Mukantwari Joselyne, Omondi Lilian, Ryamukuru David
General Nursing Departmenet, Shool of Nursing and Midwifery, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Rwanda, Kigali, Rwanda.
Faculty of Health Sciences, Arthur Labatt Family School of Nursing, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada.
Rwanda J Med Health Sci. 2021 Apr 8;4(1):185-196. doi: 10.4314/rjmhs.v4i1.13. eCollection 2021 Apr.
Nurses within a surgical team play such a fundamental role in the success of a surgery that they require specific training for the purpose. However, in Rwanda, there has been a severe scarcity of perioperative nurses. This article describes the collaborative effort for perioperative nursing training by the University of Rwanda (UR) and the Ministry of Health (MOH) with the Human Resources for Health (HRH) Program and a consortium of American Universities. The goal of the HRH program has been to build up the capacities of health professionals both in academia and clinical settings so as to address the shortage of qualified staff. In that regard, the UR in 2015 started a Masters program in nursing in eight specialties, of which one was perioperative nursing. The aim of this paper is to highlight the training process, success, and challenges of perioperative nursing training in Rwanda. The training has so far been successful, with the 19 nurses who completed the program working now in academic and clinical teaching institutions. Students in the program have also increased their number of research publications in peer-reviewed journals and international conference presentations. The UR and its partners are investing in the sustainability and excellence of this program. Using the import-of-experts approach to train Rwandans within their country, the program addresses the scarcity of specialists in various disciplines within the nursing profession. As a consequence, countries where the lack of specialized nurses poses challenges may adopt this partnership strategy.
手术团队中的护士在手术成功方面发挥着至关重要的作用，因此需要为此接受专门培训。然而，在卢旺达，围手术期护士严重短缺。本文介绍了卢旺达大学（UR）和卫生部（MOH）与卫生人力资源（HRH）项目以及美国大学联盟在围手术期护理培训方面的合作努力。卫生人力资源项目的目标是在学术和临床环境中培养卫生专业人员的能力，以解决合格工作人员短缺的问题。在这方面，卢旺达大学于2015年启动了涵盖八个专业的护理学硕士项目，其中之一是围手术期护理。本文旨在突出卢旺达围手术期护理培训的过程、成果和挑战。到目前为止，培训取得了成功，完成该项目的19名护士目前在学术和临床教学机构工作。该项目的学生在同行评审期刊上发表的研究论文数量以及在国际会议上的发言次数也有所增加。卢旺达大学及其合作伙伴正在为该项目的可持续性和卓越性进行投资。该项目采用引进专家的方式在国内培训卢旺达人，解决了护理专业各学科专家短缺的问题。因此，缺乏专业护士面临挑战的国家可以采用这种合作战略。
