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Global Health and Nursing
A New Narrative for the 21st Century
- 1st Edition - May 17, 2024
- Author: Barbara Stilwell
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 3 2 3 - 8 7 7 8 0 - 0
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 3 2 3 - 8 7 7 8 1 - 7
Nurses are critical in addressing the great health challenges we now face. For the first time, Global Health and Nursing provides an overview of global health issues specif… Read more
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Request a sales quoteNurses are critical in addressing the great health challenges we now face. For the first time, Global Health and Nursing provides an overview of global health issues specifically for nurses. Critical topics covered in this exciting new book include the social determinants of health, planetary health, globalisation and migration. It highlights the importance of investment in the nursing profession, the role of gender, and how nurses can find a global voice to become influential leaders as we rebuild health systems post-pandemic. Written by Dr Barbara Stilwell, one of the UK’s most influential nurses and a champion for health workers and strong health systems, the book is suitable for all those interested in global health, including postgraduate nurses, nurse educators, practising nurses and nurses taking global health programmes.
- Written by eminent British nurse, researcher and academic Dr Barbara Stilwell, with contributions from major players in global nursing
- Covers a broad range of issues relevant to all those interested in global health, from the nurse’s viewpoint
- Explores the most critical issues facing world health today, including planetary health, decolonising nursing, nurse migration and nursing in emergencies
- Focus on leadership and how to find a global voice
- Real life case studies drawn from around the world – learn from your peers
- Research-based findings on the effects of COVID on the nursing workforce
- Closely linked to the work of the International Council of Nurses
Post graduate nurses studying global health.
- Cover image
- Title page
- Copyright
- Contents
- Preface
- About the Editor
- Contributors
- SECTION 1 SETTING THE SCENE. NURSES AND THE CURRENT GLOBAL CONTEXT
- 1 GLOBAL HEALTH GOALS: NURSING IN A RAPIDLY CHANGING WORLD
- INTRODUCTION
- THE LOCAL TO GLOBAL LANDSCAPE
- THE 17 SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS
- THE DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH
- THE WHO ‘STATE OF THE WORLD’S NURSING’ REPORT AND GLOBAL STRATEGIC DIRECTIONS
- IMPLICATIONS
- CONCLUSION
- REFERENCES
- 2 PLANETARY HEALTH: ENSURING A VIABLE FUTURE FOR ALL
- INTRODUCTION
- PLANETARY HEALTH
- RODEN’S 2023 SUSTAINABLE-CENTRIC HEALTH CARE MAP FOR PLANETARY AND HUMAN HEALTH
- NURSING EDUCATION
- PLANETARY HEALTH AND NURSING RESEARCH: WHAT SHOULD WE BE DOING?
- THE ROLE OF INDIGENOUS PEOPLE AND PLANETARY HEALTH
- BENEFITS OF A SYSTEMS APPROACH TO PLANETARY HEALTH
- WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION COMMITMENT FOR THE FUTURE
- PLANETARY HEALTH EQUITY IN AUSTRALIA
- CONCLUSION
- ADDITIONAL READINGS
- FURTHER QUESTIONS FOR REFLECTION AND LINKS TO HELP STUDY
- REFERENCES
- 3 GLOBALISATION AND NURSING
- INTRODUCTION
- DEFINING GLOBALISATION
- WHY NURSES SHOULD BE INFORMED ABOUT GLOBALISATION
- GLOBALISATION AND ECONOMICS
- VALUE-BASED HEALTH CARE
- POWER AND GLOBAL HEALTH GOVERNANCE
- NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANISATIONS
- CONCLUSION
- CASE STUDIES
- REFERENCES
- 4 RESPONDING TO GLOBAL EMERGENCIES: WHAT HAS THE ROLE OF NURSES BEEN AND WHAT CAN IT BE IN THE FUTURE?
- INTRODUCTION
- CRISIS AND WAR—THE BIRTHPLACE OF THE MODERN NURSE
- FROM CRISIS TO REGULATION
- PREEXISTING HEALTH INFRASTRUCTURE
- RESPONDING TO EMERGENCIES
- MITIGATION
- PREPAREDNESS
- RESPONSE
- BANGLADESH—A CASE STUDY
- THE ‘REAL POLITIC’ OF INTERNATIONAL RESPONSE
- THE RIGHT ‘TYPE’ OF EMERGENCY FOR AN INTERNATIONAL RESPONSE
- RECOVERY
- LOOKING TO THE FUTURE
- REFERENCES
- 5 NURSING WORKFORCE ISSUES DURING COVID-19
- INTRODUCTION
- RESEARCH INTO NURSING WORKFORCE CHALLENGES DURING COVID-19
- GLOBAL AND REGIONAL LEADERSHIP
- WORKPLACE SAFETY
- PROVISION OF PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT
- PERSONAL CONCERNS RELATED TO COVID-19
- Workloads and Staffing
- WORKFORCE WELL-BEING, BURNOUT AND ACCESS TO SUPPORT
- REFERENCES
- SECTION 2 GLOBAL ROLE AND IDENTITY OF NURSES TODAY
- 6 DECOLONISING GLOBAL NURSING: CONCEPTS, BARRIERS AND STRATEGIES
- INTRODUCTION
- WHY DO WE NEED TO DECOLONISE NURSING?
- PART ONE: CONTEXT
- PART TWO: EXISTING BARRIERS TO THE DECOLONISATION OF NURSING
- PART THREE: APPROACHES AND STRATEGIES
- CONCLUSION
- REFERENCES
- 7 THE SAME BUT DIFFERENT—NURSING ROLES IN THE WORLD FOR THE NEXT CENTURY
- GLOBAL HEALTH
- THINKING GLOBALLY, ACTING LOCALLY
- THE CHANGING ROLES OF NURSES IN GLOBAL HEALTH CARE
- NURSING TODAY
- WHAT NURSES DO IN THE WORLD
- FINDING THE COMMON THEMES
- THRIVING FOR ALL
- CASE STUDIES ON COMMUNITY NURSING
- REFERENCES
- 8 GENDER, NURSING AND GLOBAL HEALTH: WHY DOES GENDER MATTER?
- INTRODUCTION AND BACKGROUND
- THE SCOPE OF THIS CHAPTER
- NURSING IS A GENDERED PROFESSION
- LIMITATIONS
- FROM CONCEPTS TO THEORY-BASED PERSPECTIVES
- THEORIES
- GENDER IN THE HEALTH LABOUR MARKET
- GENDER SEGREGATION IN THE HEALTH SECTOR: GENDER Stereotyping AND HIERARCHY EVERYWHERE
- THE NEXT GENERATION OF NURSES
- SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS
- REFERENCES
- SECTION 3 NURSES FINDING A GLOBAL VOICE
- 9 UNRAVELLING THE COMPLEXITIES OF GLOBAL NURSE MIGRATION
- INTRODUCTION
- THE PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE OF GLOBAL NURSE MIGRATION
- ETHICAL CONSIDERATIONS: THE DELICATE BALANCE BETWEEN THE RIGHT TO MIGRATE AND PROTECTING HEALTH SYSTEMS IN VULNERABLE REGIONS
- CASE STUDIES
- MECHANISMS FOR MANAGING NURSE MIGRATION: ENSURING SAFE, ORDERLY AND REGULAR MIGRATION FOR ALL
- THE ROLE OF NURSE LEADERS: DESIGNING OUR FUTURE
- CONCLUSION
- IDEAS FOR FUTURE READING
- REFERENCES
- 10 NURSES FINDING A GLOBAL VOICE. 1. BECOMING INFLUENTIAL LEADERS THROUGH ADVOCACY
- INTRODUCTION
- SPEAKING UP—FOR OTHERS AND OURSELVES
- INFLUENCING PUBLIC POLICY—ADVOCATING FOR SYSTEMIC CHANGE
- INTERNATIONAL ADVOCACY AND THE PANDEMIC EFFECTS
- WHEN ADVOCACY GOES WRONG
- TIPS FOR SUCCESS
- ADVOCATING FOR INTERNATIONALLY EDUCATED NURSES AND MIDWIVES
- ADVOCATING FOR OURSELVES AND OTHER NURSES
- CULTURAL ADVOCACY AND WHY IT MATTERS
- COLLECTIVE ADVOCACY BY AND FOR INTERNATIONALLY EDUCATED NURSES AND MIDWIVES
- SUMMARY AND CONCLUSION
- REFERENCES
- 11 THE INFLUENCE OF NURSING NOW AS A GLOBAL SOCIAL MOVEMENT: LESSONS FOR NURSING’S FUTURE
- INTRODUCTION
- THE NURSING NOW CAMPAIGN
- NURSING NOW AS A SOCIAL MOVEMENT
- POWER AND SOCIAL MOVEMENTS
- BUILDING BRIDGES TO THE MEDIA: WHY BOTHER?
- SOCIAL MEDIA PRESENCE
- USING THE GLOBAL NURSING NARRATIVE
- THE NEXT GENERATION OF NURSE LEADERS
- LOOKING TO THE FUTURE
- POSSIBLE (AND PROBABLE) FUTURES—A MORE RADICAL PLANNING APPROACH
- SCENARIO 1: PROACTIVE, PREVENTIVE, PREDICTIVE HEALTH CARE
- SCENARIO 2: PRECISE, PERSONALISED CARE
- SCENARIO 3: CARE ANYWHERE
- SCENARIO 4: CONTINUOUS, TEAM BASED
- SCENARIO 5: PEOPLE POWERED
- SCENARIO 6: FOCUSING ON HEALTH OUTCOMES
- CONCLUSION
- REFERENCES
- 12 THE FUTURE OF NURSING IN THE 21ST CENTURY
- THE INFLUENCE OF THE PAST
- ‘THE STATE OF THE WORLD’S NURSING’ REPORT
- ‘SUSTAIN AND RETAIN IN 2022 AND BEYOND’
- ‘RECOVER TO REBUILD’
- NURSING IS THE VITAL KEY TO A HEALTHY FUTURE FOR ALL
- A POSITIVE FUTURE
- SOME MORE IDEAS ABOUT THE FUTURE
- PREDICTIONS FROM CHATGPT
- A LAST WORD
- REFERENCES
- APPENDIX
- INDEX
- No. of pages: 252
- Language: English
- Edition: 1
- Published: May 17, 2024
- Imprint: Elsevier
- Paperback ISBN: 9780323877800
- eBook ISBN: 9780323877817
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Barbara Stilwell
Dr Stilwell has worked throughout the world as a champion for health workers and strong health systems. Before joining Nursing Now, she was IntraHealth International’s senior director of health workforce solutions and recently served as director of a health workforce and systems strengthening project in the West Bank/Gaza. From 1996–2006, she worked with the World Health Organization (WHO) in health systems development, co-authoring the WHO’s 2006 Health Report, collecting and analysing data regarding the impact of migrants on health systems in developing countries. Dr Stilwell was one of the first nurse practitioners in the UK, and, in 1991, introduced the first UK-based nurse practitioner programme. In 2008, Stilwell was named one of the most influential nurses of the past 40 years by the UK’s Nursing Times.
Affiliations and expertise
Executive Director,
Nursing Now Global Campaign