Nursing practice around the globe a comparison: Cameroon West Africa and the United States

47^th Global Nursing & Healthcare Conference

March 01-03, 2018 | London, UK

Patricia Hinchberger and Lorna Kendrick

California State University San Marcos, USA

Scientific Tracks Abstracts: J Nurs Care

Abstract :

The perception of global health and nursing practice varies worldwide. As countries with limited resources begin to move towards improving care through standardization, there have been an increasing number of international collaborative educational training opportunities. A recent example of this type of collaboration occurred in the village of Bafut, Cameroon where training for healthcare personnel was focused on Western standards of care, Western standard operating procedures, and facilitated by an American nurse educator. All newly hired personnel attended mandatory orientations provided by the nurse educator. Classes on job performance, patient confidentiality, and code of conduct were the primary concepts presented. During training, participatory action research, participant observations, and an ethnography worldview were used to assess willingness, resistance, or barriers to Western standards of practice. Themes identified related to cultural differences in the perception of healthcare and values associated with social norms and ideals. These identified themes seemed to prevented or delayed ongoing integration of newly learned standards.

Biography :

Patricia Hinchberger has been a Nurse for over 20 years. She has held many influential and often nontraditional roles in nursing education, global community health and culture. She is currently Faculty and Coordinator of the online RN-BSN Program at California State University, San Marcos. Lorna Kendrick is the current Director of Nursing at California State University San Marcos. Dr. Kendrick earned her PhD from UCLA School of Nursing. Her research focuses on culture and collaboration with her global community partners using Participatory Action Research and Ethnography to guide her worldview.
Lorna Kendrick is the current Director of Nursing at California State University San Marcos. Dr. Kendrick earned her PhD from UCLA School of Nursing. Her research focuses on culture and collaboration with her global community partners using Participatory Action Research and Ethnography to guide her worldview