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NewsBriefs...
Jan Zumwalt, INC co-chair, receives the "West Lake Friendship Award" a high honor given in China to foreign experts for their contributions to the development of China. Zumwalt is recognized for her 18 years of collaboration and consulting with Sir Run Run Shaw Hospital, traveling to China on more than 50 occasions.
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Pat Jones, INC co-chair, gave an update on the potential collaborative project between WHO and the General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists. Representatives from institutions in Southern Africa Indian Ocean Division met with GC leaders in September to explore positive ways of partnerships with WHO. Read more.
Jones also attended the 2nd Global Alliance in Nursing Education & Science (GANES) conference in Virginia, USA, December 1-10. GANES is sponsored by national nursing organizations from different countries, including the American Association of College of Nursing.
Then in January Jones had the opportunity to give Loma Linda University presence in the Second Global Forum on Human Resources for Health held in Bangkok, Thailand where they reviewed progress and renewed commitment to strengthening the global health workforce.
Patty Radovich, LLUMC director of nursing research, spent 15 days in August in Sir Run Run Shaw Hospital where she delivered a 2-hour presentation on nursing research. SRRSH's nursing administrative agenda is to put a top level administrator to oversee research initiatives.
Lisa Hulse, graduate of LLUSN, is currently serving as a volunteer in Ile-Ife Hospital working with Samson Popoola (The Chief) from Sept. 2010 thru 2011. Her mission is "compassionate nursing quality care" and will focus on pediatric intensive care.
Dolores Wright, LLUSN faculty, conducted a workshop on "Evidence-based working practice" at the Adventist University of Indonesia's School of Nursing's 25th anniverary on August 13-15.
Coming Onsite...
Jin Jinhua, RN, from SRRSH, China; Jan.11-Mar.9
Zheng Xiaoping, RN from SRRSH, China; Mar. 29-May 25
Kanlaya Chanprasert, RN, from Thailand; Mar. 29-May 25
Fang Haiyun, RN from SRRSH, China; Aug.12-28
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LLUSN International
Off-campus Master's Degree program...
In response to the global need for nursing faculty, Loma Linda University School of Nursing offers an off-campus master’s degree program outside of the United States to prepare international nurse educators to teach in their home countries following graduation.
The program is designed to serve nursing education programs within the global Seventh-day Adventist education and health care systems. Nurse educators from other systems are also welcome, particularly from countries where graduate education for nurses is limited.
The program is offered at minimal cost to the institutions and individuals served. Loma Linda University School of Nursing obtained external funding to cover faculty travel, books, and living expenses, and waved the tuition costs. Students and/or institutions pay a small fee to cover their travel and miscellaneous expenses. The first cohort of 23 students met each year for four years on the campus of Mission College (now Adventist Pacific International University, APIU) in Thailand to meet the needs of countries in Asia. The second cohort of 20 students met in Argentina and South Africa to meet the needs of students in South and Central America, Eastern Europe and Africa. A total of 43 students representing 24 countries graduated in 2008 and are filling leadership positions in their home countries.
The current off-campus program is coordinated by Dr. Edelweiss Ramal, associate professor at LLUSN with a cohort of 28 students, and again is offered in Thailand on the campus of APIU. In this cohort students come from 4 continents and represent 17 countries. As with the previous two cohorts, the students and faculty meet one month each year for four years. After the four weeks of instruction, students complete assignments and submit them online. Instruction in the off campus program is done by the same faculty who teach that content on-campus at LLU. This means the faculty travel to Thailand each year, live on campus with the students, and teach intensively. Face-to-face engagement of the faculty is deemed highly important to demonstrate role modeling, and promote student interaction and collaboration.
The students’ satisfaction with the program is evidenced by their commitment to making a difference in nursing education in their respective countries. Individual student comments regarding positive changes in their lives, worldviews, and practice as educators have endorsed the success of the program. Faculty also report that their lives are changed as a result of the significant enrichment from cross-cultural involvement and the gratification of helping to meet the global need for nursing faculty.
AINEC Latin America, July 2011
The Latin America chapter of the Adventist International Nursing Education Consortium (AINEC Latin America) was organized on July 23, 2011 at a meeting held at the Adventist University in Peru. Dr. Patricia Jones, Director, Office of International Nursing, Loma Linda University School of Nursing and Associate Director, Department of Health Ministries, General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists, and Dr. Edelweiss Ramal, Associate Professor of Nursing, along with the following deans, directors, and coordinators of 12 nursing programs in Latin America participated in the event:
Dr. Marlise De Olivera Pimentel, Centro Universitario Adventista de Sao Paulo, Brasil
Mg. Judith Mabel Ayala Choque, Universidad Adventista de Bolivia Lic. Olga Liliana Mejía Arango, Corporación Universitaria Adventista Colombia
Lic. Marian Orlinda Molyneux Miller, Universidad Adventista de Centroamérica, Costa Rica
Lic. Brigitte Patricia Marsollier, Universidad Adventista del Plata, Argentina
Mg. Aracely Quiroz Villanueva, Universidad de Montemorelos, México
Mg. Elsa Ruth Escalante Reyes, Universidad Linda Vista, México
Mg. Deonne Sylvia Villanueva Clouzet, Universidad Adventista Chillán, Chile
Lic. Addis Luz de Olivera, Universidad Adventista de Paraguay
Mg. Arelis A. Tello de Guzmán, Universidad Adventista Dominicana
Mg. Rut Ester Mamani Limachi, Universidad Peruana Unión; Filial Juliaca, Perú
Mg. Ángela Paredes Aguirre, Universidad Peruana Unión, Lima, Perú.
The officers elected were:
President, Mg. Ángela Paredes Aguirre, Peru.
Vice President 1, Mg. Aracely Quiroz de Cortez, Mexico.
Vice President 2, Dr. Marlise De O. Pimentel, Brasil.
Secretary, Mg. Deonne Sylvia Villanueva Clouzet, Chile.
Aims of AINEC Latina America include:
Create a directory of the members
Develop a strategic plan for networking among members
Plan an AINEC Latin America conference every two years
Create an AINEC Latin America website where member institutions can display and share their history, curriculum, faculty and student experiences, and resources.
Great enthusiasm was generated during this meeting regarding the potential benefits of AINEC Latin America. The deans, directors, and coordinators of nursing programs who attended returned to their respective institutions committed to the fulfillment of AINEC Latina America aims.
Click HERE to view a gallery of photos from the conference.
LLUSN Botswana Trip, Summer 2011
Click HERE to view a gallery of photos from the trip
LLU Off-campus programs...
Thirty students representing Botswana, Cambodia, China, Ghana, Haiti, Indonesia, Jamaica, Kenya, Malaysia, Napal, Philippines, Solomon Islands, Thailand, USA, and Zambia are enrolled in the Masters Degree program at Mission College in Thailand from July to August. The next session is scheduled for July 5 through August 1, 2011.
The LLU campus PhD program from July through August have seven students representing China, Jamaica, Malaysia, Philippines and the US. The program employs an online hybrid format where students attend intensive summer sessions on campus and continue with distance learning through NEXUS in their respective countries.
Upcoming Events...
International interdisciplinary conference on emotional health and wholeness: a Biblical worldview. Oct. 12-15, 2011, Loma Linda, CA.
International conference on maternal-infant mortality / Cosendai Adventist University School of Nursing, May 4-6, Yaounde, Cameroon
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