Dianne Longson

Dianne Longson replied to "The Anatomy of Leadership: Driving Your Nursing Career through Efficacy: May 2, 2013 in Boston" in the Global Health Nursing & Midwifery community.

I agree that for some leadership is innate but there are also many leaders for whom this is not true. It is also true that sometimes the one who is the formally nominated leader is supported (or sometimes circumvented) by others who are or become informal leaders. Regardless of whether ...

Dianne Longson started a discussion "Septic tanks and cytotoxic human waste". in the Endemic Non-Communicable Diseases community.

We are planning to establish a day centre for chemotherapy infusions. In the planning the question of human waste, cytotoxicity and septic tanks arose. Most of the online material indicates that there is no problem but it all refers to the waste from a single individual in a home septic ...

Dianne Longson replied to "Challenges in Nursing Education" in the Global Health Nursing & Midwifery community.

What an interesting discussion, with some very interesting links. A long time ago (1980s) as a post-registration bachelor degree student I was privileged to complete a clinical course that was totally self directed from choosing the subject up to and including criteria for assessment and how marks would be allocated ...

Dianne Longson replied to "nursing in Rwanda" in the Global Health Nursing & Midwifery community.

Hi Alison, Julie is in Rwanda. If possible, bring original qualifications with you as well as certified copies and leave certified copies at home in UK.. They have been very particular about this in the past. It is not an expensive or difficult process here but it is unlikely that ...

Dianne Longson replied to "Building Nurse Mentoring Programs focused on Quality Improvement GHDonline Virtual Panel Discussion Sept 19-23" in the Global Health Nursing & Midwifery community.

Hello Manzi, thanks for the new discussion topic. I am looking forward to some wonderful input as we discuss this innovative project. You have mentioned some of the activities through which mentoring functions are expressed. However I think it would be very useful if youcould answer a few more questions. ...