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Nursing provides rare experience to Korean nursing students

1/23/23

South Korean nursing student Ju Hah Yeon was surprised when an emergency department nurse told her that teamwork is the most important aspect of nursing. Hah Yeon always felt individual ability was most important, especially in an emergency setting. But during a code blue simulation, Hah Yeon saw her team’s result improve significantly when she concentrated on teamwork as the simulation team leader.

CGN names research grant after Edwards

9/1/22

Members of the Center for Global Nursing (CGN) named a grant award after Joan Edwards, PhD, RNC, CNS, FAAN. It is called the Joan Edwards Global Nursing Research Grant.

Moore, Mbango to speak at Kenya conference

5/9/22

Brenda Moore, PhD, RN-BC, CNE, and Catherine Mbango, PhD, MBA, RN, NE-BC, OCN, are set to speak at the third Building Capacity for Nursing and Midwifery Leadership in Africa conference in Kenya.

Meeting results in MOU with Peruvian university

3/29/22

During a recent trip to Peru to hike the Inca Trail, Brenda Moore (Nursing, Houston), director of the Center for Global Nursing, met with Gladys Moran, chancellor of Universidad Maria Auxiliadora in Lima, to discuss capacity-building opportunities between their universities' Colleges of Nursing in the areas of community and mental health.

Kenya Research Advisory Panel progresses

3/18/22

Center for Global Nursing Director Emeritus Joan Edwards, PhD, participated in the Kenya Research Advisory Panel (RAP) retreat Feb. 13-16 to develop a blueprint document: A National Framework for Nursing and Midwifery Research Priorities in Kenya 2022-2027. Leaders from Kenya as well as researchers from St. Paul's University, Jomo Kenyatta University Of Agriculture And Technology, the University of Nairobi, and the University of Montana joined.

CGN participates in International Festival

3/8/22

The Center for Global Nursing (CGN) staffed a table at the Annual TWU International Festival in Houston. The CGN provided information about upcoming trips in 2022.

Fulbright Specialist teaches in Egypt

11/3/21

In September 2021, Brenda Moore, PhD, completed a Fulbright Specialist project at Badr University in New Cairo, Egypt. 

Mbango collaborates in Kenya

11/2/21

In July 2021, CGN member Catherine Mbango, PhD, made an initial visit to collaborate with nurse colleagues in Kenya. 

Center for Global Nursing collaboration studies HIV-related stigma

11/30/20

Patrick Palmieri, DHSc, DPhil(Hon.), EdS, PGDip(Oxon) teamed with Joan Edwards, PhD, RNC, CNS, FAAN and Juan Leyva-Moral, PhD, MSN, RN to publish research on HIV-related attitudes of nursing faculty in three continents from six countries: Canada, Colombia, England, Peru, Spain, and the United States.

TWU Center for Global Nursing Transitions Leadership

10/27/20

The TWU Center for Global Nursing (CGN) announces a new director: Brenda Moore, PhD, RN-BC, CNE.

Faculty initiating virtual exchange program

7/14/20

Dr. Brenda Moore and Dr. Angeles Nava, faculty at TWU Nelda C. Stark College of Nursing in Houston, are initiating a virtual exchange program through a grant organized by the Texas International Education Consortium and funded through The Stevens Initiative. 

TWU professor leads effort to collect medical equipment to fight pandemic

3/26/20

Sometimes, heroes really do wear masks.

That might be the best way to characterize Dr. Fuqin Liu during this coronavirus pandemic. Liu, an associate professor in TWU’s College of Nursing in Denton, assembled a large cadre of North Texans to collect badly needed personal protective equipment for health care professionals who are responding to the crisis.

Fredland to present in Sweden

3/17/20

Dr. Nina Fredland will be presenting a podium presentation at the Nursing Network for Violence Against Women International conference to be held June 30-July 2 at Malmö Live, Sweden.

Moore receives research funding

9/6/19

The Center for Regulatory Excellence has funded Brenda Moore, PhD, to conduct research titled “Exploratory Survey of Simulation Use in the Middle East and North African Nursing Programs.” 

Edwards to lead Kenyan research panel

9/6/19

Joan Edwards, PhD, by invitation of Mary Nandili, PhD, director of nursing for the Kenya Ministry of Health, is leading a Kenya Research Advisory Panel to assess, prioritize and develop a research plan for the nursing profession in the country of Kenya (2019-20).

Leyva studies HIV in Peru

9/5/19

Juan Leyva, CGN community member and 2016 TWU Visiting Scholar from Barcelona, Spain, is the principal investigator of a research study being conducted in Chiclayo, Peru to understand the experience of living with HIV and the beliefs attributed to antiretroviral therapy.

Liu, McFarlane visiting scholars in China

9/5/19

In 2018 and 2019, Fuqin Liu, PhD, and Judith McFarlane, PhD, served as visiting scholars in Jinan, China, at Shandong University School of Nursing and WHO Collaborative Center.

McFarlane involved in Gates Foundation-funded research in Pakistan

9/4/19

Since 2017, Judith McFarlane, PhD, has been the technical advisor on a five-year, three-arm, cluster randomized controlled trial in Pakistan, funded by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, titled “Preventing Family Violence and Empowering Poor Women with Couples Life Skills Building and Cash Transfer.”

Dr. Fuquin Liu named among top 100 Nurse Influencers

2/1/19

Fuqin Liu, Ph.D., RN was honored at the University of Washington School of Nursing’s Centennial Brunch as one of the 100 most influential nurses who have shaped UW.

Dr. Shani receives $534,000 grant from the National Institutes of Health

11/1/18

Pinky Shani, Ph.D., RN received a $534,000 National Institutes of Health (NIH) grant for her proposed research on “Caring for Caregivers with Mind-Body Exercise,” the first-ever study related to the practice of Qigong for caregivers, in November 2018.

CGN Announces International Nursing Education Journal Club

10/3/22

The Center for Global Nursing at Texas Woman's University, in partnership with Fulbright Egypt, has developed an International Nursing Education Journal Club.