Leading and advocating for global health competencies: a nursing challenge

Mendes, Isabel Amélia Costa; Ventura, Carla Aparecida Arena

doi:10.1111/jonm.12432

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“…The act of working cordially with other health professionals to produce a result would help reform and assist not only nurses but other health professionals to perform their professional role smoothly. Mendes and Ventura (2016) report similar findings with regard to the strength of professional collaboration. They noted that interprofessional collaboration is an area that will strengthen the role played by nurses (Mendes & Ventura, 2016;Shannon, 2016).…”

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confidence: 69%

“…Policymakers have a role to play in practice reforms, practitioner reforms and training reforms. Management commitment is an area that would impact on the professional role practice of the nurse in the clinical and training facilities, as previously reported by Kelly (2017), Mendes and Ventura (2016) and Oden et al (2000). They urge management to be committed to what would promote client health and to support whoever is working to encourage that Sharma and Dhar (2016) contend that effective commitment has a strong impact on the job performance of the nursing staff.…”

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confidence: 71%

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A call for total nursing role reformation: Perceptions of Ghanaian nurses

Laari

Duma

2023

Nursing Inquiry

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Nurses in Ghana believe that training, practise, practitioner and policy reforms are required for total nursing profession reform to be effective. Their views for role reformation in the nursing profession, which is currently needed, are not only academic but also clinically relevant in the pursuit of health equity and quality nursing care. We explored and described nurses’ views on their roles in the profession using data collected from 24 professional nurses in three regional hospitals in Ghana. Using an inductive descriptive qualitative design, data were gathered and analysed using a qualitative content analysis to describe the views of the nurses. Four major themes, namely practise reforms, practitioner reforms, training reforms and policy reforms have emerged in relation to role reformation in the nursing profession. Three strategic areas, practitioner attitudes, new training modalities and policy realignment, must be reviewed and remodelled for better positioning of the nursing profession before its entire role reformation.

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confidence: 69%

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A call for total nursing role reformation: Perceptions of Ghanaian nurses

Laari

Duma

2023

Nursing Inquiry

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“…This is an important aspect of how GH courses can be used to improve the training of different professions as a whole and not only as an isolated aspect of their curriculum. Global health training can offer important benefits for health students and their broader understanding of health inequities, as well as of their roles in dealing with these issues, playing a strategic role to strengthen health systems on the path towards universal health coverage [48].…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…A fundamental aspect of global health training is the focus on preparing the next generation of health professionals. Several studies found in this review addressed the need for broad preparation involving the logistics of the programs, but also providing tools that can enable students to better deal with different world-views, delicate subjects, and cultural differences [48][49][50][51][52].…”

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confidence: 99%

Global Health Education Programs in the Americas: A Scoping Review

Mendes

Ventura

Queiroz

et al. 2020

Annals of Global Health

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Introduction Global Health (GH) refers to issues that transcend borders and national governments, demanding actions from global powers, which determine the health of different communities [1]. It involves knowledge, teaching, practice, and research on extraterritorial health issues which extrapolate national geographic borders [2]. GH teaching involves integrated courses, which can be offered within social sciences, considering the transnational aspects of health issues [3, 4] while valuing the context and local capacity to act. In the Americas, the interest in GH as an academic discipline has increased in the last decade. This is due to the growing acknowledgement of GH as a fundamental issue in health training, enabling undergraduate and graduate students to better understand the global priority agenda and its demands [5]. Human resources are central aspects for the success of GH strategies; however, there is no consensus on how to plan experiential activities to prepare students to act locally and globally and to serve as global health professionals. Furthermore, cultural diversities in the Americas (North, Central, and South) enrich GH teaching and may become a challenge for the different actors involved in these processes. This study aims to analyse approaches, characteristics, and challenges faced by educational programs on global health in the Americas. Methods This is a scoping review, with the aim of mapping relevant scientific production and gaps on a specific theme, in this case, education of health professionals [6], following this sequence: 1) identifying the research question; 2) finding relevant studies; 3) selecting the studies; 4) organizing the data; and 5) collating, summarizing, and reporting the results, according to The Joanna Brigs Institute for Scoping Reviews. The search strategy used was PICo (P: problem/population; I: intervention; Co: context), in which P: educational programs on global health; I: approaches, characteristics, and challenges; Co: Americas. This resulted in the following research question: What are the approaches, characteristics, and challenges faced by educational programs on global health in the Americas? The inclusion criteria were: primary studies, full text available in Spanish, Portuguese, or English and published up to November 2017. Book chapters, Master's and doctoral final reports, as well as other technical reports were included in the initial search. Data collection took place between November 2017 and March 2018.

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“…Despite the diversity and different types and structures of nursing doctoral programs [3], workers with a doctoral degree are expected to serve as leaders in the most different spheres of practice, having in mind the interdependence of social determinants of health and global health conditions [10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17]. In this sense, PhD nurses would be more prepared to strengthen policies and strategies to collaborate with the movement to protect planetary health.…”

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confidence: 99%

Alignment and Contribution of Nursing Doctoral Programs to Achieve the Sustainable Development Goals

Mendes

Ventura²,

Silva³

et al. 2020

SSRN Journal

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Background: Different social segments from several regions of the world face challenges in order to achieve the sustainable development goals (SDGs). Nursing represents the greatest number of health workforce in the globe, dealing with these challenges in different paths, among them the training of human resources. In this context, the goal of this study was to compare the relationship between the objectives and research areas underlying nursing doctoral programs in Latin America and the SDGs.Method: Documental research comparing data of all Latin American nursing doctoral programs and the SDGs, conducted between January and March 2020.Results: From the total of 56 existing programs in Latin America, this study analyzed 52 of them, representing 92.8% of the total. Most nursing doctoral programs have contributed to SDG 3, in addition to goals 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, 10, 12 and 16. The SDGs 11, 13, 14, 15 and 17 were not related to any of the analyzed programs. Data reveal that the training of nursing PhDs is essential to fulfilling these goals. Results also indicate a need of programs to remain committed to relationships that enhance nursing skills to cope with the current challenges in terms of global health, such as investments for the reduction of social and gender inequities. Conclusion:The doctoral training of nurses in Latin America needs to be better aligned with the sustainable development goals (SDGs), since there is a high concentration in SDG 3. We believe that nursing will bring a greater contribution to the movement to protect planetary health as the principles governing nursing practices are better aligned with international health demands and agendas.

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Leading and advocating for global health competencies: a nursing challenge

Cited by 5 publications

References 15 publications

A call for total nursing role reformation: Perceptions of Ghanaian nurses

A call for total nursing role reformation: Perceptions of Ghanaian nurses

Global Health Education Programs in the Americas: A Scoping Review

Alignment and Contribution of Nursing Doctoral Programs to Achieve the Sustainable Development Goals

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