International nursing review
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Taking steps to coordinate international, regional and national efforts to minimize damages caused by natural disasters, the United Nations has declared the 1990s the International Decade for Natural Disaster Reduction. To make nurses aware of how they can join these efforts, INR has dedicated this special issue on the subject, an issue that would not be complete without a description of the invaluable work contributed by Marie Farrell and other members of the EURO disaster-preparedness team who are often the first persons on the scene after a disaster in the European Region.
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Today a new generation of nurses with different cultural insights and a deeper appreciation of human life and values are developing a sensitivity for culturally appropriate individualized care. Although literature on clinical approaches in cultural diverse situations is mushrooming, relatively few theories on transcultural nursing provide a systematic method for comprehensive nursing assessment, which is necessary for both the nursing practitioner and the researcher to provide appropriate nursing care tailored for each client. Below an outline of the areas that need to be assessed when working with clients from multicultural populations.
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In an effort to provide accessible and affordable health care to the populations of the world, governments and non-governmental organizations have turned to primary health care. The Maua Methodist Hospital in the community health Maua Via Meru, Kenya, gives us an example of such efforts.
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In Denmark, at Copenhagen's University Hospital there is an International Rehabilitation and Research Centre for Torture Victims where work began early in the 1980's. Since May, 1984 treatment has taken place and two nurses, working with Centre, described the situation at the ICN Congress in Tel Aviv.