International Nurses Day at United Hospital

Each year, the nurses of United Hospital celebrate International Nurses Day.  United Hospital [UH] is one of Dhaka’s major international hospitals and an IUBAT affiliate. This an excellent setting for our students to practice medical-surgical nursing. At this year’s Nurses Day festivities sponsored by the hospital, management made a huge effort to show their support for nurses.  IUBAT volunteers were proud to be invited. The UH nurses read poems they had written about their nursing experiences, and performed traditional songs and dances. Kudos to UH for the great work they’re doing to elevate the status of nursing in Bangladesh!

Globe and Mail features IUBAT Nursing

In December 2009 Canada’s national newspaper, The Globe and Mail wrote about our project for the series “Things That Work”. Photos showed Karen Lund teaching in an IUBAT classroom and Lynn Buhler at her Vancouver Coastal Health office. Karen was quoted, “The program’s biggest challenge is helping students accustomed to a rote memorization style of learning adapt to a system based on critical thinking and problem solving.” Melodie Hull from College of the Rockies said, “These students will be able to change the way nursing is seen and how it does its work in Bangladesh.”

Thanks to the paper’s National Affairs reporter Wendy Stueck for the great story.