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OUR PEOPLE, OUR MISSION THE 2022 NORTHERN LIGHTS PHOTOGRAPHER OF THE YEAR Check out more photographs and stories behind at this link Global Health eMagazine February 2023 Commentary Highlights Reflections Voice of Uganda “Auroraverse” – Tor-Ivar Næss, Nordreisa, Norway “Under a Northern Sky” – Rachel Jones Ross, Tombstone Mountain Range, Yukon Territory, Canada Voices of Hispanic/Latinx Global Local Innovation and Technology Art to Remind Us of Who We Can Be Our Beautiful Planet Nursing Division Womens Health News “Elves’ House” – Asier López Castro, Stokknes, Iceland Among the Letters Article of the Month Congratulations Photo Gallery Calendar Resources Previous Issues of the eMagazine “Michigan Night Watch” – Marybeth Kiczenski, Point Betsie Lighthouse, Frankfort, Michigan 26
OUR PEOPLE, OUR MISSION Global Health eMagazine February 2023 Nursing Division Section Editor: Catherine G Winkler, PhD, MPH, APRN-BC Director of the Nuvance Health Global Health Program Nursing Division Nursing Commentary Highlights Written by Catherine G Winkler, PhD, MPH, APRN-BC Director of the Nuvance Health Global Health Program Nursing Division Reflections Voice of Uganda Voices of Hispanic/Latinx Global Local Innovation and Technology Art to Remind Us of Who We Can Be Our Beautiful Planet Nursing Division Womens Health News Among the Letters Article of the Month Congratulations Photo Gallery Calendar Resources Previous Issues of the eMagazine Our lives no longer belong to us alone; they belong to all those who need us desperately. - Elie Wiesel This quotation is true. True for many nurses and likely a contributing factor to the fatigue and intense responsibility felt by the profession. The past few years with the pandemic, the long days, the short-staffed shifts, and the difficulties of the work have led to profound weariness. Yet, we are fortunate as a profession to be able to promote and restore the health of others as well as work to support a good death for the terminally ill. We can feel thankful, even joyful that we are able to be with people to help them through troubled times and witness the good – whether it is a good outcome, good diagnosis, or good connection. It’s time to refocus and move beyond the setbacks through action. We need to wake up and regain our energies to produce a better world. We will need to be willing to change how we work. Across the world we will experience ongoing public health crises whether it is another pandemic, escalating drug addiction, further degradation of food supply with more hungry people or something else. We will need to adapt to the long days and staffing shortages through retaining our elder nurses as educators, mentoring our young for longer periods of time, and collaborating with our healthcare colleagues to increase efficiency and quality of care. We need to plan to manage the next public health event together with other health professionals to ensure communication is clear and timely, that safety is the priority and education is accessible. Global health partnerships provide better clinical insight, additional resources, and an easing of uncertainty through continuity of care. Further, these relationships, when made sustainable lead to civil world-wide communities in which listening and respect develop the profession. Accordingly, we can learn and enhance nursing practice to meet the needs of our colleagues, our profession and that of our patients and their families. Please note that we will have an upcoming Global Health Grands Rounds that you can attend to learn more about the goal of Global Health Care at Nuvance Health or email Cathy Winkler at winkler.cathy@gmail.com. 27
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