International Nurses Week

A Partners W In Health INTERNATIONAL NURSES WEEK • MAY 6 - 12 Show your support for global nursing: pih.org/SupportNurses NURSES ARE THE KEY PROVIDERS IN PRIMARY HEALTH CARE NURSES MAKE WORLD 1Iitit 11160-80 HEALTH CARE COMPRISING GO ROUND DELIVERING 90% OF ALL HEALTH CARE SERVICES OF THE HEALTH SYSTEM WORK FORCE THE CHALLENGES OF GLOBAL NURSES: YET 90% OF THE MORE THAN GLOBAL BURDEN 1/3 OF DISEASE IS CARRIED BY THE REST OF THE WORLD. OF THE WORLD'S HEALTH WORKERS LIVE IN THE UNITED STATES AND CANADA (WHO, 2006). PIH IS HELPING NURSES SUCCEED: - --- AT IN LESOTHO AT MIREBALAIS NATIONAL TEACHING HOSPITAL IN HAITI IN RWANDA IN RWANDA PARTNERS IN HEALTH SITES, NURSES the Clinical Nurse Mentoring Program is improving care for children under five, pregnant women, and patients with acute illness. PIH trains nurses AND HAITI in ultrasound imaging, impro- ving predictibility of difficult births. MAKE UP nurses are new management structure places the chief nurse on par becoming Oncology Educators and 85.5% are delivering chemotherapy for the first time. with the director of OF CLINICAL STAFF medicine. pih.org/SupportNurses