Welcome to the UCSF Center for Global Nursing (and Advanced Practice) at the Institute for Global Health Sciences.

June 4th, 4-5 pm (virtual only)

Arias, A., et al. “A Research Definition and Framework for Acute Paediatric Critical Illness across Resource-Variable Settings: A Modified Delphi Consensus.” The Lancet Global Health, 1 Jan. 2024, https://doi.org/10.1016/s2214-109x(23)00537-5. 

PDF of the article is here Journal Article #3: A research definition and framework for acute paediatric critical illness across resource-variable settings: a modified Delphi consensus

We received great feedback from last year's participants and are excited to continue to offer our 3-hour introductory course on cultural humility for all UCSF nurses, APPs, and faculty. Cultural humility is the cornerstone of all global health work and our expertise on this topic is essential to optimize equitable partnerships and cross-cultural collaborations.

Our own UCSF nursing/APP faculty and staff are facilitating the course. Looking forward to seeing you there!

Time: 9 am - 12 pm

Dates: June 11th, September 17th, November 5th

Jennifer joined the UCSF health informatics group 5 years ago as a clinical nurse informaticist. She is a DEI champion and has over 25 years of healthcare experience in multiple settings in nursing, nursing informatics consulting, and public health.

Before coming to UCSF, she worked in various roles, staying active in healthcare technology and continuous process improvements and worked in roles such as various independent informatics consultant roles, Director of Care Coordination public health nurse (PHN) in a federally qualified clinic system (FQC) leading a team for promoting access for specialized care needs for underserved populations and co-designed a custom referral tracking and screening integrated dashboard for health IT quality improvements to achieve Patient-Centered Medical Home (PCMH) certification while improving preventive health in underserved communities.

At the Center of Global Health Nursing, Jennifer has participated as a facilitator for the CGN Introduction to Cultural Humility Course. Jennifer is also a member of the Clinical Systems, Health Informatics Antiracism committee and designed the "Incorporating Cultural Humility Principles in Clinical System Workflow Designs" workshop & high-risk areas resource document that is in use now for nursing informatics cohorts and is expanding to an upcoming article in Journal of Informatics Nursing to influence changing the way we think of drivers and impacts in clinical system designs to remove biases, barriers and promote health equity thinking in patient and staff system touchpoints. Her first introduction to global health was when she was a Navy hospital corpsman and served in humanitarian deployments in Lativa, Iraq, and Sardinia.

Dear UCSF Global Health leaders,

I wanted to share an exciting opportunity with you that may be of interest to your nursing partners across the globe:

The Center for Global Nursing is launching our Global Nursing Advisory Council. We are seeking nurses from a range of regions and clinical expertise to serve as a part of the CGN leadership team, provide technical advice on programming, and consult on the strategic direction of our future efforts.

Please have a look at the attached Terms of Reference for more information. The link to the application is below.

If there is interest, please share it with your collaborators.

Thank you so much for your consideration.

The following survey is an attempt to find out how best nurses care for Pediatric Acute and Chronic Surgical Wounds in your countries. This survey is designed to collect evidence from nurses about wound care.

This survey is brief and should only take about 5-10 minutes to complete.

The results of this survey will be used to create evidence-based guidelines and recommendations that can be used by nurses around the world to improve wound care for children.

Your input is essential in making this happen, and I hope you will take the time to participate.

Your responses will be kept anonymous, and your participation is completely voluntary.

The results of this survey will be published on the website of the Global Initiative for Children Surgery (GICS) and the International Society of Pediatric Wound Care (ISPWC). By participating in this survey, you will be helping to improve wound care for children everywhere.

Your contribution is greatly appreciated.

Comrade Lawal-AIYEDUN Olubunmi, Chairman GICS Nursing.

The Roving Community Health Initiative is a team of UCSF clinicians (RN, NP, PA) who work alongside community organizations and volunteers to provide vaccinations, wound care, and harm reduction in San Francisco, primarily in the Tenderloin and South of Market. Most of the work is on "roving teams" serving our unhoused and marginally housed community members.

Shifts are paid but voluntary and on top of your regular position at UCSF. RCHI covers your time (including OT when applicable), so your home department is not charged.

You need manager approval to pick up shifts, and shifts should be fine with your home department schedule.

The first hour of each shift includes prep and orientation for newcomers. Clinicians go out in pairs to work together and support each other. Newcomers are paired with somebody with experience.

If you have questions or want to sign up for shifts, email erin.carrera@ucsf.edu.

Please send all global nursing/APP announcements and shout-outs to our email: Globalnursing@ucsf.edu