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Recalling her time as a young nurse at a rural mission hospital, Michaels-Strasser remembers the depth of services: a large community outreach program for vaccination and maternal health, an outpatient department, four in-patient wards, a maternity unit, and even a small surgical space. Michaels-Strasser, also an assistant professor of Epidemiology, has lived and worked in Africa for over 14 years and says that nurses there see many more patients than doctors, and often take a leadership role in the care of patients and communities with infectious diseases like HIV/AIDS and Ebola. According to the WHO, nurses and midwives provide 80 percent of healthcare services in almost all countries. too-especially in low-income countries where there are few physicians. “Nurses, doctors, and public health professionals all need each other.” “It’s about a continuum of care,” says Susan Michaels-Strasser, senior implementation director of ICAP and associate director of ICAP’s nursing programs. But contrary to common misperceptions, nurses have no interest in replacing doctors.

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And 21 states and the District of Columbia allow full practice authority for nurses, freeing them to care for patients without physician oversight.

Today, the Affordable Care Act authorizes up to $50 million for nurse practitioner-managed clinics. The context is a 2010 report by the National Academy of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine: Health and Medicine Division called “The Future of Nursing” which urged greater responsibility in the face of escalated costs and a shortage of primary care physicians. “We have a moral obligation to solve problems as systematically as possible so that patient visits don’t have to recur over and over again.” Maxell Associate Dean for Research at the School of Nursing and professor of Epidemiology, said her decision to pursue a public health PhD was a “no brainer.” Nursing’s emphasis on prevention has helped make healthcare more equitable, she says, particularly in rural areas and communities with underserved populations. In particular, nurse practitioner programs are increasingly popular: since 2010, there has been a 92 percent uptick in the number of nationwide nurse practitioners, reaching a total of over 200,000 in the U.S. These days, Columbia’s School of Nursing, like many other nursing programs across the country, educates its students, not just in clinical skills, but also in disease prevention and health management. And Lillian Wald, a 19th century nursing education pioneer, examined TB patients by asking about sanitation, nutrition, and housing conditions. Loretta Ford, founder of the first nurse practitioner program, worked to address healthcare access in underserved communities. Florence Nightingale was a member of the American Statistical Association and frequently used health data to understand how physical and social factors influence an individual’s health. This alignment between public health and nursing is nothing new. For them, patient care today is seen in the larger context in which the physical and social environment determines health on a community level. “Nurses are at the epicenter of acute care and population health,” says Bobbie Berkowitz, Dean of Columbia University School of Nursing and professor of Health Policy and Management. Increasingly, they are also taking on the mantle of prevention and public health.

Nurses have long been the front lines of patient care. The programme offers a supportive learning space, developed in collaboration with subject experts and fellow IENMs who themselves have forged exciting careers in the UK.Whether you’re getting an annual checkup or being treated for an urgent condition, your first stop is almost always with a nurse. You will get the chance to develop your own authentic leadership style and to enhance your skills enabling you to improve your service and boost your career opportunities.īy completing the programme you join our growing community of nurse and midwifery leaders who are following in Florence’s footsteps and making a difference for patients and communities. Whether you have been working here for some time or are new to the UK health care setting but would like to enhance your leadership skills, this programme is recommended for you. This exciting opportunity will be open to all IENMs practicing in the UK, whether in the NHS, social care or private healthcare. The Florence Nightingale Foundation, with the Burdett Trust for Nursing, are pleased to offer an interactive online leadership programme to all Internationally Educated Nurses and Midwives (IENMs) working in the United Kingdom.

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