Current News
Alternative Spring Break in Jamaica and the Bahamas. Information sessions in Room 400: Friday 12/8 at 12pm and Tuesday, 12/12 at 12pm.
The LCCIN hosted the biennial Global Government Chief Nursing Officers Institute and the Global Health Partners Forum October 29-November 3, 2006.
Post-Conference Web Page (Coming Soon)
Past News
President Jimmy Carter
On February 24, in honor of NHWSN’s 100 th Centennial, former President Jimmy Carter came to the School of Nursing with a special visit to the Lillian Carter Center for International Nursing, named for his mother. President Carter spoke to a standing-room-only group of nursing students and staff, not only as a former president and Nobel Prize winner, but more importantly as an honorary nurse. After a brief address, Carter opened up and allowed students to ask questions, which mostly pertained to health care and the nursing community.
Watch the video of his visit in Real Audio or Windows Media
See pictures of his visit in Pictures Part 1
Pictures Part 2
Dean Marla Salmon
On May 2-3, Dean Salmon will represent LCCIN and will Chair a “Stakeholders Meeting on Nursing and Midwifery Contributions to the Millennium Development Goals” at WHO in Geneva. This meeting will include senior global health leaders in and outside of WHO in the area of human resources development with a particular focus on how the global nursing and midwifery workforce can be developed to help meet the global Millennium Development Goals. It is expected that outcomes will include key global partnerships. LCCIN has been invited as well for its work in global workforce development and chief nursing officer leadership.
Mitchell Clarke and Thelma Campbell
Sigma Theta Tau's (STTI) annual induction was held on Tuesday, April 12, at 7:00 p.m. in the Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing's auditorium. Vickie Moore, CNO of St. Joseph's Hospital, was the speaker. International inductees included Mitchell Clarke, CNO of Barbados, and Thelma Campbell, former CNO of the Bahamas. Mr. Clarke also heads up the RNB of the Caribbean. Mr. Clarke and Mrs. Campbell are global nursing leaders who have contributed greatly to nursing both in their countries and abroad. STTI, Honor Society of Nursing, provides leadership and scholarship in nursing practice education and research to enhance the health of all people. It supports the learning and professional development of its members, who strive to improve nursing care worldwide.
Theresa Fyffe
On March 22, Theresa Fyffe arrived in Atlanta for a two day meeting with faculty and students regarding policy and political leadership and what that means to the nursing profession. Theresa is a Nursing Officer responsible for Policy, Practice Development and Research with the Scottish Executive Health Department Nursing Division in Edinburgh, Scotland. Through a travel scholarship, Theresa received the opportunity to come to the School of nursing to investigate policy development and future development of nurses. Since working in SEHD Theresa’s interest and expertise in health policy development is growing. She routinely lectures to nurses on the relationship of policy to health care and practice and nursing influence in policy making and research.
Dr. Dan Kaseje
At this year’s Ada Fort Lecture on April 4, Dr. Dan Kaseje, the Chief Executive of TICH (The Tropical Institute of Community Health and Development) in Kenya, discussed “The Interconnectivity of Faith and Health in Global Health Care”. He holds a degree in medicine, public health and Christian studies with a strong background in community health, project management and direction in several international and national organizations. The Ada Fort Lectureship is funded through an endowment established by the family and friends of Ada Fort, former Dean of Emory School of Nursing to enrich the academic, professional and personal lives of students by providing them the opportunity to interact with outstanding scholars whose research and accomplishments have received national or international attention. Dr. Kaseje also met with faculty and students to discuss additional ways that LCCIN and TICH can work together.
Caribbean Nursing
Dean Marla Salmon played a key role in the Caribbean in the creation and inauguration of the Johnson & Johnson sponsored recruitment and retention of Caribbean nurses campaign ‘Year of the Caribbean Nurse.’ The LCCIN was a lead partner in the development and launching of this campaign and is exploring the potential to build on these relationships Chief Nursing Officers (CNOs), Caribbean Regional Nursing Body, PAHO to develop other initiatives within in the region. Led by Dean Marla Salmon, LCCIN continues to work to strengthen nursing and midwifery in the Caribbean by working with the Caribbean Regional Nursing Body and with the CNOs of individual countries.
Dean Salmon: Advisor to WHO’s Chief Scientist for Nursing and Midwifery and the Commonwealth Health Minister’s Steering Committee for Nursing and Midwifery
Dean Marla Salmon traveled to Sri Lanka in February to give a major speech at a regional meeting of Chief Nursing Officers following the deadly tsunamis. She is working with the The Commonwealth Health Minister's Steering Committee for Nursing and Midwifery (54 countries) to address specific concerns in different countries in the area. Dean Salmon also works with Dr. Jean Yan, WHO's chief scientist for nursing and midwifery.
Field Experiences For MSN/MPH Students
The School of Nursing, in partnership with the Rollins School of Public Health, offers dual master’s degrees in International Health. This program aims to prepare leaders in international nursing and public health, granting dual degrees in both areas (MSN and MPH). The program is housed in the Lillian Carter Center for International Nursing in the Emory University School of Nursing. This program embodies the School’s commitment to the global advancement of health through nursing. As part of the course curriculum, each student participates in a summer practicum in a developing country. In 2004, student practica included sites in Kenya, Ethiopia and the Republic of Georgia.
The Home-based Lifesaving Skills Program
From December 1-18, Lynn Sibley, Associate Clinical Professor, traveled to Liben District, Guzi Zone of Southern Ethiopia to conduct a final evaluation of the Home-based Lifesaving Skills Program. This program is a collaboration between the American College of Nurse Midwives, Save the Children Federation/US, and the Ethiopian Ministry of Health.
Tbilisi, The Republic of Georgia
Four nurse educators from the former soviet Republic of Georgia arrived in Atlanta on February 12, 2005 to attend a nursing education Teaching Institute designed to train faculty. NHWSN started this Teaching Institute in the summer two years ago in response to the faculty shortage in the United States. The visit of these nurses will be the first international effort of the Institute. They will be hosted by the Lillian Carter Center for International Nursing (LCCIN). The country of Georgia has no university based education for its nurses. The visitors are physicians who have worked as or with nurses and with the partnership between Atlanta and Tbilisi (note: In Georgia—after two years of medical school, the medical student can work as a nurse). Partners for International Development (PfID), funded by USAID through AIHA, is a consortium of academic institutions, but home based at Emory University under the leadership of Dr. Kenneth Walker. PfID is funding much of this three and a half month visit in order to expose Georgian educators to a western style of nursing education. Open Society Georgia (Soros) i s also contributing tuition for these educators. The visitors will be attending regular undergraduate nursing courses as well as working with Dr. Helen O’Shea and the Teaching Institute. The outcome of this visit will be a nursing curriculum, translated in to Georgian, that can be taught at the university level, increased ability to teach nursing using sound educational principles and insight into delivering meaningful continuing education to practicing nurses in Georgia. Visitors are Natia Partskhladze, Ma ia Gogashvili, Maia Jashi and Shorina Mindadze. Dr. Judith Wold, an alumni of NHWSN (MN, 81) and an academic fellow of the Lillian Carter Center for International Nursing, has worked with PfID and the former Atlanta-Tbilisi Partnership since 1992 in an effort to improve nursing in the country of Georgia. Dr. Wold will also be mentoring these visitors while they in Atlanta.
University of Alberta, Canada
NHWSN and the University of Alberta offer a Baccalaureate Nursing Program to senior level nursing students as an academic exchange program. This program is designed to provide two students from each institution an opportunity to experience nursing practice in another country’s health care system. The academic exchange occurs in the spring semester of senior year and satisfy the requirements for the final clinical nursing course (NRSG 462 at NHWSON and Nursing 495 at U. of Alberta). Students who are interested in participating in this experience submit an application to the home institution early in the fall of their senior year. Faculty review applications and select two students from their institution to participate. Upon return the participants will share their experience with the class that will participate the following year.
Currently, University of Alberta students, Lynette Coral Forrester and Rochelle Low are participating in the program and are at Emory University. NHWSN students, Trisha dietz and Audrey Ezeikle, will be leaving for student at Alberta in March.
Yonsei University, Seoul Korea
Over the years, there have been a number of faculty and student exchanges between Yonsei University and LCCIN. Most recently, Yonsei University students, Nam Sook Lee, Ji Eun Lee and Chung Eun Lee visited the NHWSN as part of an ongoing student exchange program. This ongoing cultural exchange program between the Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing of Emory University and the School of Nursing at Yonsei University encourages students to examine nursing in a variety of international healthcare settings and institutions. The students explore the health care systems, nursing roles in health promotion, and the role of the nurse practitioner. NHWSN BSN students will be traveling to Korea in May, 2005 as part of this exchange. Also in May, Dean Salmon and Candler School of Theology, Dean Richey, are planning a trip to Yonsei and will be accompanied by several faculty members from both NHWSN and Candler to discuss additional partnerships between the two universities.
2004 Chief Nursing Officers Institute and Global Government Health Partners Leadership Forum 2004
June 21-25, 2004
A successful conference was held in June 2004 with 70 countries participating. The first three days of the five-day conference brought together (CNOs) from 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 will be included in the schedule.Click here for more information...
Commonwealth Health Minister’s Steering Committee for Nursing and Midwifery
Dr. Anna Maslin, Chair of The Commonwealth Health Minister's Steering Committee for Nursing and Midwifery, (CSCNM) is a Fellow of the LCCIN and was on the steering committee for the 2001 GNP (Global Nursing Partnerships) conference. 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 the World Health Organization (WHO), the International Confederation of Midwives and the International Council of Nurses
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