News archive
Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare
Organizations, (JCAHO), Surveyor, Elizabeth Geffers reviews hospital
accreditation
Consultant
and Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations,
(JCAHO), Surveyor, Elizabeth Geffers reviews hospital accreditation
standards with Dr. Wu JinMin, president, and Dr. He Chao, Vice Director,
both of Sir Run Run Shaw Hospital (SRRSH). The hospital is a 400 bed
hospital, currently expanding to 800 beds, just South of Shanghai in
the People's Republic of China. In 1999, JCAHO began surveying hospitals
internationally, when invited. SRRSH would like to become the first
hospital in the People's Republic of China to obtain JCAHO accreditation.
Jan Zumwalt is the Nursing Division liaison between Nursing at SRRSH
and Loma Linda University Medical Center, (LLUMC). In addition a number
of partnerships have been formed between specialty nurses at SRRSH
and LLUMC, i.e., wound and ostomy care, and diabetes.
Photo: (From left to right) Elizabeth Geffers, Jan Zumwalt, Dr. Wu JinMin, and Dr. He Chao
Sir Run Run Shaw Hospital nurses visit LLUMC
Two
experienced critical care nurses from SRRSH review a patient's chart
with critical care nurse, Kadette Kelly, on the Cardiothoracic ICU
at Loma Linda University Medical Center. The two visiting Chinese
nurses are at LLUMC for 6 weeks to learn specifically about the post-operative
care of the open heart surgery patient. The visiting nurses will return
to SRRSH in March to assist with education and care of heart surgery
patients in their critical care unit at SRRSH. Two visiting cardiothoracic
surgeons from the United States will arrive at SRRSH in March to educate
and train Chinese physicians in cardiothoracic surgery techniques.
It is important that the Nursing department at SRRSH is ready to care
for the heart surgery patients who will be operated on by these visiting
surgeons.
Photo: (From left to right)
Shen FuNu, Gu JiangHong, and Kadette Kelly
Loma Linda University School of Nursing focuses
on international outreach
Since 1998, Loma Linda University School of Nursing has been focusing its international outreach to the world church through a project called Global Partnership in Nursing for Wholistic Nursing Care. This project is jointly sponsored by the General Conference department of health ministries, the Ralph and Carolyn Thompson Charitable Foundation, and international nursing at Loma Linda School of Nursing. The project was conducted in Asia in 1999, in Central and South America in 2000, and is now focusing on Africa.
As part of this project, a three-day conference is planned for July 29 to August 2, 2002 to be held at the Kopanong Hotel and Conference Center just outside of Johannesburg, South Africa. If you are interested in attending or participating in this conference, please contact Valerie Nusantara, administrative assistant, office of international nursing, Loma Linda University School of Nursing, Loma Linda, California 92350. Telephone: (909) 558-7122, FAX: (909) 558-0224, Email: vrnusantar@sn.llu.edu
Patricia Jones and Richard Huse present at an international conference on risk management
The
International Nursing Council sponsored Dr. Pat Jones from the School
of Nursing and Richard Huse from the Medical Center to present at an
international conference on risk management. This conference, organized
by the South American Conference of Seventh-day Adventists taught principles
of health-care risk management to the leaders of hospitals from Brazil,
Argentina, and Paraguay. This conference "Quest for Quality" shared
lessons learned from risk management activities in United States. This
was especially valuable to the hospital leaders in these countries as
litigation rates are increasing, following the historical patterns seen
in our country. Dr. Jones and Mr. Huse participated in interactive sessions
with the nurse executives and other hospital leaders, helping with diverse
issues such as staffing and skills mix, as well as the topic of risk
management.
All contents copyright © 2004 Loma
Linda University Adventist Health Sciences Center. All rights reserved.
Revised
May 25, 2004
Send comments and questions to webmaster@univ.llu.edu
URL: http://www.llu.edu/