Tsunami Relief Effort Supports Nursing Programs

[NRSKarenRN, BSN, RN]

from ana news 7/28/05:

tsunami relief effort supports nursing programs

international consulting institute for nursing (icin) reports that another 20 foot shipping container "packed to the rim" with donated medical supplies, equipment, nursing textbooks and teaching supplies will arrive in india july 30, and will be redistributed to pre-screened nursing program sites in sri lanka in august. in addition, the united states air force is sending 1,000 pounds of textbooks and teaching supplies to india and another 1,000 pounds to sri lanka. both efforts are part of the nursing program tsunami project.

these latest shipments are expected to meet the needs of area schools of nursing and associated hospital clinical rotation sites for incoming nursing students in the fall, reports icin president and founder rabi`a graney, phd, rn.

"since the inception of the nursing program tsunami project in january, we have been committed to establishing two nursing resource centers (in india and sri lanka), and i am happy to announce that with the july shipments we will have reached that goal," she said.

in other tsunami-related news, the india society of health administrators (isha) in bangalore will hold a national workshop on disaster planning, emergency treatment and triage science in july. the workshop will rely on materials donated by both harvard university press and the emergency nurses association (new york state chapter) as part of the nursing program tsunami project. nurses interested in volunteering in the program tsunami project are encouraged to contact graney at 914-262-7861 or [email protected]. however, because this is an unfunded humanitarian project, graney reminds nurses that any travel would be at their own expense. in addition, icin continues to accept sponsors to offset shipping and travel costs; such sponsorships have made it possible for nurses to continue to study and practice in the tsunami-affected areas