The Edinburgh Global Nursing Initiative leads and supports a range of initiatives. Our core areas of activity include:
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Education to advance clinical practice, scholarship, workforce and leadership
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Research to demonstrate how nurses contribute and to inform clinical practice and policy
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Consultancy and collaborations to advance global solutions
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Catalyse and promote evidence-informed policy change to enact change at all levels
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Public engagement to strengthen the reputation and profile of nursing around the world.
Making a difference
Below we highlight some examples of the way we are elevating and strengthening the influence and impact of nurses and midwives at the interface of Universal Health Coverage and Sustainable Development Goals.
44,000 learners from 197 countries have already taken this short online course to learn the principles and practice of critical care for patients during the COVID-19 pandemic.
This free education resource teaches the daily practice for critical care patients with or without COVID-19, and how to apply ventilation and organ support principles to a critically ill COVID-19 patient. Our module on how to facilitate emotional and physical wellbeing in this high-stress, high-risk environment has been highly valued by learners.
This course has been designed for frontline clinical staff, including a wide range of healthcare professionals in acute care, from many different clinical speciality backgrounds. The information in the course will support those refreshing critical care knowledge and skills, newly qualified practitioners, those who are upskilling, and those returning to acute clinical services during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Learners can view the materials most relevant to their work from any section of the course: there is no need to follow the week-by-week structure of the resource.
This cutting-edge new programme will equip registered nurses working in neurological rehabilitation with the resources and skills to develop person-centred, partnership focussed, practice in the area of neurological care and rehabilitation of adults.
Find out more on the programme webpages
| Title | Innovative advanced clinical practice approaches through task-sharing: Midwives and nurses improving hospital-based maternal and neonatal care in Liberia |
| Area | Liberia, West Africa |
| Purpose | To develop a cadre of advanced practice midwives and neonatal nurses qualified to provide safe and independently performing advanced obstetric care, including abdominal surgery, and advanced neonatal care, respectively |
| Objective | To explore innovative advanced clinical practice approaches through task-sharing: Midwives and nurses improving hospital-based maternal and neonatal care in Liberia |
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| Title | Nurse led emergency care for women who have experienced complex sexual trauma in war in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) |
| Area | South Kivu Province, Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) |
| Purpose | To improve women's physical and psychological outcomes following surgical interventions and care for war related rape and mutilation |
| Objective | To enhance nurses' clinical competence and confidence in the delivery of holistic physical and psychological care in the Emergency Room (ER) for women who have experienced war related rape and mutilation |
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Launching end of 2020 |
| Title | Palliative Care Nurse Leaders |
| Area | Uganda |
| Purpose | To develop nurse leaders within palliative care in Uganda who will support the national roll out of palliative care services ensuring all people have access to quality palliative care. |
| Objective | To roll out a nurse leadership development programme which will deliver clinical and organisational modelling of nurse leadership by specialist nurses; expand the highly link-nurse programme developed at Mulago Hospital to other hospitals in Uganda, and lay the foundations for both professional recognition and career progression. |
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| Title | Embedding Compassionate Care in Nursing and Midwifery Practice at Kamuzu Central and Bwaila Hospitals, Malawi: A Case Study Approach |
| Area | Malawi |
| Purpose | Promoting compassionate health care to support ethical practice, professionalism and person-centred care. |
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Download: Document
Embedding Compassionate Care (Resource) (4.07 MB / PDF)
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Embedding Compassionate Care (Slide Deck) (603.85 KB / PDF)
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| Title | Developing and Embedding Online Learning in Undergraduate and PostGraduate Nursing programmes in ‘The Warm Heart of Africa’ |
| Area | Malawi |
| Purpose | Programme innovation through partnership and exchange of knowledge, skills and experience to develop bespoke online platforms and resources to enhance learning and teaching, and nursing practice overall. |
| Objective | The development and delivery of innovative nursing and midwifery curricula and online teaching methods and resources to enhance students’ learning experiences. |
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Presentation – Delivered at the ICCHNR Community Health Nursing Research conference: ‘Health Promotion across the lifespan’ Seoul National University, South Korea 2015: Transforming The Education And Training Of Clinical Professionals: Delivering Maternal And Child Healthcare In Malawi (Dr Melanie Hami and Dr Gladys Msiska, Kamuzu College of Nursing). Download presentation slides below: |
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NIHR global health research group on preterm birth and stillbirth at the University of Edinburgh – the DIPLOMATIC* collaboration *Using eviDence, Implementation science, and a clinical trial PLatform to Optimise MATernal and newborn health in lICs (Low Income Countries) |
| Area | Malawi and Zambia |
| Purpose | To reduce mortality of children under 5 years (one of the targets of sustainable development goals) by reducing preterm birth and stillbirth and to optimise outcomes for babies born preterm. |
| Objective | To examine strategies to develop and implement contextualised, evidence based local practices building on successes and challenges of current best practice in the UK and other high income countries. |
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| Title | Tackling the Burden of Cervical Cancer |
| Area | Malawi |
| Purpose | To find the best approach to roll out cervical screening to reduce the burden of cervical cancer in Malawi. |
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More information
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Learn about our purpose, vision and approach on our 'About us' page
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