University of Delaware
07/10/2026 | Press release | Archived content
Beyond traditional clinicals
Beyond traditional clinicals
Article by Amy Cherry Photos courtesy of Emma Holleran July 10, 2026
Honors nursing students study abroad in Ireland, teaching English to Ukrainian refugees and developing cultural competence
As she sat in the Philadelphia Airport awaiting her flight to Ireland, University of Delaware nursing student Kim Steinberg was already feeling homesick.
Fast-forward four months: "I was sadder to leave Ireland than I was to go there," Steinberg said.
Her roommate, Emma Holleran, remembers feeling similarly on her first day at UD. Just 30 minutes away from her home in Middletown, she kept telling herself, "You can always go home." That thought pushed her to put one foot in front of the other as she boarded the plane to Ireland.
Holleran, Steinberg and Aoife Riordan, all honors nursing majors, were among 14 students who spent the semester abroad at the University of Limerick (UL) through a partnership with UD's School of Nursing (SON). In its fourth year, the program allows students to spend an entire semester abroad in Ireland - a rarity for nursing students. There, they take nursing courses, learn alongside students from around the world, travel across Europe and participate in immersive clinical experiences.
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