by Gedi | Mar 25, 2019 | Blog, GEDI, Global, INLI, International, Leadership
WORDS OF WISDOM You can learn much from networking with the people involved in professional organizations. Become involved in at least two professional organizations. One should be broad in scope and covers all areas of nursing such as the American Nurses Association...
by Gedi | Mar 1, 2019 | Blog, GEDI, Global, INLI, International, Leadership, Patient Experience, Reality
The purpose of the Nightingale Initiative for Global Health (NIGH) is to network with nurses, midwives and allied health professionals—to create consensus among communities and nations—as a policy priority—to recognize that the essential foundation for a peaceful and...
by Gedi | Feb 7, 2019 | AIHA, Blog, Engagement, GEDI, Global, INLI, International, Leadership, Reality, Travel
I was bound for Murmansk, north of the Arctic Circle in December. My flight plan was Chicago to Frankfurt and Frankfurt to Moscow, where I would meet a colleague and travel together to Murmansk via local airline. The flight from Chicago was delayed 6 hours due to...
by Gedi | Jun 2, 2018 | AIHA, Evolution, GEDI, Global, INLI, International, Leadership
Early in 1992, nursing emerged as a key issue throughout the NIS and CEE countries. Cognizant of the need to tackle nursing issues within the context of a partnership model, US nurse leaders developed Nursing Task Forces to meet the challenges of nurses at an...
by Gedi | Jan 1, 2018 | Blog, Engagement, GEDI, Global, INLI, International, Leadership, Patient Experience, Reality
We hear much about Population Health today; the literature references the topic as “the health outcomes of a group of individuals.” But, is it the group, or is it an effort to affect one person at a time to create that healthier group of people? What are...
by Gedi | Oct 2, 2017 | AIHA, Blog, Evolution, GEDI, Global, INLI, International, Leadership, Reality
From her early days in Armenia as a contractor with the Armenian General Benevolent Union (AGBU), Marianne Hess knew that her skills would be put to good use and that she would make a difference in the lives and health outcomes of those committed to her care. It was...
