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New NLN Toolkit Offers Guidance to Nurse Educators Seeking Global Experiences
Jan 31st, 12
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New NLN Toolkit Offers Guidance to Nurse Educators Seeking Global Experiences
New York, NY (PRWEB) January 31, 2012
With the globe shrinking, thanks to the Internet, sophisticated technology, and advanced communications, there are increased opportunities for international experiences in nursing education. Hence, the need for the Faculty Preparation for Global Experiences Toolkit, an initiative of INESA (International Nursing Education, Services, and Accreditation), a joint task force of the National League for Nursing and NLN Accrediting Commission (NLNAC).
Today’s nurse educators engage in international collaboration for many reasons: personal interest; the encouragement of a dean; the creation of a course or curriculum in global service learning or community/public health; promoting the educator’s home institution. And there are many roles a nurse educator can assume in an international setting: teacher, consultant, researcher, clinician. “Moreover,” said NLN president, Dr. Judith Halstead, “research indicates that health outcomes improve with the heightened cultural sensitivity of caregivers. That’s why nurse educators now have greater motivation than ever for gaining exposure to diverse, trans-cultural learning environments.”
The toolkit consists of five sections that facilitate advance planning, provide practical advice for the time abroad, and aid in implementing lessons learned once the nurse educator returns to home base. The toolkit concludes with a bibliography and web-based resources for additional information. Among the many topics covered are:
Selecting a host country
Packing, visas, immunizations
How to embrace unfamiliar customs and surroundings
Special role of faculty abroad
Faculty/student collaborations
Evaluating the experience and designing next steps
“In the interest of increasing access to safe, quality health care worldwide, the NLN considers the advancement of global nursing education a priority. There is always so much to be learned from our colleagues around the world,” noted NLN CEO Beverly Malone, PhD, RN, FAAN.
Members of the committee that developed the toolkit were: Daria U. Amato, MSN, RN, CNE; Joyce Barra, PhD, RN; G. Elaine Patterson, EdD, FNP-C, RNC; Shannon E. Perry, PhD, RN, FAAN; Jane F. Sumner, PhD, RN, PHCNS, BC; and Virginia W. Adams, PhD, RN, consultant to the NLN.
The Faculty Preparation for Global Experiences Toolkit is available on the NLN website here.
For more information about the toolkit, contact Dr. Elaine Tagliareni at 212-812-0333.
Editors and reporters: For interview opportunities, please contact NLN chief communications officer, Karen R. Klestzick at 212-812-0376.
Dedicated to excellence in nursing, the National League for Nursing is the premier organization for nurse faculty and leaders in nursing education. The NLN offers professional development, networking opportunities, testing services, nursing research grants, and public policy initiatives to its 35,000 individual and 1,200 institutional members. NLN members represent nursing education programs across the spectrum of higher education and health care organizations and agencies.
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‘The Miracle Of Asia’ (Part 1) – Singapore Documentary
Jan 29th, 12
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The Miracle Of Asia – Part 1 of 2 Directed by James Wiffen This is a documentary about Singapore, a country that has risen from a poor developing country, to an economic giant, in a little over 50 years. The main focus of the documentary is the people, both native Singaporeans, and also foreign workers who have relocated there, as these have been the key to the country’s success. Singapore is a melting pot of different cultures, and this is highlighted in the film, by focusing on people from all nationalities, and all walks of life, and how they work together in unity, and harmony. This was made as a final year project on the TV Production course at Bournemouth University. Part 2: www.youtube.com
Video Rating: 4 / 5
Demographic Winter
Jan 27th, 12
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www.demographicwinter.com Synopsis Demographic Winter: Decline of the Human Family One of the most ominous events of modern history is quietly unfolding. Social scientists and economists agree – we are headed toward a demographic winter which threatens to have catastrophic social and economic consequences. The effects will be severe and long lasting and are already becoming manifest in much of Europe. A groundbreaking film, Demographic Winter: Decline of the Human Family, reveals in chilling soberness how societies with diminished family influence are now grimly seen as being in social and economic jeopardy. Demographic Winter draws upon experts from all around the world – demographers, economists, sociologists, psychologists, civic and religious leaders, parliamentarians and diplomats. Together, they reveal the dangers facing society and the world’s economies, dangers far more imminent than global warming and at least as severe. These experts will discuss how: The “population bomb” not only did not have the predicted consequences, but almost all of the developed countries of the world are now experiencing fertility rates far below replacement levels. Birthrates have fallen so low that even immigration cannot replace declining populations, and this migration is sapping strength from developing countries, the fertility rates for many of which are now falling at a faster pace than did those of the developed countries. The economies of the world will continue to contract as …
Wellington Retreat Opens Physician-Directed Adolescent Program
Jan 25th, 12
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Wellington Retreat Opens Physician-Directed Adolescent Program
West Palm Beach, Florida (PRWEB) January 25, 2012
Wellington Retreat, an addiction and psychiatric treatment facility, has opened an Adolescent and Family Program in consultation with Nathan Fears & Associates, a leader in adolescent treatment programs with over 25 years experience.
At Wellington Retreat, each patient’s care is personally directed by leading neuropsychiatrist and addictionologist Dr. Robert A. Moran, and the Adolescent and Family Program adds to the facility’s uniqueness, as it is one of the few physician-directed programs in the state of Florida, as well as the entire country.
The Adolescent and Family Program serves adolescents aged 13 to 18, in a gender-specific, inpatient environment, where they develop the skills and tools they need to make healthy and appropriate life decisions. Wellington coaches adolescents to reach a complete understanding of themselves and the important role they play within society, and more specifically, their family. “It is experiential in its clinical approach, with a tremendous focus on living skills, decision-making skills, and family recovery,” said Adolescent Consultant and Certified Senior Addiction Counselor Nathan Fears.
Wellington Retreat understands that the needs of adolescents differ from those of adults, physically, mentally, emotionally, and spiritually. A comprehensive biopsychosocial evaluation is completed to determine diagnosis and treatment plans which are then implemented in a safe, structured, and nurturing environment, with comfortable, gender-specific housing available. “The program utilizes only evidence-based interventions as supported by the National Institute on Drug Abuse, American Psychiatric Association, American Academy of Addiction Psychiatry, and the National Institute of Mental Health”, states Dr. Robert Moran, Medical Director and CEO of Wellington Retreat.
Treatment is based upon empirically-supported therapies, which are tailored to the individual adolescent’s specific needs. With a family component and intensive one-to-one therapy, along with two years of aftercare and follow-up, Wellington’s Adolescent and Family Program aim for individual success.
For more information regarding Wellington Retreat and the Adolescent and Family Program, please visit our website at http://wellingtonretreat.com.
Contact:
Matthew Mader
Wellington Retreat
mmader(at)wellingtonretreat(dot)com
2200 North Florida Mango Rd, Suite 201
West Palm Beach, FL 33409
Ph: 877-WELLTREAT
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EU: Where are you?
Jan 23rd, 12
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Check out these developing nations images:
EU: Where are you?
Image by Oxfam International
With the EU floundering at Brussels to deliver a strong climate and energy package and failing to bring anything substantial to the negotiating table at Poznan, Oxfam’s ice-sculptures pose the question on everyone’s lips: “EU, where are you?” (in 10 different languages!)
Photo: Piotr Fajfel/Oxfam
EU: Where are you?
Image by Oxfam International
With the EU floundering at Brussels to deliver a strong climate and energy package and failing to bring anything substantial to the negotiating table at Poznan, Oxfam’s ice-sculptures pose the question on everyone’s lips: “EU, where are you?” (in 10 different languages!)
Photo: Piotr Fajfel/Oxfam
Monolithic Ecoshell Introductory Video
Jan 21st, 12
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Ecoshells are strong structures that can withstand natural disasters, fire, termites and rot. In underdeveloped areas with hot climates, EcoShells make affordable, low maintenance, sturdy housing. see ww.monolithic.com/topics/ecoshells for more info.
Video Rating: 5 / 5
Is it worthwhile for us to help developing nations?
Jan 19th, 12
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Question by Lkonae Y: Is it worthwhile for us to help developing nations?
In consideration of the environment please. Consider that a westerner uses around 3x+ as much resources as a person living in a developing country on average.
@Kerry But is it worthwhile?
@Spikey We did not consume anywhere near as much as we do now after we’ve developed. They consume barely any currently, so perhaps we should simply halt their progress?
Best answer:
Answer by spikeychris
Yes because if we don’t they will do exactly to the environment what we did when we developed (destroy it). We need to give the developing world cheap clean technology that is suitable for where they live. If the developing world go down the route of china i.e coal and fossil fuels then the environmental damage will be devastating.
That said we also need to get the population under control.
@Spikey We did not consume anywhere near as much as we do now after we’ve developed. They consume barely any currently, so perhaps we should simply halt their progress?
They will have the same environmental impact per head of population. When we developed populations where far smaller but the per head impact would have been similar. And how do you propose we stop their progress? All that would accomplice would be starting world war III and yes they could fight back… with the weapons we sold to them. Also the vast majority of the developed worlds resources for production come from the developing world. If we told them they can’t develop they can turn around and say well fine your not getting any of our resources and then we would be well and truly screwed.
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UN Our Common Humanity Forum – Alain Lemieux speaking
Jan 17th, 12
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UN Our Common Humanity Forum – Alain Lemieux speaking
Image by danceinthesky
This forum gathered top-level speakers, including Nobel laureates and some of the leading thinkers and innovators of our time. They focused on the values that unite our common humanity and how these values may be expressed globally through the Millennium Development Goals, empowered by the new and rapidly developing information and communication technologies.
UN Our Common Humanity Forum – Carolyn Hannan speaking
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This forum gathered top-level speakers, including Nobel laureates and some of the leading thinkers and innovators of our time. They focused on the values that unite our common humanity and how these values may be expressed globally through the Millennium Development Goals, empowered by the new and rapidly developing information and communication technologies.
UN Our Common Humanity Forum
Image by danceinthesky
This forum gathered top-level speakers, including Nobel laureates and some of the leading thinkers and innovators of our time. They focused on the values that unite our common humanity and how these values may be expressed globally through the Millennium Development Goals, empowered by the new and rapidly developing information and communication technologies.
Why should developed nations help developing nations?
Jan 15th, 12
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Question by ShriekenWanderer: Why should developed nations help developing nations?
I’m researching developing nations. I want to know why developed nations should help developing nations?
Best answer:
Answer by DynaFlowHum
To create markets for our products or to exploit their natural resources. There are no other reasons.
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