | The Global Volunteer Network (GVN) offers volunteer service opportunities in community projects throughout the world. We currently provide volunteer programs through our partner organizations in 20 countries. The network continues to expand with new programs currently being researched and assessed. | Details | |||||
| Global Health Nursing | INTERNATIONAL | International Volunteer HQ | www.volunteerhq.org | 51 Moke Road, R.D. 48 | Urenui | NEW ZEALAND | (+)64274169633 | Daniel Radcliffe, Executive Director | daniel@volunteerhq.org | No | minimum 2 weeks; maximum 6 months | BOTH | Nepal (urban and rural), Kenya (urban and rural), Peru (urban) and Tanzania (urban and rural) | US $550 for 2 weeks to US $2240 for 6 months (includes airport pick up, orientation , accommodation (host family), 3 meals per day, program placement and supervision) | Current RN license and experience. In special circumstances trainee nurses may be accepted onto the program. All nurses require fluent English and must be 18 years of age. On our Peru placement, conversational Spanish is also required. | General medical work which varies from country to country. Facilities and equipment are often basic and limited. | Details | |||||||
| Disaster Nursing | LOCAL | Tristate Medical Reserve Corps | www.swoph.org/tmrc.htm | 513-357-7398 | mrc@gchc.org | No | As able | BOTH | 21 county region in Ohio, Kentucky and Indiana | No cost | 1. Attend an "Introduction Presentation"; 2. Register online at http://www.serveohio.org; 3. Have photo taken for an ID card | Nurses will serve as relief support for first responders; mass dispensing clinics; Alternate Care Center staffing (tent hospital) | Details | |||||||||||
| General Nursing | LOCAL | Oxford College Corner Clinic | 513-524-5421 | Sharon Klein, RN, BSN, Clinical Coordinator | Sklein@mhmh.org | No | As able | BOTH | College Corner, OH/IN and Oxford, OH | No cost | Current OH RN license | Our clinic is comprised of all volunteers - doctors, nurses and office
workers who provide care to the adult population with the goal of reaching
those with chronic illness and helping them stabilize their disease
process. Our clinic currently has 2 clinics per month - the 1st and
3rd Wednesdays of each month in the evenings. So this is not a clinic
that some nurse may want to come and spend a month at, it is the type
of clinic that nurses in the vicinity would like to volunteer at! We
opened out doors in June 2006 and continue to grow. We are totally supported
by grants and volunteers. We provide medication free of charge to our clients, which is our largest expense. |
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| Global Health Nursing | INTERNATIONAL | Ecuador Volunteer Foundation | www.ecuadorvolunteer.org | Reina Victoria 1325 y Lizardo Garcia | Quito | ECUADOR, South America | 00593 2 2564488 | 00593 2 2557749 | info@ecuadorvolunteer.org | Francisco Pastor, President | admin@ecuadorvolunteer.org | Yes | 3 months minimum | LONG | Ecuador | International airfare, travel insurance, application fee and personal expenses | Current RN license, Resume, Police disclosure, Vaccinations up to date, Spanish speaking | Nurses will work in the rural areas around Ecuador with governmental health centers. Ecuador Volunteer Foundation is a non-profit organization legally recognized by the Government of Ecuador, which was constituted through the ministerial agreement No.0350 on October 10, 2005. Currently it is the only organization authorized to select and supply volunteers to third party organizations providing their services in social, community, educational, healthcare and ecological projects/programs throughout Ecuador. | Details | |||||
| Global Health Nursing | INTERNATIONAL | African Child Foundation | www.acf.org.ug | P.O. Box 29523 | Kampala | UGANDA, EAST AFRICA | (+)256 414 151 | cell - +256 782 626 342 | admin@acf.org.ug | Jim Nadiope | Yes | 2 weeks minimum | BOTH | Katebo village; 59 miles from Kampala - Masaka Highway | Volunteer pays $175 USD per week to cover for their accommodation, feeding, airport pick up, local transport the project site and administrations. | Volunteers must have some medical experience to work with these projects. *Medical volunteers must submit a copy of their credentials or nursing certificate. | Volunteers with medical experience are needed to work in the local communities and rural clinics. Most clinics are very busy, understaffed; with limited medical supplies. There is a wide variety of cases but disease such as malaria, HIV/Aids, tuberculosis and syphilis, as well as childbirth/maternity needs are most common. Volunteers with medical training; doctors, nurses, paramedics, lab technicians participate in direct patient care such as diagnosing, injections, IV starts and lab work.. Nursing and medical students are welcome and assist with tasks like dressing wounds, record and immunization chart keeping, helping dispense medications, helping to screen and organize patients and assisting with administrative needs or seminars. Volunteers can also work with the HIV/Aids Prevention Program - Volunteers work with along side the ACF staffs in providing HIV/AIDS education and support to rural communities. This project focuses on providing culturally sensitive methods of awareness and education with the goal of preventing transmission of the disease and seeks to offer assistance and encouragement to those infected with the virus. Some of the activities for volunteers include: Promoting safer sex through education, assisting with home-based care for victims with HIV/Aids, providing free blood testing for the disease, woman empowerment projects for surviving widows of the community, and most especially rural outreach programs to those in need with food distribution, assistance with activities of daily living and providing words of encouragement. Experience in this field is not required. Volunteers with a strong interest in making a difference are welcome | Details | ||||||
| General Nursing | LOCAL | American Red Cross | www.redcross.org | Nurses have always been a cornerstone for the provision of services by the American Red Cross. Historically, Red Cross nurses have provided their assistance during times of disaster and conflict beginning with the 1889 Johnstown floods and the 1888 Yellow Fever epidemic. The Red Cross Nursing Service was formally established by Jane Delano in 1909. Red Cross nursing has also had a major role in the historical evolution of nursing and nursing leadership in the United States with many Red Cross nurses, including Jane Delano, Clara Noyes, Julia Stimson and others playing strategic roles in the development of American nursing. More than 30,000 nurses continue to be involved in paid and volunteer capacities at all levels and in all service areas throughout the American Red Cross. These activities consist of: Providing direct services: e.g. local Disaster Action Teams (DAT), Health Fairs, volunteer in military clinics and hospitals, blood collection team, first aid stations; Teaching and developing courses: CPR/First Aid, Automatic emergency Defibrillator(AED), Disaster Health Services, Nurse Assistant Training, Babysitting, Family Caregiving; Acting in management and supervisory roles: including Chapter and Blood Services region executives; Functioning in governance roles: local board member to national Board of Governors. To volunteer please find and contact your local chapter to find out how to get involved! http://www.redcross.org/where/chapts.asp | Details | |||||||||||||||||||
| Disaster Nursing | LOCAL | Medical Reserve Corps | www.medicalreservecorps.gov | The responsibilities of MRC volunteers vary, depending on the nature of the needs in the community. MRC volunteers can assist during emergencies and assist with public initiatives and ongoing community health outreach and education efforts. Major emergencies can overwhelm the capabilities of first responders, particularly during the first 12 to 72 hours. Medical and other health volunteers can provide an important "surge" capacity during this critical period. They also can augment medical staff shortages at local medical and emergency facilities. In short, communities often need medically trained individuals and others to fill in the gaps in their emergency response plans and to improve their response capabilities overall. MRC volunteers also strengthen the overall health of Americans by participating in general public health initiatives such as flu vaccination clinics and diabetes detection programs. The U.S. Surgeon General has outlined his priorities for the health of individuals and the nation as a whole. With an overarching goal to improve health literacy, he encourages MRC volunteers to work toward increasing disease and injury prevention, eliminating healt |