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Evaluation of nursing and midwifery in the Region of the Americas: analysis of questionnaires completed by 33 of 35 countries

Pan American Health Organization. World Health Organization.

This report is being done to document the progress made toward the implementation of World Health Assembly (WHA) Resolution 49.1: Strengthening Nursing and Midwifery in the Region of the Americas. The WHO identified the need to strengthen the roles of nurses and midwives in 1948 and the first World Healt...

Nursing Services/trends, Midwifery/trends, Delivery of Health Care/trends, Public Health/22060, Personnel Management, Staff Development

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Calidad de los servicios de salud en América Latina y el Caribe: desafíos para la enfermería

Organización Panamericana de la Salud.

La Federación Panamericana de Profesionales de Enfermería (FEPPEN) es una organización gremial que reúne diecinueve organizaciones nacionales de enfermería de habla hispana y portuguesa de América Latina y el Caribe. Históricamente, la Federación, en su calidad de organismo no gubernamental (ONG)...

Education, Nursing/22060, Health Care Reform/trends, Personnel Management, Health Human Resource Training, Nursing, Practical/education, Health Workforce/trends, Technical Cooperation, Quality of Health Care/trends, Latin America, Caribbean Region

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Calidad de los servicios de salud en América Latina y el Caribe: desafíos para la enfermería

Organización Panamericana de la Salud. Organización Mundial de la Salud.

La Federación Panamericana de Profesionales de Enfermería (FEPPEN) es una organización gremial que reúne 19 organizaciones nacionales de enfermería de habla hispana y portuguesa de América Latina y el Caribe. Históricamente, la Federación, en su calidad de organismo no gubernamental (ONG), tiene ...

Education, Nursing/22060, Education, Public Health Professional/organization & administration, Personnel Management, Health Human Resource Training, Nursing, Practical/education, Health Workforce/trends, Latin America, Quality of Health Care/trends

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Formar para transformar: experiencia estratégica de profesionalización de auxiliares de enfermería en Argentina: 1990-2000

Organización Panamericana de la Salud. Organización Mundial de la Salud.

A principio de los años ’80 la enfermería de la República Argentina inició un proceso de transformación acelerado y profundo que, en el contexto nacional de recuperación democrática y en el marco de los impactantes cambios globales en la Región de las Américas y en el mundo, significó un camb...

National Health Programs/organization & administration, Health Human Resource Training, Personnel Management, Education, Public Health Professional/organization & administration, Public Health/education, Education, Nursing/methods, Nursing Assistants/organization & administration, 35176

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Proposal for the development and strengthening of nursing in Latin America and the Caribbean

Pan American Health Organization; World Health Organization.

This document was prepared in the context of a redefinition of the organization and policies of the Human Resources Development Program of the Pan American Health Organization. Its purpose is to determine future lines of action in the area of development of human resources for nursing, based on an analys...

Education, Nursing/organization & administration, Personnel Management, Staff Development/methods, Public Health Nursing/trends, Health Human Resource Training

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Propuesta para el desarrollo y el fortalecimiento de la enfermería en América Latina y el Caribe

Organización Panamericana de la Salud. Organización Mundial de la Salud.

Este documento surge en el contexto de redefinición organizativa y de políticas del Programa de Desarrollo de Recursos Humanos en Salud, de la Organización Panamericana de la Salud. Su propósito es determinar líneas de acción futuras en el área de desarrollo del recurso humano de enfermería, part...

Education, Nursing/trends, Personnel Management, Staff Development/methods, Public Health Nursing/trends, Health Human Resource Training, Nursing/trends, Latin America, Caribbean Region

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Psychiatric mental health nursing meeting report

Pan American Health Organization. World Health Organization.

Care and caring have been and continue to be the cornerstone of nursing delivery of services. The scientific advances of the past decade are changing the understanding of the human brain, mental illness, and biochemical treatments of mental disorders. Psychiatric nurses continuously must integrate the ne...

Public Health/methods, Health Human Resource Training, Mental Health Assistance, Personnel Management, Staff Development/methods, Mental Health/education, Psychiatric Nursing/education, Technical Cooperation, Regional Health Planning/methods, Mental Health/trends

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Enfermería en salud mental. Informe de reunión

Organización Panamericana de la Salud. Organización Mundial de la Salud.

La atención y el cuidado han sido, y siguen siendo, el elemento básico del suministro de los servicios de enfermería. Los adelantos científicos del último decenio están cambiando la comprensión que se tiene del cerebro humano, las enfermedades mentales y los tratamientos bioquímicos de los trasto...

Health Human Resource Training, Mental Health Assistance, Personnel Management, Staff Development/methods, Public Health/methods, Public Health/22060, Mental Health/education, Psychiatric Nursing/education, Regional Health Planning/methods, Regional Health Planning/trends, Technical Cooperation

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Alianza colaborativa para el desarrollo de la enfermería y la partería en la región de las Américas: informe de un taller

Organización Panamericana de la Salud.

En el otoño 1997 se formó una alianza colaborativa para el desarrollo de la enfermería y la partería en la Región de las Américas de la Organización Mundial de la Salud (OMS). La alianza colaborativa incluía a representantes de tres programas de la Organización Panamericana de la Salud (OPS): Pr...

Reproductive Health/education, Public Health/education, Education, Public Health Professional/22060, Health Human Resource Training, Reproductive Health/trends, Personnel Management, Staff Development/methods, Midwifery/22060, Nursing/22060

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Collaborative partnership for nursing and midwifery development in the region of the Americas: report of a workshop

Pan American Health Organization.

In fall 1997, a collaborative partnership for nursing and midwifery development in the World Health Organization (WHO) region of the Americas was formed. The collaborative partnership included representatives from three Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) programs - Human Resources Development, Famil...

Reproductive Health/education, Public Health/education, Education, Public Health Professional/22060, Personnel Management, Reproductive Health/trends, Health Human Resource Training, Nursing/trends

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