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“The first AIHA nursing conference I attended sparked the beginning of remarkable changes in my attitude toward my chosen profession. We who have worked together through the partnership program are pioneers in the field of nursing in our respective countries.”
Lia Mamaladze, chief nurse, Ministry of Labor, Health, and Social Affairs (Tbilisi/Atlanta partnership)
Skilled nursing professionals are a vital link to patient care and an essential component of any health system. In many developing and transitioning countries, however, nurses face a number of professional barriers. Some of these include a lack of professional standards and guidelines, absence of an independent nursing care structure based on critical thinking, systemic inability to engage in clinical or administrative decision-making processes, and a dearth of training and educational opportunities at all levels.
Since 1992, AIHA has been successfully working to establish nursing as an independent and vital profession. By improving the qualifications and status of nurses, we have, by extension, helped improve the quality of healthcare in resource-constrained communities around the world.
Projects
AIHA’s efforts to reduce neonatal mortality and morbidity through specific programmatic activities include:
Healthcare Partnerships
Through exchange programs, international nursing conferences, and workshops, AIHA partnerships continually address the need to enhance the professionalism of nurses and nurse administrators, reforming undergraduate and graduate nursing education and developing and strengthening regional and national nursing associations. Read more...
Central Asia Regional Nursing Education Project
In 2004, AIHA launched a new type of partnership designed to improve the quality of nursing education on a regional scale in Central Asia. With funding from USAID, this partnership linked US healthcare and nursing experts from the University of Minnesota School of Nursing and the Bemidji (Minnesota)-based North Country Health Coalition with a number of Central Asian institutions that provide undergraduate and graduate nursing education. Read more...
International Nursing Leadership Institute
In 1999, AIHA launched the International Nursing Leadership Institute, a year-long learning experience designed to help nurses from our partnership institutions in Central and Eastern Europe and Central Asia develop the skills and knowledge necessary to be successful leaders in today’s healthcare environment. Read more...
Nursing Quality Improvement Initiative
AIHA’s Nursing Quality Improvement Initiative was designed to move nursing programs in our original hospital partnerships beyond basic improvements to the establishment of exemplary models of professional nursing practice approximating international standards of excellence. Read more...
Distance Learning in Nursing Project
AIHA’s Distance Learning in Nursing project is an Internet-based shared learning experience between graduate students from Erebouni College in Yerevan, Armenia, and students enrolled at the University of Nebraska Medical Center School of Nursing. Read more...
Nursing Resource Centers
With the goal of providing nursing faculty, students, and practitioners with resources to support ongoing evidence-based forms of learning, AIHA has established some 24 Nursing Resource Centers at partnership institutions overseas, supplying each with computers, textbooks, videotapes, and anatomical models. These centers are linked to the Internet, which fosters a supportive community of nurse leaders connected to their professional counterparts the world over. Read more...
Primary Care Nursing Steering Committee
In late 2000, AIHA convened the Primary Care Nursing Steering Committee consisting of partnership nurses from Eastern Europe, Central Asia, and the United States. The committee was tasked with designing a curriculum for primary care nurse training and conducting a series of workshops using this curriculum. Read more...
Nursing Information Resources
Disseminating accurate, timely information rooted in evidence-based practices and sharing successful models and lessons learned plays an important role in AIHA’s strategy for sustainable healthcare programs. For more information about nursing care, please visit the following links:
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