The global health service partnership: An academic-clinical partnership to build nursing capacity in Sub-Saharan Africa
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Eileen M. Stuart-Shor, ANP-BC, FAAN; Julie Anathan, RN; Linda Jacobsen, RN, CNM, CFNP; Laura Foradori, RN; Elizabeth Cunningham
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- Seed Global Health, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Session presented on Friday, April 8, 2016:
In 83 countries in the world there is a severe shortage of nurses to care for the world’s most vulnerable populations, a situation made worse by the dire shortage of nursing faculty. The proposed model seeks to strengthen nursing education/delivery by working with partner countries to meet their long-term health care human resource needs.
Nursing Education Research Conference Theme: Research as a Catalyst for Transformative Practice
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| Keywords | Nursing Education; Nursing Workforce; Global Health |
| Name | Nursing Education Research Conference 2016 |
| Host | Sigma Theta Tau International; National League for Nursing |
| Location | Washington, DC, USA |
| Date | 2016 |
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