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  • Health Systems Strengthening
  • Nursing Education
  • Professional Development

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  • Global health systems suffer from nursing shortages, impacting healthcare quality.
  • Qualitative nursing deficits include a lack of advanced skills in leadership, research, and education.
  • Current development approaches focus on up-skilling and scaling-up, neglecting professional advancement.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To present a two-phased capacity development model for nursing professionalization in Mozambique.
  • To establish a master's degree program in nursing.
  • To ensure the host institution's sustainability for future nursing education.

Main Methods:

  • Implemented professionalization strategies to advance nursing scholarship.
  • Developed and delivered a coursework master's degree in nursing.
  • Focused on in-country partnerships, alliances, and government investment.

Main Results:

  • Successfully graduated the first cohort of 11 senior nurses with master's degrees.
  • Nurses specialized in critical care/trauma or maternal/neonatal health.
  • Navigated resource limitations and political challenges over five years.

Conclusions:

  • The model serves as a professionalization strategy to advance nursing scholarship.
  • Bridging the skills gap is crucial for managing complex cases and reducing mortality.
  • This approach enhances nurses' capabilities in clinical practice, research, and teaching.