Taking a seat at the table: an educational model for nursing empowerment.
Capacity Building
Educational Model
International Healthcare Engagement
Nurse Empowerment
Nursing Policy
Pakistan
Practice Gap
Theory
Journal
International nursing review
ISSN: 1466-7657
Titre abrégé: Int Nurs Rev
Pays: England
ID NLM: 7808754
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
Mar 2020
Mar 2020
Historique:
received:
19
12
2018
revised:
05
07
2019
accepted:
19
07
2019
pubmed:
13
9
2019
medline:
17
3
2020
entrez:
13
9
2019
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
The human resources for health crisis has generated much debate as to the radical changes necessary to mitigate the risks to universal health coverage. Nurses can make a significant impact on global health, if only they feel empowered to take their seat at the political table. The aim of this paper was to outline nurse-led initiatives to enhance organizational culture and clinical processes at the Combined Military Hospital in Rawalpindi, Pakistan. These have been designed and implemented by the United Kingdom (UK) Defence Medical Services to empower the nursing workforce in Pakistan. An educational model has been developed that will build capacity, within a workforce constrained by numbers, by bridging the gap between nursing theory and practice. It is geared to actively engage Pakistani nurses in quality improvement to ensure care is based on best evidence that will enhance patient outcomes. The wider impact of the model has already been evidenced by nurses, country-wide, who are gaining the necessary skills and confidence to realize their true potential in influencing the patient care pathway and future policy. This is crucial to the recruitment and retention of nurses who might otherwise seek alternative career paths if they lack a sense of value within the profession. Their renewed sense of value will enable them to find their voice and ability to contribute to the sustainable development goals adopted by the United Nations General Assembly in 2015.
Sections du résumé
BACKGROUND
BACKGROUND
The human resources for health crisis has generated much debate as to the radical changes necessary to mitigate the risks to universal health coverage. Nurses can make a significant impact on global health, if only they feel empowered to take their seat at the political table.
AIM
OBJECTIVE
The aim of this paper was to outline nurse-led initiatives to enhance organizational culture and clinical processes at the Combined Military Hospital in Rawalpindi, Pakistan. These have been designed and implemented by the United Kingdom (UK) Defence Medical Services to empower the nursing workforce in Pakistan.
OUTCOME
RESULTS
An educational model has been developed that will build capacity, within a workforce constrained by numbers, by bridging the gap between nursing theory and practice. It is geared to actively engage Pakistani nurses in quality improvement to ensure care is based on best evidence that will enhance patient outcomes.
CONCLUSION AND IMPLICATIONS FOR NURSING & HEALTH POLICY
UNASSIGNED
The wider impact of the model has already been evidenced by nurses, country-wide, who are gaining the necessary skills and confidence to realize their true potential in influencing the patient care pathway and future policy. This is crucial to the recruitment and retention of nurses who might otherwise seek alternative career paths if they lack a sense of value within the profession. Their renewed sense of value will enable them to find their voice and ability to contribute to the sustainable development goals adopted by the United Nations General Assembly in 2015.
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
118-126Informations de copyright
© 2019 Crown copyright. International Nursing Review © 2019 International Council of Nurses.
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