by Pritika Patel | Aug 15, 2017 | Blog
The usual response I receive when I tell friends that I am going to Colombia, South America on a medical mission, is that of wide-eyed incomprehension followed by “are you safe there?” Granted, Colombia has a notorious past of violence and sophisticated drug...
by Pritika Patel | Jul 9, 2017 | Blog
Nepal had called me back again. My last visit there was 20 years ago, so I was very curious about the changes that had occurred, especially after the 2015 earthquake. I spent time in the capital city of Kathmandu, the surrounding small towns as well as a mountaintop...
by Pritika Patel | Jun 9, 2017 | Blog
Doctors without Borders/Medicin Sans Frontiers is a well known international organization started in 1971 by French Doctors who wanted to provide medical care to “where the need is greatest, delivering emergency medical aid to people affected by conflict, epidemics,...
by Pritika Patel | May 26, 2017 | Blog
Deb Winters has been providing HIV clinical care since 1986. She is the Senior Nurse Advisor for I-TECH providing teaching, clinical mentoring and curriculum development that began in Ethiopia in 2003. Deb provided an overview of I-TECH’s Nursing and Midwifery...
by Pritika Patel | Apr 16, 2017 | Blog
A “First-in-a-Lifetime” Experience By: Nora Carr, BSN, RN For ten days this past March, I traveled to Grenada with a group of fellow nurse practitioner students and faculty members from Regis College. Nurses and students tend to naturally be inquisitive and as a...
by Monica Adhiambo Onyango | Apr 5, 2016 | Blog
by Barbara Waldorf BSN, MPH Throughout my career as a nurse, I have been “burned out” at various times. Along with the impulse to find spiritual freedom, this journey of burnout and creating resilience has brought me to learning and teaching compassion meditation for...
