Missouri State University

Nursing Department

Community Outreach

Making the community a classroom

The community provides a training ground for patient interaction and care for all programs in the department. The nursing department has 175 community partnerships with area organizations that allow you to interact and participate in helping those with medical needs in southwest Missouri. As part of a nursing program you will discover the importance of community and your ability to help those around you.

A wide variety of partnerships are in place so that you can develop an understanding of different nursing specialties while gaining the experience you will need after graduation. You will benefit from the supervision of a preceptor in the community to assist you in your outreach experiences.

The nursing department is always developing new relationships with organizations. Some of our partnerships are listed below:

  • Assisting a school nurse

    Work with a school nurse in a local school district and do health assessments and screenings for health issues with students grades K-12. While working with the school nurse you will also assist in health education and learn medical management skills. In schools districts that do not have a nurse on staff; you will work with other nursing students and nursing faculty to provide screenings for health-related issues that require attention. Health fairs at schools serve as an opportunity teach school aged children on the importance of health habits.

  • Camp Barnabas

    All BSN students spend one week in the second summer helping children of all ages and different abilities by completing your pediatric rotation at Camp Barnabas. A faculty member is assigned to every clinical rotation group allowing you to receive one-on-one attention while giving children the chance to enjoy their camp experience.

  • Coalition for Community

    Provide nursing and health care to community organizations the Victory Mission and the Kitchen Inc. in a clinic “without walls.” These locations do not have a registered nurse on site.

  • Jordan Valley Health Center

    Intern in a federally qualified health center that provides services to low-income individuals.

  • Kitchen Inc.

    As an undergraduate student you can provide health screenings, health education and medical referral management to all individuals who are served by the Kitchen Inc., including the medical clinic, the Missouri Hotel, Bill’s Place and Rare Breed. You will work with individuals of all ages and with many different needs.

  • MSU Care

    MSU Care is a partnership between the Kitchen Medical Clinic and the family nurse practitioner program at Missouri State. In this clinic, family nurse practitioner students participate in clinical rotations and treat patients who do not otherwise have access to quality medical care. This clinic is for family practitioner students to begin seeing patients with supervision from faculty in the department.