Publications
UCSF Global Health Fellowship’s Emily Hall, MSN, MPH
Emily Hall, MSN, MPH is a family nurse practitioner, Global Health Science PhD candidate and clinical faculty at University of California at San Francisco. She started her work in global health as an RN, joining a group affiliated with her hospital doing work in...
It’s “Colombia”, NOT “Columbia” –Paula Matarrese, FNP-BC
The usual response I receive when I tell friends that I am going to Colombia, South America on a medical mission, is that of wide-eyed incomprehension followed by “are you safe there?” Granted, Colombia has a notorious past of violence and sophisticated drug...
Nursing in Nepal– Barbara Waldorf, BSN, MPH
Nepal had called me back again. My last visit there was 20 years ago, so I was very curious about the changes that had occurred, especially after the 2015 earthquake. I spent time in the capital city of Kathmandu, the surrounding small towns as well as a mountaintop...
Nursing in MSF
Doctors without Borders/Medicin Sans Frontiers is a well known international organization started in 1971 by French Doctors who wanted to provide medical care to “where the need is greatest, delivering emergency medical aid to people affected by conflict, epidemics,...
International Nurses Day Celebration
Deb Winters has been providing HIV clinical care since 1986. She is the Senior Nurse Advisor for I-TECH providing teaching, clinical mentoring and curriculum development that began in Ethiopia in 2003. Deb provided an overview of I-TECH's Nursing and Midwifery...
A “First-in-a-Lifetime” Experience
A “First-in-a-Lifetime” Experience By: Nora Carr, BSN, RN For ten days this past March, I traveled to Grenada with a group of fellow nurse practitioner students and faculty members from Regis College. Nurses and students tend to naturally be inquisitive and as a...
Sustainable Compassion Meditation: Barbara Waldorf
by Barbara Waldorf BSN, MPH Throughout my career as a nurse, I have been “burned out” at various times. Along with the impulse to find spiritual freedom, this journey of burnout and creating resilience has brought me to learning and teaching compassion meditation for...
Zika Virus: The Outbreak, Response and Concerns Over Women’s Reproductive Rights, Or Lack Thereof
Sarah McAnaw, MPH(c), Siena Easley, MPH(c), Jackson Mesick, MPH(c), Paola Peynetti, MPH(c), Monica Adhiambo Onyango, RN, PhD **All the authors are affiliated with Boston University School of Public Health** Zika virus has arguably become the topic of discussion over...
The Value of And: Global Nurses Embrace the New Lancet Commission on Women And Health
The Value of And: Global Nurses Embrace the New Lancet Commission on Women And Health By Nancy Street, Lauren Ghazal, Maggie Sullivan, Elizabeth Glaser The interaction between gender and health is a complex one. While we typically conceptualize it in terms of the...
Partnering to Increase Nursing Numbers: Celebrating Nursing Leaders, Educators, and Students Worldwide – Julie Anathan, RN, MPH
When I was young and considering my career, analyzing numbers was never even a blip on my radar screen. I wanted to find a profession that allowed me to work directly with people and improve their lives in some capacity. For this reason, I went into nursing and have...