LD 02 ACADEMIC TRACK: The Millennium Development Goals: Incorporated Into the Nursing Curriculum

Friday, September 21, 2012: 9:00 AM-10:15 AM
Description/Overview: This session will highlight the role that nurse educators play in advancing the United Nations’ Millennium Development Goals and the activities undertaken by nurses in academic settings to advance these goals.
Learner Objective #1: Recognize the role of the educator in incorporating the United Nations’ Millennium Development Goals in the nursing curriculum.
Learner Objective #2: Identify and define the Millennium Development Goals and the specific activities to advance these goals.
Organizers:  Hester Klopper, PhD, MBA, RN, RM, FANSA, Faculty of Community and Health Sciences, University of the Western Cape, Cape Town, South Africa
Moderators:  Jennifer Ann Ort, MS, RNC, Department of Nursing, Western Connecticut State University, Danbury, CT