Survivor Margaret carries the
torch
Leslie Flowers profiles Margaret Bobonich, contestant
on the CBS reality show “Survivor Guatemala: The Maya Empire,”
who discusses her experiences during filming of the show and her
plans to return to Guatemala to help relieve suffering.
Nursing and midwifery: Offsetting
negative influences of globalization
Barbara A. Parfitt, secretary-general of the Global Network of
WHO Collaborating Centres for Nursing and Midwifery Development,
discusses some of the negative influences of globalization and
how the WHO Collaborating Centres for Nursing and Midwifery Development
are working to offset those influences by focusing on the ideals
of equity, justice, participation and empowerment embodied in
the Declaration of Alma-Ata.
One nation’s response to
nurse migration: The view from South Africa
Bhungani ka Mzolo, nurse, member of the Africa Honor Society and
spokesperson for the Gauteng [Province] Health Department in South
Africa, reviews the history of apartheid in South Africa and describes
one initiative that nation is taking to offset the negative impact
of nursing migration.
Homelessness across the continents:
From San Francisco to Dublin
Stu Berger, a clinical nurse specialist and former member of San
Francisco’s Local Homeless Coordinating Board, compares
notes on meeting the needs of the homeless with Alice Leahy, founding
director of the Trust organization, an outreach to the homeless
in Dublin, Ireland.
Helping lift the burden of poverty:
Teaching first aid to the Dalits of rural India
Susan Benedict, professor of nursing at Medical University of
South Carolina, provides an overview of daily struggles experienced
by members of the Dalits caste in India, also known as the Untouchables,
and efforts by health professionals from MUSC to relieve some
of their health needs.
Aga Khan University nurses at
forefront of earthquake disaster
Rafat Jan Rukanuddin, assistant professor and director of BSN
and post-RN BSN programs at Aga Khan University School of Nursing
in Karachi, Pakistan, reports on efforts by AKU nurses to relieve
suffering for survivors of the October 2005 earthquake in Kashmir.
One globe, two worlds: Teaching
and learning in Nepal
Elisa Watters, a nurse practitioner from the state of Washington
(U.S.) recalls cross-cultural challenges and achievements she
experienced in teaching nursing to Tibetan monks.
Akwaaba!
I am welcome!
Valda Boyd Ford, director of community and multicultural affairs
at the University of Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha, describes
a day in her life as the Unite for Sight director of refugee initiatives.
Ford served as a volunteer in 2005 at Buduburam Refugee Camp in
Ghana, Taiama Refugee Camp in Sierra Leone and Galle Refugee Camp
in Sri Lanka, and received a 2005 Humanitarian Service Award from
that organization.
Did we really make a
difference?
Katherine H. Murray Frommelt, chairperson and professor of the
Department of Nursing and Health at Clarke College in Dubuque,
Iowa, recalls her trip as a People to People Ambassador to South
Africa to care for children impacted by HIV/AIDS.
Nurses respond to Hurricane
Katrina
Nurses Amy Spurlock and Deidre Blank report on Hurricane Katrina
relief efforts in which they participated.
A brief history of Turkish nursing
F. Sevgi Hatipoglu, RN, PhD, professor and colonel, Gülhane
Military Medical Academy School of Nursing in Ankara, Turkey,
provides a brief history of Turkish contributions to the profession
of nursing.
