School of Nursing professor supports mission overseas
A person traveling to Indonesia, Korea, Philippines, and the People’s Republic of China in one lifetime could be considered well-travelled.
Dolores J. Wright, DNSc, RN, associate professor, School of Nursing, did it in one summer, all in support of nursing around the world.
From June 26 to 29, Dr. Wright spoke at the seventh annual Qualitative Health Research Conference held at Ewha Women’s University, Seoul, Korea.
Ewha was the first institution of formal education for women in Korea, and is the largest women’s university in the world. The international conference represented people from multi-disciplines.
“It was a great conference,” says Dr. Wright. “I felt privileged to be asked to present there.”
Dr. Wright presented her paper titled “Focused ethnography of hospice nurses in a community-based hospice agency.”
Portions of that paper were printed in the January, 2001, issue of Cancer Nursing.
Following her trip to Korea, Dr. Wright headed to Sir Run Run Shaw Hospital, Hangzhou, People’s Republic of China.
Once there, Dr. Wright made home visits with nurses where she guided, critiqued, and helped standardize care.
Working with nursing administration there, Dr. Wright helped develop a nursing care plan which requires some baseline data. This helps nurses make sure important information is gathered.
“Much of what was necessary was education in home health care,” adds Dr. Wright.
To support nursing education at Sir Run Run Shaw, Dr. Wright held grand rounds, an inservice for nursing, and management in nursing meetings which she both attended and participated in.
“This is a brand new area for Sir Run Run Shaw Hospital,” states Dr. Wright. “We did a lot of one-on-one to help build experience and knowledge in this area.”
Serving as an overseas consultant, Dr. Wright provided significant one-on-one education with nurse managers and some of the attendees and other chief physicians to discuss home care, who could benefit, and how referral would happen.
During the month of August, Dr. Wright served as part of an accreditation team for the General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists.
Dr. Wright visited the schools of nursing at Adventist University of the Philippines, Manila; Indonesian Adventist University, Bandung, Indonesia, where she spoke for the capping ceremony; and Mountain View College, Bukidnon, Philippines.
“Many educators there feel committed to educating nurses,”
adds Dr. Wright. “I find that very impressive.”
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