Global Health Nursing & Midwifery

Protecting the Global Nurse-Regional Conference 3/25/10, Univ. MD, Baltimore

Started by Linda Hassan on 20 Mar 2010
Last edited by Sophie Beauvais on 18 Oct 2010

Protecting the Global Nurse-Regional Conference
University of Maryland, Baltimore

To learn more about the conference, click here: http://nursing.umaryland.edu/calendar/event/2796

For online registration go to: http://peopleware.net/index.cfm?siteCode=0216&


Date: Thursday, 25 March 2010
Time: 08:30 - 12:30
Location: University of Maryland, School of Nursing
655 West Lombard Street, Rm 140

Regardless of where they work in the world, nurses face many threats to their personal safety in the course of their practice, and protecting nurses has become a serious global health issue. Nurses often bear the
brunt of patient frustration and anger because they are the most readily available and vulnerable targets. Nurses particularly run the risk of assault and violence by patients, especially patients with mental illness. In addition, because the global nursing workforce continues to be predominantly women, nurses are subjected to gender-based violence.

Nurses are exposed to environmental hazards in the workplace as well, including blood borne pathogens, dangerous chemicals, and infectious
diseases, in part due to a lack of appropriate protective equipment and safety procedures. In most countries, nurses must also manage increasingly burdensome workloads and chronic stress associated with unsafe and non-supportive work environments.

The combination of environmental threats can result in musculoskeletal deterioration and
injury, as well as chronic fatigue and burnout. The end result is a loss of nurses from the profession, nurse migration, and serious physical illness.

This conference will present the current state
of affairs of nurses’ health and safety, explore the issue through case studies, and offer interdisciplinary solutions for protecting nurses
and the global nursing workforce.

Keynote Speaker:

Susan Wilburn, MPH, RN
Technical Officer, Occupational and Environmental Health, Public Health and the Environment
World Health Organization,
Geneva, Switzerland

Endnote Speaker:

R. Kevin Mallinson,
PhD, RN, AACRN, FAAN
Assistant Professor, Department of Nursing
School of Nursing and Health Studies, Georgetown University

Fees:

University
of Maryland students: Free
All other participants: $10
On site registration for all: $10

Registration is required

For online registration go to: http://peopleware.net/index.cfm?siteCode=0216&


Poster Presentations:
Poster presentations will be displayed
from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m.

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Nurses for Global Health
http://www.umaryland.edu/ngh/nfgh.html

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