09/25/2026
Graduate-entry nursing students from The Ohio State University College of Nursing traveled to Northern Ireland for a two-week immersion into one of the world’s most distinctive health systems.
Based at Ulster University’s campuses in Derry~Londonderry and Belfast, students spent their days comparing the United Kingdom’s National Health Service and Northern Ireland’s integrated Health and Social Care model with the U.S. health system they are training to enter.
“This is exactly the kind of experience that shapes a nurse’s entire worldview,” said Dr. Stephen McGhee, director of international educational initiatives. “Watching our students grapple with how a border can either divide health care or, through genuine cooperation, actually strengthen it — that’s a lesson no lecture hall back in Columbus could ever teach. These fourteen students returned home with a far deeper understanding of what population health really means, and I have no doubt it will shape how they practice for the rest of their careers.”
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