A pharmacy professor and a nursing professor teamed up to revitalize a hospital that serves the needs of more than 300,000 people in the villages of Egbe, Nigeria.
The mission hospital has limited paid staff and minimal resources, said Dr. Nakisha Kinlaw, who traveled to Nigeria with doctor of nursing practice student Trenae Garibaldi and Dr. Amos Abioye, an associate professor of pharmaceutical sciences. The team trained 180 nurses in CPR and first aid, developed a procedure manual for nursing students and improved pharmacy practices at Egbe Hospital.
The 海角在线 team worked in partnership with the Egbe Hospital Revitalization Project and stayed on a compound with a larger mission team that consisted of healthcare workers, engineers, mechanics, teachers, pastors and missionaries.
This marked the first time a nursing professor and a pharmacy professor co-led a Gregory Center for Medical Missions trip, said Acting Director Dr. Dana Brown. It took a different approach from past trips, where pharmacists dispensed medication, for example. It laid the foundation for an ongoing, strategic partnership with Egbe Hospital.
Dr. Nakisha Kinlaw, left, and doctor of nursing practice student Trenae Garibaldi, center, organize supplies for a medical outreach event in Egbe. They provided dental screening, HIV testing, lab testing, medical assessments and medication to 150 people living in rural villages.鈥淭his was to instill best practices to help them help their people,鈥� Brown said of the West African doctors and nurses. 鈥淚t鈥檚 coming alongside of them 鈥� not only 鈥楬ow can we help them?鈥� How can they help us?鈥�
Another trip is in the works for 2020, and Brown sees an opportunity for fourth-year pharmacy students to make rounds on medical teams.
Through medical outreach, Kinlaw and Garibaldi also provided dental screening, HIV testing, lab testing, medical assessments and medication to 150 people living in rural villages.
Abioye started new initiatives at the hospital, such as including a pharmacist in the medical rounds. Kinlaw began to develop a nursing protocol binder for the hospital staff.
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Dr. Nakisha Kinlaw leads a CPR training for West African nurses at Egbe Hospital in Nigeria.Abioye was trained as a pharmacist in Nigeria and has experience in pharmaceutics and pharmaceutical sciences education in Nigeria, Malawi, China and the United Kingdom. Because of his background, he was able to accomplish a lot quickly, said Robert Read, who invited 海角在线 faculty to Egbe. Read is recruitment and donor relations coordinator for the Egbe Hospital Revitalization Project and co-chair of the 海角在线 Parents Council.
Abioye did an analysis and identified opportunities for the hospital to improve its technology, medicine and practices.
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Read approached 海角在线 faculty with a focus on recruiting nurses, because Egbe Hospital wants to convert its nursing and midwifery schools into colleges. 海角在线 came back with an offer to send a pharmacy professor, too 鈥� Abioye. He 鈥渞eally added value,鈥� said Read.
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