Partners In Health Celebrates Nurses Week
Nurses Week: May 6-12, 2016 #NursesWeek
Posted on May 5, 2016
This #NursesWeek, join Partners In Health in recognizing the tremendous care nurses provide to people around the world. Nurses make up the large majority of the global health care workforce and deliver the bulk of all health care services. At PIH, nurses represent 84 percent of our clinical staff.
In many of our remote locations, nurses are often the sole care providers for their communities, treating chronic diseases, caring for pregnant women, and helping to manage emergencies. They play an enormous role in delivering health care and strengthening health systems in areas with limited resources.
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A group of nursing students at J.J. Dossen Hospital in Maryland County, Liberia. (Photo by Rebecca E. Rollins / Partners In Health) |
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PIH Chief Nursing Officer Sheila Davis will talk about what it’s like to be a nurse in the field of global health—including her experience leading PIH’s response to the Ebola epidemic in West Africa, and the importance of leadership and mentoring.
DATE: Wednesday, May 11, 2016
TIME: 12:15 p.m. EST
Sheila Davis, DNP, ANP-BC, FAAN, has worked in the field of HIV/AIDS since the mid-1980s and in global health since 1999. From 2004 through 2010, she helped co-found a nonprofit focused on nursing and feeding programs in South Africa and Boston. Davis joined PIH in 2010 and since September 2014 has led PIH’s Ebola response efforts in West Africa. She is a frequent national speaker on global health, various clinical topics, and the role of nursing in human rights.
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PIH's Chief Nursing Officer Sheila Davis disembarks a U.N. helicopter in Monrovia, Liberia, while responding to the Ebola outbreak in October 2014. (Photo by Rebecca E. Rollins / Partners In Health) |
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Liberia’s New Nurses, New Hope
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