Leadership Strategies for Enhancing Global Nurse Workforce

Friday, 11 July 2008: 10:00 AM
Victoria Rich, PhD, RN, FAAN , Department of Nursing, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
Adequate global human resources for healthcare are essential for effective health care delivery around the world. Leadership at all levels of healthcare delivery must see the need for adequate human resources beyond their organizations' and countries' needs, as disease has no borders. Efforts must be focused on informing and influencing policy and decision-making both locally and globally to create triple-win policies that affect the developing and developed world, as well as healthcare professionals globally.