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Current Activities By the end of 2005, all of the 3800 FGP nurses will have completed their in-service primary retraining courses of 2 months duration. The nursing program faculty and staff are now developing and implementing continuing education programs for all primary care nurses and teachers. Computer-based distance education is a growing feature of the Continuing Education programs. The faculty is also involved in developing nursing standards and clinical guidelines in nursing.
Fundamentals of Nursing (2800 copies, 576 pages, translated
into Russian) was distributed to all FGP’s, FAP’s, and neighboring
countries and institutions in November 2004. In response to an increased
demand, Fundamentals of Nursing, Revised Edition is scheduled for
printing in October 2005 – about 2500 copies. The faculty and production
team are also busy with the production of Medical-Surgical Nursing (Russian,
with about 1000 pages broken into two volumes) and a proposal for funding of
this printing of 4000 copies, scheduled for May 2006, is under consideration. Would
you like to participate in these programs?
STLI is in the early stages of developing similar programs
in neighboring Tajikistan, amidst the medical politics which is shifting, but
has recently become more stable. There is considerable
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interest in developing nursing with the alumnae who are there and with local leaders who have visited the nursing program in Bishkek on numerous occasions.
Current Needs In spite of barriers to the development of nursing, progress is clearly evident,
and the potential for significant improvement may be great, in view of the
changing political climate of Kyrgyzstan. There are needs for interested
professionals to lead or participate in:
If you would like to help or support in any of these current needs, please
contact STLI at www.stli.org for more information
on how you can aid the Nursing Program.
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