Clean-up workers battling the Gulf of Mexico oil disaster, along with local residents, are faced with a long list of serious physical and mental health dangers, including chemical dangers, heat stress and mental health problems like depression. Linda McCauley, Dean of Emory University's Nell Hogdson Woodruff School of Nursing, discusses these dangers. McCauley will participate in an Institute of Medicine (IOM) workshop exploring the long- and short-term health effects of the Gulf Oil disaster.
In June, 34 nursing students and faculty from the Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing traveled 225 miles south of Atlanta to Moultrie, Georgia to provide health care to nearly 1,000 impoverished farm workers and their children. During this two-week intensive service-learning program, the nurse practitioner and undergraduate nursing students worked 16 hours a day, attaining more than 90 clinical hours. The students work alongside other allied health students in physical therapy, psychology, pharmacy and dental hygiene to bring desperately needed health care to one of Georgia's most medically underserved populations.
Associate Professor Lynn Sibley will be inducted into the 2010 fellowship class of the American Academy of Nursing. Induction into the AAN Fellowship is considered one of the highest honors in nursing. Fellows are elected through a highly selective process that recognizes individuals who have made major contributions to nursing and health care and whose work has influenced health policies benefiting all Americans.
Dr. Sibley is well-known for her efforts to enhance maternal and newborn health in Ethiopia
Twilla Haynes 80N used her passion for health care in one of the world's most struggling nations: Haiti. She was shocked by the poor health of the population and took action by providing health care.
