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- Title
Supporting a Nursing Program in a Low-Income Country: A Collaborative Project.
- Authors
Alexandre, Margarett; Leveille-Tulce, Anne Marie Berthe; Frederickson, Keville
- Abstract
Background: Healthcare professionals' number in Haiti is reported to be 5,400: 2.8 per 1000, or 1.8 nurses and one physician per 10,000 people. There is a need for well-trained professional nurses to care for the population and educate incoming nursing professionals. The City University of New York's (CUNY) involvement in a project to strengthen the nursing school at the Université Publique d'Artibonite aux Gonaives (UPAG), is an essential initiative that can help improve Haiti's health care system. Methods : Members of the CUNY faculty team traveled to Haiti to conduct the initial needs assessment. They met with students and faculty at UPAG. A program was designed to respond to the need's assessment findings. CUNY faculty for the UPAG project were selected from a core member of CUNY Chancellor's Haiti Initiative team. It included educational sessions for senior students and an opportunity for UPAG nursing faculty to participate in a professional development program. Conclusion: The project fulfilled the needs for faculty and students' supports. However, there is still more work to be done. To this end, two UPAG nursing faculty participated in a Master's in Nursing program at Regis University and CUNY faculty continued to support students through a mentorship program.
- Subjects
HAITI; NEW York (State); MIDDLE-income countries; PROFESSIONAL employee training; NURSING education; INTERPROFESSIONAL relations; LOW-income countries; UNIVERSITIES &; colleges; NEEDS assessment; NURSING students; ADULT education workshops
- Publication
International Journal of Nursing Education, 2021, Vol 13, Issue 2, p62
- ISSN
0974-9349
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.37506/ijone.v13i2.14635