by Gedi | May 19, 2020 | Coronavirus, Engagement, GEDI, Global, INLI, International, Leadership, Reality, Virtual health
What will it be for you? The pandemic has certainly changed the way in which we interact, connect, and collaborate. As a global organization, much of our work has always involved virtual outreach, with the exception of face-to-face conferences in-country and...
by Gedi | May 8, 2020 | Florence, International, Nurses Week
Please join your nurse colleagues around the country and across the globe for Florence Nightingale’s 200th Birthday Party presented by Dr. Candace Campbell. Dr. Campbell is an international speaker, award-winning actor, author, and filmmaker who helps clients...
by Gedi | Apr 12, 2020 | Blog, Coronavirus, Covid19, GEDI, Global, Patient Experience, Patient safey, Telemediine, Virtual health
Telemedicine and/or telehealth usually refers to a virtual visit by the provider to a distant patient or a patient to a distant provider or a specialist. This is easily understood if one lives in a rural state or more remote area of the country. In such cases virtual...
by Gedi | Mar 5, 2020 | AIHA, Blog, GEDI, Global, INLI, International, Leadership, Nurses Week, Royal College of Nursing
As we continue our year-long celebration of nursing it is only fitting to celebrate those individual nurses who have left their mark on their community. Let me introduce Gabriela Bocec, a former nurse from Romania who came into my life over twenty years ago. In June...
by Gedi | Feb 17, 2020 | AIHA, Evolution, Florence, GEDI, Global, INLI, International, Leadership, Nurses Week
International Nursing Leadership Institute INLI – what does it mean, what will we do, how will I travel, whom will I meet, how much does it cost, how will I understand, everything is only in English? Those were only couple of the questions going through my mind...
by Gedi | Feb 9, 2020 | Blog, Evolution, Florence, GEDI, Global, INLI, International, Leadership, Nurses Week
We honor the African-American Nurses who created a path for others to follow. Thanks, J&J, and ANA, for this reminder. Let’s also remember, and honor, Mary Seacole, Estelle Massey Osborne, Harriet Tubman, Estelle Massey Osborne, Hazel W. Johnson-Brown, Susie...
by Gedi | Feb 1, 2020 | Blog, Evolution, Florence, Global, INLI, Magnet Journey to Excellence, Nurses Week, Patient safey
Colleen Marzilli, PhD, DNP, RN-BC, CCM, PHNA-BC, CNE, NEA-BC is a GEDI Board Member and Assistant Professor, University of Texas – Tyler, Nursing. This year, 2020, is the year of the nurse, and that is something to celebrate! Nurses work with people at their...
by Gedi | Jan 1, 2020 | AIHA, Blog, Certification, GEDI, Global, INLI, International, Leadership, Magnet, Magnet Journey to Excellence, Nurses Week, Patient Experience
As we ring in a New Year, we also hear the “ring” of a special tone…that tone is “Year of the Nurse.” This is a special time for nurses and nursing, across the country and around the globe. In 2020, we celebrate the 200th birthday of...
by Gedi | Dec 24, 2019 | AIHA, GEDI, Global, INLI, International, Magnet
On behalf of GEDI, our Board of Directors, and our collaborative partners worldwide, we wish you peace, happiness, and prosperity in 2020 and beyond! Thanks to our colleagues from Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Belarus, Moldova, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan,...
by Gedi | Dec 18, 2019 | AIHA, Blog, GEDI, Global, Magnet, Magnet Journey to Excellence
I still remember the day in 2002 when Linda Aiken of the University of Pennsylvania worked with voluntary partners among ANCC-recognized Magnet hospitals to forge relationships with four hospitals in the Russian Federation and the Republic of Armenia. Known as The...
