Full Description
The narratives in this book offer rare and much-needed insight into the lived experiences and contributions of the largest cadre of global health workers: The nurses who have dedicated their careers and their lives to serving the world's poor.
--Paul Farmer, MD, PhD, Kolokotrones University Professor
Harvard University; Co-Founder, Partners in Health
Global health nursing--as a career or as a time-limited experience in personal and professional growth--is a rapidly growing specialty area. This unique book presents firsthand accounts from nurses at all professional levels, who share their life-changing experiences and insights with nurses interested in the global health arena. Written with compassion and humor, their stories emphasize the practical, challenging, and rewarding aspects of global health nursing. Contributors describe their motivation for working in global health, along with the rewards and challenges.
The authors discuss the importance of approaching global nursing with humility, respect, and appreciation for what they will learn from their colleagues. They describe how global health work has enhanced their ability to provide quality care to diverse populations, which include recent immigrants living in the United States. In addition to these vivid accounts, the book discusses the parameters of global health nursing, how to prepare for this nursing experience, key resources, global nursing research, and nurses as global health consultants. Woven throughout the book are descriptions of how these nurses have encouraged--through teaching and mentoring--the next generation of global health nurses. The book also provides coverage of domestic global health initiatives.
Key Features:
Presents firsthand accounts of the practical, challenging, and rewarding aspects of global health nursing Describes assumptions challenged and lessons learned Written for nurses at all stages of professional life Discusses varied opportunities in global health nursing, which includes research and consulting Covers domestic global health initiatives Assists faculty to prepare themselves and their students for global health endeavors
Contents
Acknowledgements
Preface
Christina Harlan
Forward
Sheila M. Davis
Prologue: How Vision Forms
Laura Calamos Nasir
PART I: Global Health Nursing in Clinical Practice: Determined to Make a Difference
Chapter 1 - An Unexpected Path: From Domestic Cancer Care to Global HIV Work
Marie Collins Donahue
Chapter 2 - Patience, Understanding and Advocacy: Scrubbing Babies in Africa
Tina Anselmi-Moulaye
Chapter 3 - A Worthy Endeavor: A Very Determined Nurse Achieves her Goal
Naomi J. Blackman-Abdellaoui
Chapter 4 - A Nurse's Conflict: Care Diverted During a Coup
Anna Freeman
Chapter 5 - Here Among Us: Caring for Migrant and Immigrant Patients in Rural USA
Candace Kugel
Chapter 6 - Therapeutic Communication: Bridging Cultural and Language Differences
Christina Martinez Kim
Chapter 7 - Hope for a Changing System: Experiences of a Haitian Colleague
Naomie Marcelin
Chapter 8 - Comparing Health Systems: A Scottish Nurse Finds Herself in North Carolina
Linda Joseph
Chapter 9 - Missionary Nursing: Life among an Indonesian Tribe
Trevor Johnson and Teresa Johnson
PART II: Global Health Nursing as an Avocation: A Passion for Doing More
Chapter 10 - Rising from the Ashes: Hospice, Health and Holism in Sierra Leone
Jacqui Boulton
Chapter 11 - Resilience and Recovery: Mental Health Care in Post Conflict Rwanda
Carole Bennett
Chapter 12 - Entre las Estrellas: Among the Stars
Jana Mervine
Chapter 13 - Promises to Keep: Building Partnerships to Make a Difference
Jenny Hartsell
Chapter 14 - Changing Lives for the Better: A Week with Shared Beat in Guatemala
Jane Calthrop
Chapter 15 - From Foot Soaks to Self-Care: A Nursing Response to Homelessness
Margaret Thornton
Chapter 16 - Serving People Living with HIV/AIDS: A World of Difference
Mike Olufemi
PART III: Global Health Nursing in Research and Consultation: Sharing Knowledge
Chapter 17 - With Real Heart: Nursing and Midwifery in Latin America
Jennifer Foster
Chapter 18 - Mi Camino, Mis Compañeros: My Journey, My Colleagues
Kim L. Larson
Chapter 19 - Do no Harm: A WHO Nurse Looks Back
Joyce Smith
Chapter 20 - My Life is an Adventure: It's not for the Faint Hearted- but it is worth it!
Pamela A. McQuide
Chapter 21 - Nous sommes Ensemble: We are Together
Ruth-Anne McLendon
Epilogue: Same Body, Different Rules
Laura Calamos Nasir
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