Emory Health, Fall 2009
An advance nurse practitioner offers one solution for the health care crisis

There comes a time when we face a challenge that defines who we are; a time when meeting the demands of said challenge forces us to reexamine how we have been functioning. In health care, we are at one of those times now. Wherever we turn, the message is clear—improve quality, safety, and accessibility while making cost affordable. Read more...

In the Dominican Republic, faculty member Jenny Foster (second from right) and her team interviewed new mothers and men who had lost their partners or children after birth. In a country twice the size of New Hampshire, women were dying at an alarming rate after giving birth. As small as the Caribbean country of the Dominican Republic was, its maternal death rate was 15 times that of the United States.

Nurses help their Dominican colleagues prevent maternal death. Read more..

Every summer, students and faculty from the School of Nursing make a three-hour trek to Moultrie, Ga. There, in the small agricultural  community, they provide health care to one of America’s most needy populations —migrant farm workers and their families. For two weeks students and faculty, along with community partners, such as the Ellenton Clinic, provide physical examinations and health screenings. They go where the migrant farm workers live and work, setting up shop in their fields and apartment and trailer park complexes. And they work during the day and night to reach this often invisible population, most of whom live in abject poverty. Continue reading and view the photos ...