Global Health Nursing & Midwifery

Hello All
Would it be possible to post some of the contents of the discussion on this
site? I am particularly
interested in collaboration in Nursing Education, but cannot tell from the
information posted if
the focus is on nursing practice, nursing education, student exchange, etc.


I am in Kenya working with Moi University which moved from a Department in
the School of Medicine
to a *School of Nursing* in August 2011. It has been a transformational
move for them and so exciting
to see what happens when censorship is removed and the new Dean is able to
relate to the rest of
the University on an equal footing. They can now enhance nursing education
in so many ways that
were stymied until now.

Ruth E Brink, Ph D, RN, CPNP

Is there a cost for this Disscussion/Presentation?

What a wonderful opportunity for the nursing students in Kenya. The students and especially the people receiving their care will benefit.

I helped start the first baccalaureate nursing program in Haiti. The Pastor of my church was asked by Haitians for help to start a nursing school. I had just retired as a nursing professor and my Pastor asked me in the Spring of 2001. I agreed to try. I had lots of help from colleagues and from Haitians. One of the hardest problems is preparation of nurse faculty. Haiti currently does not have a system that facilitates nursing education. Haitian students can "graduate" from high school when they complete 13 years (7 primary and 6 secondary) of schooling, but they are not eligible to enter the university unless they take the 14th year (7th secondary) of high school. Many men and women do not complete that 14th year and thus are not eligible to enter a university program. Up to now, all the nursing programs in Haiti have been diploma programs, although they may be "associated with" a university in name, they have not had a baccalaureate level education.

The school, Faculté des Sciences Infirmières de l'Université Episcopale ...

What a wonderful opportunity for the nursing students in Kenya. The students and especially the people receiving their care will benefit.

I helped start the first baccalaureate nursing program in Haiti. The Pastor of my church was asked by Haitians for help to start a nursing school. I had just retired as a nursing professor and my Pastor asked me in the Spring of 2001. I agreed to try. I had lots of help from colleagues and from Haitians. One of the hardest problems is preparation of nurse faculty. Haiti currently does not have a system that facilitates nursing education. Haitian students can "graduate" from high school when they complete 13 years (7 primary and 6 secondary) of schooling, but they are not eligible to enter the university unless they take the 14th year (7th secondary) of high school. Many men and women do not complete that 14th year and thus are not eligible to enter a university program. Up to now, all the nursing programs in Haiti have been diploma programs, although they may be "associated with" a university in name, they have not had a baccalaureate level education.

The school, Faculté des Sciences Infirmières de l'Université Episcopale d'Haïti (FSIL) in Léogâne, Haïti, opened in 2005 and now has 50 graduates (all employed) with several willing to work on a Master's through online. We put together a grant for a one-year preparatory certificate online program from Rutgers University to prepare them to do an online Masters program. Two of the areas we especially wanted to strengthen were in library access and scientific writing. Rutgers faculty and the FSIL graduates have done a very good job and will complete the certificate program soon. We are trying very hard to find funding to go ahead with the online Master's which will give advanced clinical and teaching preparation with the program housed in the Episcopal University of Haiti, but run by Rutgers faculty. We are working with dedicated Haitians to advance nursing education and service in Haiti.

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Ruth Barnard
Haiti Nursing Foundation
Ann Arbor, Michigan 48106-3008
www.haitinursing.org
Supporting advancement of nursing in Haiti

Ruth, that's a great question and I'll ask the conference folks about the possibility of us posting some of the contents online here. I, myself, won't be able to attend either, but I'd love to still read about what happens.

Debbie, there does not appear to be any cost. It looks like folks can earn one free contact hour of continuing education, sponsored by the Pauline Wheble Tripp Fund. When I went to the registration page, there's nothing about payment.

Maggie, This may be a great place for all of the institutions that have academic programs that involve global nursing to share some of their activities. At the MGH Institute of Health Professions, we have had courses that involved work in the Dominican Republic and South Africa. Independent scholars have also worked in Russia and in Central and South America. In 2 1/2 weeks I will be taking a group of students to Swaziland where the Goldfarb School of Nursing at the Barnes Jewish College maintains a site.
If we could identify where each of the nursing programs takes or send students, the course requirements that are fulfilled, and the needs of the site, perhaps we could collaborate in creating a win-win situation for the sites and the students, Additionally we would be able to have a more consistent presence if that would be helpful to the site. What do the rest of you think?

Maggie and Inga:
Thanks for this comment. At the Global Nursing Caucus, we are planning to
become a clearing house where we can post projects which nurses are doing
globally including the ones you people are doing. http://
http://blogs.bu.edu/globalnursingcaucus/
We look forward to working together.

Monica Onyango and Barbara Waldorf
Global Nursing Caucus

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*Barbara Waldorf BSN, MPH (12)

Maggie and Inga:
Thanks for this comment. At the Global Nursing Caucus, we are planning to
become a clearing house where we can post projects which nurses are doing
globally including the ones yo have mentioned. The link to the GNC:
http://blogs.bu.edu/globalnursingcaucus/

Monica Onyango and Barbara Waldorf
for the Global Nursing Caucus

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*Barbara Waldorf BSN, MPH (12)

Dear Monica and Barbara, The clearinghouse is a wonderful start to having a more collaborative approach to the activities we undertake with various colleagues in other countries. The clearinghouse you are initiating when combined with other such efforts elsewhere in the U.S, Canada, Australia and other countries may provide the basis for a more coherent approach to such activities with potentially a bigger impact on access to care and other issues of common concern. Thank you for your efforts in bringing the clearinghouse to fruition.