One Nurse At A Time Director Communications, Nancy Leigh Harless will speak about humanitarian nursing at the Iowa State Teachers Conference on Saturday, June 11 and read from her latest book: Nurses Beyond Borders, an anthology written by nurses who have volunteered abroad. Books will be offered for sale following
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Haiti mission 2011
One year after the devastating earthquake rocked the world of Haitian people, I traveled to Port-au-Prince with Project Medishare out of Miami University. My one week deployment was marked by sensory overload. There was the hot sun, the humidity, the mosquitoes. Proud Haitian citizens lined the streets in their colorful
Helping One Patient at a Time
For the past two months, I worked at a sexual violence project in Guatemala City for Doctors Without Borders/Medicos Sin Fronteras or MSF. I’d travelled several times to this beautiful, culturally diverse country, but was not aware of the rising violence. Guatemala and other Central American countries are on the
Encountering Medical Missions
The Encountering Medical Missions conference was a huge success! I talked with tons of nurses who were interested in going on their first medical mission and they were excited to find out about One Nurse At A Time and the Directory you have on your website and the scholarships you
Time in Tanzania
My three weeks in Tanzania exceeded by far any expectations I might have had. I had unreal experiences, worked with exceptional people (both Americans and Tanzanians), and learned invaluable life lessons. We had three weeks of successful clinics including eyeglass, HIV, general medical, and veterinary clinics. I was able to
WE HONOR ALL NURSES DURING NURSES WEEK
You are unique. You provide more than 80% of healthcare delivery worldwide. You practice many different roles in diverse settings. You prevent injury and disease. You teach patients and families and communities. You care for the sick; you care for the dying. You understand the art, and the science of
WELCOME MARTHA HOLLEY – JONES !
We’d like to welcome Martha Holley-Jones to the team of volunteers at One Nurse At A Time. Martha has just come on board as Scholarship Coordinator. She is a wife, a mother of one son; 2 pugs; and one cat. She has been a nurse for over 30 years and is employed as
History in the Making – Michelle (Mickey) Guerreo
The stethoscope give-a-way was by far the biggest hit. We took it back to basics for the nurses, and we can tell that it was really useful information for them. During the Respiratory sounds lecture, we taught them how to wear the stethoscopes and use them to assess heart and
WORLD MALARIA DAY 2011
About half of the world’s population, are at risk of contracting malaria, especially those living in developing countries. World Malaria Day 2011 is a time for examining the progress made towards malaria control and elimination. Progress is being made but there is still much work to be done. We at
I WILL NEVER FORGET
Ecuador was AMAZING!I had such a great time. It was so different from what I expected, but in the best way possible. Our team was remarkable; we all clicked right away from the first day of meeting each other. On Sunday, we performed screenings all day of the children who