One Nurse At A Time: Beyond Borders: Humanitarian Nursing at the Edge of the World - Couverture souple

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ISBN 10 : 0997732504 ISBN 13 : 9780997732504

Editeur : One Nurse At A Time, 2016

Synopsis

Volunteering lifts your soul and breaks your heart in the flutter of an eyelash. You find your true self in the act of giving yourself away. It frees and entangles in the same motion. Once you volunteer, you are forever changed.Every year, thousands of nurses travel abroad, hoping to ease suffering, save lives, and make a difference in countries other than their own. Each has a story to tell.One Nurse At A Time: Beyond Borders is a fascinating collection of true stories from dedicated nurses. In this inspiring anthology, they share their experiences where languages, procedures, equipment, and even physicians may be incredibly different from those in their home countries – but where the ultimate goal of providing excellent care and utmost compassion remains the same.One Nurse At A Time helps nurses volunteer at home and around the world. Visit us at www.OneNurseAtATime.org

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Growing up as an army brat gave me a love for travel and other cultures which was cemented by living in Mexico two years as a young woman. I wanted to be a nurse from age five and started my ER nursing career in 1979. After a devastating earthquake in Mexico City in 1985, I organized and lead a 21 person team providing medical care to one affected area in collaboration with The Salvation Army – my first foray into the humanitarian arena. After obtaining an MBA and a stint in the business world, I decided to dedicate more of my time to humanitarian medical work: teaching in Cambodia, surgical and medical trips to Asia, Africa and Latin America, and helping to design medical clinics in Honduras and Vietnam. I now consider myself a “Humanitarian Snowbird” -ER nursing in Seattle six months a year and working for Doctors Without Borders and other volunteer organizations during the winter. The key for me came during a surgical trip to Pakistan – by comparison to girls and women there, I have lived a charmed life. I was born in a time and place that fosters independence, education and freedom for women. I believe it to be my responsibility to give of myself for the many gifts that I have received through no merit of my own. One Nurse At A Time grew out of frequent inquiries by others “How can I get involved and do what you do?” Our goal is to make it easier for nurses to use their skills to help people around the world, to lower the entry barriers, to increase public awareness of the role and contribution nurses make in the humanitarian world. I truly believe we CAN change the world.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: One Nurse At A Time
• Date d'édition: 2016
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0997732504
• ISBN 13: 9780997732504
• Reliure: Broché
• Numéro d'édition: 1
• Nombre de pages: 96
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