Global Network and Activities 

The mission of the Lillian Carter Center for International Nursing (LCCIN) is to strengthen the global capacity of nurses to improve the health of vulnerable people worldwide through nursing education, research, practice, and policy. LCCIN focuses on enhancing the impact of nursing globally through targeted international academic exchange, partnerships fostering scholarship, creation of a forum for exploration of issues related to the global supply, demand, distribution, and quality of the nursing workforce worldwide, and through increasing access to relevant training and education. The LCCIN offers unique capabilities in the area of Human Resource Development. Its global networking capabilities are detailed below.

Global Nursing Leadership Groups

The Lillian Carter Center for International Nursing serves in the unique role of Secretariat of the Global Government Chief Nursing Officers Network. In this capacity, the Center is committed to the ongoing development of nurses in senior government leadership roles and strengthening their collaboration with key partners. LCCIN’s role as Secretariat resulted from the request of the Chief Nursing Officers at the end of the first Global Nursing Partnerships conference in October, 2001. The first GNP brought together for the first time both Chief Nursing Officers (CNO) and National Nursing Association Presidents (NNA) from over 60 countries for a 5 day conference. These nursing leaders worked together for three days discussing countrywide issues and attending educational sessions. Human Resource leaders from these countries convened with the CNOs and NNAs for an additional 2 day session for education and to do countrywide-planning. LCCIN maintains a Web page and ongoing interaction with Chief Nursing Officers worldwide.

Global Government Health Partners Leadership Forum
June 21-25, 2004

Dr. Jeffrey Koplan, Vice President for Academic Affairs for Emory’s Woodruff Health Sciences Center and former director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and Dean Marla Salmon were co-chairs of the Secretariat for this Forum. The first three days of the five-day conference brought together CNOs from 70 developed and developing nations around the world in a unique global networking environment. The goal of the three-day CNO meeting was to prepare these nurse leaders to take a major role at the table of health policy development and implementation in their respective countries and, through partnering and mutual exchange, to become part of a larger team of professionals who are addressing global health issues. The last two days of the conference brought together CNOs and Chief Medical Officers (CMOs) worldwide to focus on the critical role the partnership between government nursing and physician leaders plays in identifying and managing biological threats. Professional visits and sessions with experts and agencies, including the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), CARE, the American Cancer Society, the Center for Public Health Preparedness and Research at Emory University, and others were included in the schedule.

Commonwealth Health Minister’s Steering Committee for Nursing and Midwifery

Dr. Anna Maslin, Director of the Commonwealth Steering Committee for Nursing and Midwifery (CSCNM) is a Fellow of the LCCIN and was on the steering committee for the first GNP conference and was also an active participant in planning for the second GNP in 2004. With access to all Commonwealth countries, our close relationship with this committee affords us increased contact with Ministries of Health and Chief Nursing Officers from these countries.

In 2003, the CSCNM asked the LCCIN to undertake a review of the relevant literature on the supporting evidence of the value of nursing and midwifery interventions. This document was produced and was distributed in May 2003 to all Health Ministers, National Chief Nursing Officers and Presidents of all National Nursing Association in all Commonwealth Countries and to partnering organizations including WHO, the International Confederation of Midwives and the International Council of Nurses.

Caring That Counts

"Caring That Counts: The Evidence Base for the Effectiveness of Nursing & Midwifery Interventions" co-written by LCCIN & the Commonwealth Steering Committee for Nursing and Midwifery, 2003. (PDF file)

Sigma Theta Tau’s International Academic Nursing Alliance (IANA)

LCCIN serves as a Beta site for testing IANA's international nursing collaborative web site. The IANA system is set up to allow the sharing of academic resources and opportunities between schools of nursing, faculty, and students world wide by making a match between those that seek resources and those that possess them. The IANA system will never capture, hold or possess any of the content. Rather, it is set up to “make a match” between users. Once a match has been made, it is up to each person or organization to make the necessary arrangements. Users will contact the university, dean, or faculty member directly to pursue the information, resources or opportunities they desire.