Primarily, the book covers different global health partnerships and initiatives, focusing on what works/what doesn't work and providing guidance for future partnerships. This is ideal for readers who focus their work in this area."--Doody's Medical Reviews
This innovative text for graduate and undergraduate nursing students fills a void in global health nursing literature by providing essential tools and strategies for building and sustaining productive international partnerships. Based on the premise that partnership is paramount for sustainable outcomes, the book demonstrates how nurses can build sustainable health programs that will improve health outcomes worldwide. Written by two highly experienced global nurses, the book offers expert guidance gained from many years of successful involvement in international collaboration that is supported by detailed real-life examples. It will be of particular interest to nurse educators who undertake projects with their students to ensure that both students and host partners are able to meet their collaborative goals. Additionally, the text provides information that will help nurse educators to perpetuate a successful educational program even after they depart or funding ends.
Case studies from many different perspectives demonstrate positive change effected by nurses working across international boundaries and within their own countries. The text builds on the Conceptual Framework for Partnership and Sustainability in Global Health Nursing developed by Leffers and Mitchell (2010). Additionally, the book reflects the focus on global health competence for nurses in the future (IOM, 2011) as well as that of the American Academy's of Nursing's recently established committee on Global Health.
Key Features:
- Provides expert, essential guidance for nurses who work internationally to build successful partnerships for sustainable programs
- Recommends global solutions to the challenges facing international nursing collaboration
- Includes detailed case studies of successful collaboration
- Based on the Conceptual Framework for Partnership and Sustainability in Global Health Nursing
- Chapters end with reflective questions challenging the reader to apply "lessons learned."
Contributors ix
Foreword by Afaf I. Meleis, PhD, DrPS (hon), FAAN xv
Preface xvii
Acknowledgments xix
Introduction and Perspectives of Global Health 1
Michele J. Upvall, Jeanne M. Leffers, and Emma McKim Mitchell
1. Selecting and Negotiating Partnerships for Collaboration 19
Elizabeth Downes
Case Study 1.1 Selecting an International Project Site:
Health Volunteers Overseas 28
Nancy Kelly
Case Study 1.2 Seeking Higher Education: From Egypt to
the United States 34
Nermine Elcokany and Azza Hussein
Case Study 1.3 Developing and Sustaining Partnerships Through
Global Health in Local Communities 45
Elizabeth Downes and Judith Lupo Wold
2. Nurse and Visiting Organization Factors for Global Partnership 51
Michele J. Upvall
Case Study 2.1 Nurse Educator as Guest in Bhutan 62
Michele J. Upvall
Case Study 2.2 Building and Sustaining an Academic
Partnership in Haiti 69
Jeanne M. Leffers and Gale Hull
3. Nursing Practice and Licensure Across Borders 81
Diane C. Martins and Alicia J. Curtin
Case Study 3.1 Academic Learning Program in the Dominican
Republic: Partnership and Ethical Perspectives 91
Diane C. Martins and Alicia J. Curtin
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4. Host Partner Factors for Partnership and Sustainability 101
Nancy Hoffart, Jenny Vacek, Myrna A. A. Doumit, Judy Liesveld,
and Debra Brady
Case Study 4.1 Considering Host Partner Factors in Developing
a Nursing Program in Lebanon 116
Nancy Hoffart, Jenny Vacek, Myrna A. A. Doumit, Judy Liesveld, and Debra Brady
5. Resources for Global Health Partnerships 123
Jeanne M. Leffers
Case Study 5.1 Educating the Educators: The International Nurse Faculty
Partnership Initiative, Regis College Haiti Project 133
Cherlie Magny-Normilus and Alexis Lawton
Case Study 5.2 Toward a Sustainable Model of International
Public Health Nursing Education 138
Sarah E. Abrams
6. Capacity Building for Global Health Nursing 149
Marie J. Driever, Valentina Sarkisova, Natalia Serebrennikova,
Barbara Mandleco, and Janet L. Larson
Case Study 6.1 The Russian Nurses’ Association Experience of
Establishing Nursing Research as an Organizational Priority 159
Marie J. Driever, Valentina Sarkisova, Natalia Serebrennikova,
Barbara Mandleco, and Janet L. Larson
7. Bridging Cultures 167
Luisa Barton and Jessica Larratt-Smith
Case Study 7.1 Bridging Cultures Within Nations 176
Jessica Larratt-Smith and Luisa Barton
Case Study 7.2 From Global Support to Local Change:
The Impact of the Aga Khan University School of Nursing
Throughout Pakistan 186
Jacqueline Maria Dias
8. Collaboration With International Organizations 193
Jeanne M. Leffers
Case Study 8.1 Collaboration With Rwanda After the
1994 Civil War 205
Julia Plotnick
Case Study 8.2 Rwanda Human Resources for Health Program 208
Anne Sliney and Catherine Uwimana
Case Study 8.3 Promoting the Profession of Nursing Through
Collaboration With Nursing Organizations in Romania 219
Julia Plotnick
Contents vii
9. Making Collaborative Research Work 225
Linda Ciofu Baumann
Case Study 9.1 Conducting Nursing Research in Uganda 233
Linda Ciofu Baumann
10. Maintaining Partnerships Through Leadership 239
Michele J. Upvall
Case Study 10.1 A Partnership Between Two Schools of Nursing 247
Marilyn Lotas and Marcia A. Petrini
Case Study 10.2 The Voluntary Medical Male Circumcision Project:
The Role of the Nurse Leader and Jhpiego Technical Advisor 254
Leah J. Hart, Peter Johnson, and Geoffrey Menego
11. Ongoing Project Support 259
Leah J. Hart and Peter Johnson
Case Study 11.1 Interprofessional Partnerships With a Telehealth
Project in Waslala, Nicaragua 268
Ruth McDermott-Levy and Miguel Angel Estopinan
Case Study 11.2 Using Technology to Support an Ongoing Partnership
for Nursing Education in Uganda 274
Jeanne M. Leffers, Speciosa M. Mbabali, Rose Chalo Nabirye, and
Scovia Nalugo Mbalinda
12. Sustainability of International Nursing Programs 285
Mary E. Riner and Marion E. Broome
Case Study 12.1 Sustaining Public Nursing Education in Liberia 293
Mary E. Riner and Marion E. Broome
13. Host Country Ownership 301
Michele J. Upvall
Case Study 13.1 A Collaborative Project in Remote Villages
in Central Vietnam 307
Jill B. Derstine and Pamela Hoyt-Hudson
Case Study 13.2 Impact of International Volunteers on Nursing Education
and Services at Angkor Hospital for Children and Cambodia 317
Manila Prak
Conclusion: Moving Forward for Global Health 325
Michele J. Upvall and Jeanne M. Leffers
Index 329
- Release Date: April 14, 2014
- Paperback / softback
- 360 Pages
- Trim Size: 7in x 10in
- ISBN: 9780826118684
- eBook ISBN: 9780826118691
