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Developing an emergency nursing short course in Tanzania.

C Cunningham¹, P Brysiewicz², A Sepeku^3,4

¹University of Cape Town Africa and AFEM Nurses Group, South Africa.

African Journal of Emergency Medicine : Revue Africaine De La Medecine D'Urgence

|November 21, 2018

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Investing in African nurses

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Area of Science:

Emergency Medicine
Nursing Education
Healthcare Systems Strengthening

Background:

Nurses form the largest healthcare workforce in Africa.
Strengthening emergency care requires equipping nurses for emergency conditions.
The African Federation for Emergency Medicine (AFEM) established a nursing working group.

Purpose of the Study:

To develop a guiding document for improving emergency nursing skills in Africa.
To create a context-specific short course for Tanzanian nurse trainers.

Main Methods:

Development of a guiding document by an international emergency nursing group.
Creation of a context-specific short course by Tanzanian clinical nurse trainers.
Implementation of a mentorship program for nurse trainers within a global infrastructure.

Main Results:

A pilot emergency nursing course was developed and well-received.
The course expanded to training in five regions in Tanzania.
The program demonstrated high impact with low-cost investment.

Conclusions:

Investing in emergency nursing skills significantly improves emergency care in Africa.
A combination of local knowledge, mentorship, and international support is effective.
The developed course model can be replicated to enhance emergency healthcare systems continent-wide.