Session 2
Explore the world of nursing and what it takes to become a nurse. Experience the clinical training labs in our state-of-the-art simulation centers and learn about the life of a nurse from local nurses, faculty and our graduate students.
Students gain hands-on experiences in this program, to help them decide whether becoming a registered nurse is for them. They learn from nurses, nurse-faculty and nursing graduate students what the career is like and how to prepare an application to a nursing program. Students explore different kinds of nursing specialties such as maternity, pediatrics, medical-surgical, community health, mental health and emergency nursing and have opportunities to interact with nurses working in those areas. Using state-of-the-art clinical simulations labs, they learn and practice nursing skills. Visits to a local hospital provides them with the opportunity to see what nurses actually do in the real world and hear about the importance of caring and compassion in the profession of nursing.
During the two-week program, students can expect to:
Assistant Dean of Student Affairs, School of Health Sciences
Doctor of Ministry, Emory University, 2019
Master of Divinity, American Baptist Seminary of the West, 2012
Master of Business Administration, Holy Names University, 2007
Bachelor of Business Administration, Holy Names University, 2005
Dr. Sparks serves as the Assistant Dean of Student Affairs for the School of Health Sciences at the University of the Pacific. As the Assistant Dean, Dr. Sparks is responsible for the non-academic programming as well as the care and well-being of the 800+ students that make up the School of Health Sciences located on the Stockton, Sacramento, and San Francisco campuses of the University of the Pacific respectively.
