Center for Global Nursing and Healthcare

Nursing is without borders, impacting the health of young and old, rich and poor, individuals, families, communities and nations throughout the world. The Center for Global Nursing facilitates nursing students, faculty, alumni and community partners to become exceptional citizens in a global society.

Nursing students in Costa Rica in Summer 2023

TWU Nursing students continue in Costa Rica in Summer 2023

TWU Nursing students participate in care in Costa Rica in Summer 2023

TWU Nursing students help a clinic in Costa Rica in Summer 2023

CGN Director Brenda Moore, PhD, traveled to Saudi Arabia with Texas International Education Consortium, to collaborate with Prince Muhammad University

CGN Director Brenda Moore, PhD, in Saudi Arabia with Texas International Education Consortium, to collaborate with Prince Muhammad University

TWU students and faculty enjoying the Beijing Temple of Heaven, China.

TWU students floating down the Tien Giang river, part of the Mekong river tributaries.

TWU Nursing students floating down the Tien Giang river, part of the Mekong river tributaries.

TWU nursing students on a beach off the coast of Vietnam.

TWU nursing students visit a beach off the coast of Vietnam.

Global Partnerships

The Center for Global Nursing has been promoting global health and nursing education since 2001, forming longstanding partnerships that make a difference for the healthcare workforce and world health.

A partnership with Daejeon Health Sciences College brings nursing students from Korea for a 2-week visit to learn about critical cardiovascular disorders and women’s health.
Academic curriculum requirements join nurse practitioner students with their counterparts at Rotterdam University in The Netherlands to collaborate on case study discussions and presentations.
TWU faculty assist in a World Health Organization-funded research study at the University of Witwatersrand in South Africa to test an intervention for women abused during pregnancy.
Four years of collaborative activities between CGN and several universities with nursing programs in Peru have provided rich student experiences and research projects that will begin in 2018.
Similar health care concerns provide instant connections between health care colleagues in China, Vietnam, Indonesia and CGN.

Learn more about our Global Partnerships.

Our commitments with nursing colleagues around the world are long-term. Very little can be accomplished in one short visit. Relationship building, mutual respect, caring and appreciation are key. Joan Edwards, PhD, Director of TX Woman's Center for Global Nursing

Visiting Scholars and International Programs

Nursing scholars from around the world come to TWU College of Nursing to share their insights and enrich our global perspective. 2017 visiting scholars include:

Jianhong (Amy) Qiao, M(Med) Nursing, B(Med) Nursing from Shandong, China
Mijong Kim, PhD, MS, BS from Daejeon, Korea

In addition, nurses living outside the United States are invited to Texas through our International Health Professions Nurse Mentor Program. The program pairs visiting nurses with faculty mentors to develop areas of interest or expertise and conduct research.

Learn more about our visiting scholars and international programs.

International Opportunities

One of the best ways to understand the global nature of our profession is to expand your horizons and experience it in person. Elective courses in 2018 will take students, faculty, alumni and community partners to the Netherlands, Peru, and Indonesia.

Learn more about international opportunities available to our students.

News & Events More news & events

Nursing students volunteer in different ways in Costa Rica

Korean nursing students attended the Global Nursing Program at TWU Dallas

Nursing provides rare experience to Korean nursing students

CGN Announces International Nursing Education Journal Club

CGN names. research grant for Joan Edwards

CGN names research grant after Edwards

Moore, Mbango to speak at Kenya conference

Meeting results in MOU with Peruvian university

Page last updated 12:23 PM, December 14, 2023