Strategies for Success: Simple Education Interventions to Equip Nursing Students in Rural Liberia

Severe shortages of skilled health workforce remain a major barrier to universal health coverage in low income countries including Liberia where nurses and midwives form more than 50% of the health workforce. According to the 2018 Service Availability and Readiness Assessment (SARA) report, Liberia...

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Autores principales:	Daniel M. Maweu, Philip Davies, Lauretta Copeland Dahn, Viola M. Karanja, Merab Nyishime, Rosalita D. Rogers, Menkili G. Bindai, Rennie Viah, Helena L. Nuahn, Iona Thomas Connor, Joseph A. Verdier, Lydia W. Johnson, Rebecca Cook
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Publicado:	Ubiquity Press 2021
Materias:	Infectious and parasitic diseases RC109-216 Public aspects of medicine RA1-1270
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:da6236541a8148baa75a74e9ae65004f2021-11-08T08:04:51ZStrategies for Success: Simple Education Interventions to Equip Nursing Students in Rural Liberia2214-999610.5334/aogh.3251https://doaj.org/article/da6236541a8148baa75a74e9ae65004f2021-10-01T00:00:00Zhttps://annalsofglobalhealth.org/articles/3251https://doaj.org/toc/2214-9996Severe shortages of skilled health workforce remain a major barrier to universal health coverage in low income countries including Liberia where nurses and midwives form more than 50% of the health workforce. According to the 2018 Service Availability and Readiness Assessment (SARA) report, Liberia has 10.7 core healthcare workers per 10,000 people, far below the WHO benchmark of 23/10,000 people. High quality training for nurses and midwives is one of the most important strategies to addressing these health workforce shortages. Since 2015, William V.S Tubman University (TU) faculty and Partners in Health (PIH) have partnered in nursing and midwifery education to address nursing and midwifery workforce shortages in Southeast Liberia. In our collaboration we have sought to not only increase the quantity of graduate nurses and midwives but also improve the quality of the training to ensure they are equipped to serve the population. TU strives to produce highly competent generic nurses who will excel in their clinical practice and future specialized training. By applying the theory of deliberate practice, learners are allowed to practice and self-evaluate repeatedly until they attain proficiency. Simulation training was adopted early in the training of nurses and midwives at TU to ensure students are well-prepared for real-life patient care. TU also established a preceptorship program to ensure that students receive skilled mentorship during clinical rotations. Internship for graduating senior Nursing/Midwifery students, where they focus on enhancing psychomotor and assessment skills, professional communication, safety and organization, medication administration and documentation, ensures successful integration into clinical practice after graduation. This progression of the student nurse or midwife from the exposure in the skills lab during pre-clinical modules, to individual preceptorship during clinical rotations to a structured internship experience with an intensive pre-internship “boot camp” have been the major innovations that have helped our partnership flourish. The foundation of these interventions is strong and sustained investment in nursing and midwifery faculty both at the university and the health facilities.Daniel M. MaweuPhilip DaviesLauretta Copeland DahnViola M. KaranjaMerab NyishimeRosalita D. RogersMenkili G. BindaiRennie ViahHelena L. NuahnIona Thomas ConnorJoseph A. VerdierLydia W. JohnsonRebecca CookUbiquity PressarticleInfectious and parasitic diseasesRC109-216Public aspects of medicineRA1-1270ENAnnals of Global Health, Vol 87, Iss 1 (2021)
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spellingShingle	Infectious and parasitic diseases RC109-216 Public aspects of medicine RA1-1270 Daniel M. Maweu Philip Davies Lauretta Copeland Dahn Viola M. Karanja Merab Nyishime Rosalita D. Rogers Menkili G. Bindai Rennie Viah Helena L. Nuahn Iona Thomas Connor Joseph A. Verdier Lydia W. Johnson Rebecca Cook Strategies for Success: Simple Education Interventions to Equip Nursing Students in Rural Liberia
description	Severe shortages of skilled health workforce remain a major barrier to universal health coverage in low income countries including Liberia where nurses and midwives form more than 50% of the health workforce. According to the 2018 Service Availability and Readiness Assessment (SARA) report, Liberia has 10.7 core healthcare workers per 10,000 people, far below the WHO benchmark of 23/10,000 people. High quality training for nurses and midwives is one of the most important strategies to addressing these health workforce shortages. Since 2015, William V.S Tubman University (TU) faculty and Partners in Health (PIH) have partnered in nursing and midwifery education to address nursing and midwifery workforce shortages in Southeast Liberia. In our collaboration we have sought to not only increase the quantity of graduate nurses and midwives but also improve the quality of the training to ensure they are equipped to serve the population. TU strives to produce highly competent generic nurses who will excel in their clinical practice and future specialized training. By applying the theory of deliberate practice, learners are allowed to practice and self-evaluate repeatedly until they attain proficiency. Simulation training was adopted early in the training of nurses and midwives at TU to ensure students are well-prepared for real-life patient care. TU also established a preceptorship program to ensure that students receive skilled mentorship during clinical rotations. Internship for graduating senior Nursing/Midwifery students, where they focus on enhancing psychomotor and assessment skills, professional communication, safety and organization, medication administration and documentation, ensures successful integration into clinical practice after graduation. This progression of the student nurse or midwife from the exposure in the skills lab during pre-clinical modules, to individual preceptorship during clinical rotations to a structured internship experience with an intensive pre-internship “boot camp” have been the major innovations that have helped our partnership flourish. The foundation of these interventions is strong and sustained investment in nursing and midwifery faculty both at the university and the health facilities.
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author	Daniel M. Maweu Philip Davies Lauretta Copeland Dahn Viola M. Karanja Merab Nyishime Rosalita D. Rogers Menkili G. Bindai Rennie Viah Helena L. Nuahn Iona Thomas Connor Joseph A. Verdier Lydia W. Johnson Rebecca Cook
author_facet	Daniel M. Maweu Philip Davies Lauretta Copeland Dahn Viola M. Karanja Merab Nyishime Rosalita D. Rogers Menkili G. Bindai Rennie Viah Helena L. Nuahn Iona Thomas Connor Joseph A. Verdier Lydia W. Johnson Rebecca Cook
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title	Strategies for Success: Simple Education Interventions to Equip Nursing Students in Rural Liberia
title_short	Strategies for Success: Simple Education Interventions to Equip Nursing Students in Rural Liberia
title_full	Strategies for Success: Simple Education Interventions to Equip Nursing Students in Rural Liberia
title_fullStr	Strategies for Success: Simple Education Interventions to Equip Nursing Students in Rural Liberia
title_full_unstemmed	Strategies for Success: Simple Education Interventions to Equip Nursing Students in Rural Liberia
title_sort	strategies for success: simple education interventions to equip nursing students in rural liberia
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Strategies for Success: Simple Education Interventions to Equip Nursing Students in Rural Liberia

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