Global Nursing Education: A Vision

Nita Jane Carrington

Hawaii Pacific University, USA

The global inter-connectedness of our modern times must meet the demands of health care delivery. Nurses are at the forefront for providing health care. To respond to these demands require high standards of professional nursing education and practice to deliver quality nursing care to our peoples. Nations are faced with the critical need for nurses. The interchange of nurses between countries in our present times has made an international standard of nursing education an issue of great importance. Questions are: Is this a feasible proposition? How will international standards of nursing education be carried out? Which country takes the leadership role? What criteria are required that meet standards of best practices when countries differ in language, culture, technological availability, government regulatory mechanisms, the countryʼs embedded and accepted traditional standards of health care delivery and other aspects? The concept of high quality global standards of nursing education is at its infancy, but I hope this presentation will trigger thoughtful processes, discussion and research activities to respond to the needs of individual countries.

Biography:
Dr. Carrington is a full Professor of Hawaii Pacific University, Nursing Dept and was recently awarded the respected stature of Professor Emeritus. She taught critical care nursing to senior students. She recently retired after 20 years with Hawaii Pacific University and now teaches Gerontology Nursing as an Adjunct Faculty.
Dr. Carrington graduated from Philippine Womenʼs University, Manila, Philippines with a Bachelor of Science in Nursing, received her Masterʼs of Science in Nursing degree with dual umbrellas: in Education and Adult Health Specialization from the University of Portland, Oregon and is licensed as an Adult Nurse Practitioner. Her Master in Business Administration and Master in Public Administration were awarded from City University, Washington state. She completed her Doctorate in Education from the University of Southern California, Los Angeles, USA.
In 2013, she was named the inaugural Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Nursing & Health Care, Global Science & Technology Forum headquartered in Singapore. She authored and published with Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins. She has been a Keynote Speaker in other Conferences and has done numerous Nursing Conference podium presentations of her research study on Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infections in the 4 Intensive Care Units of a tertiary Medical Center. She has written grant proposals for volunteer community projects.
She is a member of numerous organizations notable of which is the American Association of Critical Care Nurses. For 11 years to present, she has been a volunteer reviewer of the United States Nurses National Licensing Examination to Filipino RNs who desire to become licensed in the United States.

You can Make a Difference: Soldier On

Zerish Zethu Nkosi

University of South Africa, South Africa

Nurses globally are regarded as the backbone of the nations, yet they are occupying the lower ranks in terms of decision making. Most of the high ranking officials are none other than the nursing professionals. This is the time of us to sit around the table and have our voices heard. Publishing is one of the stream that allows us to be heard. Publishing in peer reviewed high impact journals gives us the space to verbalise our concerns and also come up with solutions to solve our problems.

The nursing profession is a global profession that sees nations working together, solving local problems with global solutions. In order for us to advance the Nursing education and Research for the global community we need to revisit our mandate as set out by our governments, the Ministries of Health, The World Health Organisation and the United Nations, just to mention the few. The political will of our nations also influence the delivery of the good patient outcomes which further translate to achievable sustainable developmental goals.

If we work together as global nurses, share knowledge and skills and form strong partnership we will be the voice to be reckoned with. We can make a difference in the communities that we serve.

Biography:
Z. Z. Nkosi is a Professor from the University of South Africa (UNISA) who is passionate about nursing leadership and management. She has a vast knowledge in student supervision. More than 30 Masters and 10 Doctoral students graduated under her supervision. Presently she is a Manager for Tuition and Learner support in the College of Human Sciences, UNISA.

Beyond Bedside: Importance of Research in Nursing

Paramita Sengupta

Christian Medical College, India

Research is a careful inquiry or examination in seeking facts or principles, a diligent investigation to ascertain something. Nursing Research is concerned with systematic study and assessment of nursing problems or phenomena, finding ways to improve nursing practice and patient care through creative studies, initiating and evaluating change and taking actions to make new knowledge useful in nursing. Evidence-based care forms the backbone of health care delivery. Nurse researchers play a vital role in all aspects of health care delivery, from policy development to advancement of nursing education to best practices in healthcare of the community. There is a new focus on emerging infectious diseases and non-communicable diseases along with increasingly ageing population, rising healthcare costs and the use of technology in the healthcare sector.

The main difference between inductive and deductive approaches to research is that whilst a deductive approach is aimed at testing theory, an inductive approach is concerned with the generation of new theory emerging from the data. A deductive approach usually begins with a hypothesis, whilst an inductive approach will usually use research questions to narrow the scope of the study. There are two types of data: primary and secondary and two main types of research designs, qualitative and quantitative. Qualitative research is done by Focus Group Discussions and In-depth interviews. Under quantitative research, we have observational (Cross-sectional and Longitudinal) and experimental studies. Recently the combination of qualitative and quantitative approaches, referred to as a mixed methods approach to research, has been applied to many disciplines, including nursing and midwifery. Ultimate goal of nursing research is to generate an empirical knowledge base to guide nursing practice. Solid research base is needed to document the effectiveness of selected nursing interventions in treating particular patient problems and promoting positive patient and family outcomes.

Biography:
Dr. Paramita Sengupta (MD, MPH (UK), FIPHA, FIAPSM) working as a Professor in Community Medicine in CMC, Ludhiana, since Aug 2010. She is the supervisor of an Urban Health Center and regularly monitors the field and clinic activities. Apart from her primary responsibilities of teaching and training of Undergraduate and Postgraduate medical students and Allied Health Personnel, She has been actively involved in quite a large number of Research Projects and Training Programs. She is the Principal Investigator (PI) in 4 adhoc and 2 multicentric national task force and implementational project of Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) and co-investigator in a multitude of other projects. She has authored 41 papers in journals of repute, has been a resource person and plenary/keynote speaker in national and international conferences/workshops, has written and reviewed chapters in books. Besides this, she has evaluated innumerable PhD and MD thesis and also remained an external examiner for MBBS and MD in number of Universities.