Continuing Nursing Education
The Network for Nursing In Child Health
Lynda
Harrison, Gloria Montenegro, Silvina Malvares , Minerva Astudillo,
Veronica Behn, Maria Rita Bertolozzi, Anna Maria Chiesa, Maritza
Espinoza, Elizabeth Fujimori, Doreen Harper, Alda Orellana, Karen
Saenz, Cecília H. S. Sigaud,Maria de La Ó Ramallo
Veríssimo
The
Network for Nursing in Child Health was launched in 2006 building on
earlier collaboration of a group of nurses in Latin America to study
the needs for strengthening pediatric nursing curricula in the region.
This Network is one of more than 10 specialty nursing networks being
developed with support from the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO)
as a mechanism for promoting collaboration and communication between
nurses of different countries to improve nursing practice and health
care. The initial goals of the Network for Nursing in Child Health are
to share knowledge and experience related to child health nursing and
to promote incorporation of guidelines related to the Integrated
Management of Childhood Illnesses (IMCI) in nursing curricula. At this
time, membership in the Network is open to all nurses interested in
working toward the Network’s objectives, although communications are in
Spanish. This collaborative network demonstrates the power of nursing
working in a concerted way to build on its strengths and increase the
capacity of nurses and health care workers to address global health
priorities related to children’s health care. |