PEOPLE TO PEOPLE DELEGATION - COSTA RICA

This just came in our email today, it sounds like an interesting opportunity and we wanted to share it to our followers. Let us know if you decide to go and what you might have learned from your travel there!  PEOPLE to PEOPLE DELEGATION TO COSTA RICA Don't miss this opportunity to join my delegation and travel to Costa Rica. Nursing Delegation to Costa Rica. This is a great opportunity to travel to an enchanting part of the world while enriching your professional career and collaborating with colleagues. The Nursing Delegation to Costa Rica, January 10-17 2015.

On this delegation you can:   Experience the people and culture of Costa Rica. Learn firsthand about Costa Rica's efforts to be sustainable, green, and protective of animal and plant life. Appreciate rich biodiversity at Arenal Natura Ecological Park as you witness exotic frogs, birds, and reptiles in the tropical rainforest at the base of the majestic Arenal Volcano. We hope to discuss:   • The Costa Rican health system and management of acute and chronic illnesses • Role of nurses and other healthcare professionals • Nursing education and training • Major communicable and non-communicable health challenges for the people of Costa Rica

Nursing Excellence Award

Congratulations to our very own Sue Averill, as she received an award from Nurse Week, www.nurse.com this last Friday for Volunteering and Service. 

Nurse week recognizes registered nurses who have given themselves in outstanding humanitarian or heroic ways by providing nursing care, skills and expertise in outreach to the community, either at home or abroad, to improve the lives, well-being and health care of others.

Gannett Healthcare group (who publishes Nurse.com, Nursing Spectrum, NurseWeek and others) is a nursing and healthcare communications company. Nurse.com is a great resource for nurses, as it provides local and national nursing news, job information, nursing continuing education and a large thriving nursing community.

The mission of the company is fairly simple – to enrich the professional lives of nurses and healthcare professionals, as well as celebrate their unique contributions to society.

So, each year, Nurse.com seeks nominations for Nursing Excellence Awards in six categories:

                Advancing and Leading the Profession

                Clinical Nursing, Inpatient

                Home, Community and Ambulatory Care

                Staff/Patient Management

                Education and Mentorship

                Volunteerism and Service

Nurse.com has created a great national program of recognizing extraordinary contributions nurses make to their patients, each other, and the nursing profession.

Please join in congratulating Sue in receiving this award!   So, thanks Sue! We wouldn't be here without your hard work and tremendous dedication. 

Cheers!

                 - Crew at ONAAT