Empowering Nurses and Midwives, Our Commitment through Nursing and Midwifery Education AMAL ABU AWAD, BSN, MSN, PHD ACTING GD OF CONTINUOUS AND HIGHER HEALTH EDUCATION / DEAN OF IBN SINA COLLEGE FOR HEALTH SCIENCES INSTITUTE OF MEDICINE WORKSHOP ON EMPOWERING WOMEN AND STRENGTHENING HEALTH SYSTEMS THROUGH NURSING AND MIDWIFERY: IMPLICATIONS OF INNOVATIVE MODELS FOR THE UNITED STATES 2014, ITALY
Objective of this presentation To provide a general description on the systematic initiatives done to empower nurses and midwives as part of improving the health services in Palestine.
What is Empowerment Empowerment refers to increasing the economic, political, social, educational, gender, or spiritual strength of an entity or entities. Empowerment Principles: http://www.unwomenuk.org/co rporate/womensempowerment-principles/
Midwifery Academic Programs in Palestine 8 Midwifery programs 13 Nursing programs West Bank Gaza 2 Associate 2 Yrs 4 BSM 2 BSM West Bank Gaza 2 Associate 2 Yrs 8 BSN 3 BSN 5 MSN 1 MSN
Ibn Sina College for Health Sciences Role In Nurses & Midwives Empowerment The college attracts applicants from all areas in the West Bank. Ibn Sina College is the only governmental university college in the West Bank for nursing and midwifery (Palestine college in Gaza). Low tuition for nurses and free for midwives. Most applicants are very bright young women from large families who can t afford college education. Guaranteed employment opportunity
All BSN and BSM programs follow a unified strategy to improve the quality of graduates and increase the satisfaction of students, staff, and employers lead by MOH and MOHE
Quality Education Empowerment Continuous improvement in the quality of the nursing and midwifery graduates: Commitment to utilizing evidence-based practices Integration of new practice protocols within the curriculum Curriculum update and regular review Quality assurance for training experience
Early patient contact Clinical training using wide range of healthcare environments Instructor-student ratio that is suitable to the competency attainment Clinical audits and weekly clinical reviews
Competency monitoring (booklet, minimum of 40 deliveries, 100 postnatal, 5 episiotomies, 25 advanced cases...) Clinical to theory contact hours ratio 50/50
Integration of Domestic violence and Family Protection within the Curriculum. Knowing about DV and FP Empowerment
Use of Internet and online learning resources Empowerment
Special national initiatives to empower Nurses Nurses are taking the lead in transforming their academic standards to address the national health needs: Integration of palliative and advance geriatric within BSN curriculum Training for needed specializations such as oncology, neonatal nursing, critical care, and burn. Leading the process of accreditation of hospitals in East Jerusalem Taking the initiative to write proposals to attract funding to improve academic and service programs
Midwifery education Knowledge Caring, and lots of Fun
Special national initiatives to empower Midwives Increasing the number of midwifery faculty Involvement of the Ibn Sina Midwifery faculty in international professional development activities. Increasing the number of midwifery students Advocacy for midwifery Updating the BS midwifery program ILOs that are compatible with the ICM competencies and comparable to other programs at national level Bridging the gap between academic program and the practice reality Job Description Training on Advanced Midwifery Competencies
Training of midwives to certify them for advanced competencies IUD insertion and removal Episiotomy cut and repair Family planning re-fill
Norwegian midwifery project Midwifery continuity of care Project based in Ibn Sina College Midwives are supported to provide midwifery care in the clinic, hospital, and home.
What s next? Faculty development Staff development Extracurricular activities Students involvement Professional regulation and organization Upgrade existing diploma holders to BS level
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