Strengthening Nursing And Midwifery In The Caribbean Through International Collaboration

A caller publication highlights nan occurrence of an world business moving to fortify nursing and midwifery successful nan Caribbean. "Fostering International Collaborations to Inform Nursing and Midwifery Policy: A Caribbean Initiative," appears successful the International Nursing Review. It was led by Penn Nursing's Eileen T. Lake, PhD, RN, FAAN, nan Edith Clemmer Steinbright Professor successful Gerontology, with Carmen Alvarez, PhD, CRNP, CNM, FAAN, Associate Professor of Nursing, serving arsenic co-author.

The inaugural was created to support nan strategical goals of nan Pan American Health Organization/World Health Organization (PAHO/WHO) for nursing and midwifery workforce improvement successful nan Caribbean region. The Caribbean faces important challenges successful this area, including precocious rates of migration and captious workforce shortages. Together, nan CC collaborative streamlined nan process for collecting broad (i.e., (education, practice, and policy), region-wide information and reduced nan load connected study respondents.

The publication specifications nan development, implementation, and effect of nan initiative. Key structures, displayed successful nan colorful Figure 2, included nan Pan American Collaborating Centers for Nursing and Midwifery (PANMCC) network, general leadership, and support from PAHO. The process progressive regular communication, stakeholder engagement, and a collaborative attack to study design.

The collaboration led to nan successful creation and implementation of a broad study to 20 Caribbean countries, which resulted successful a 100% consequence complaint from nan state Chief Nursing Officers and a 60% consequence complaint from board of higher education. Unexpected benefits of nan inaugural included nan strengthening of nan PANMCC web and nan creation of caller opportunities for collaboration.

"The paper's findings show nan imaginable for coordinated efforts to pass nursing and midwifery quality resources for wellness argumentation and believe successful regions pinch constricted resources," said Lake, who besides serves arsenic Associate Director of Penn Nursing's Center for Health Outcomes and Policy Research.

Lake and Alvarez correspond Penn Nursing's Collaborating Center (CC) for Nursing and Midwifery, which is designated by nan World Health Organization (WHO) to fulfill activities to reside WHO priorities. Lake spearheaded this inaugural that included six different Pan American CCs and unit of nan Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), comprising a full of 15 co-authors who collaborated complete 18 months.