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Thursday, July 16, 2009
The second day of the conference was professionally energizing as well.
Our day began with a report of the previous day's discussions, summarizing approaches to increasing membership in ANEMO. A common concern was how attract students to the profession with the necessary attitudes and physical attributes, and then how to encourage students and younger nurses to join. There's actually talk of creating an ANEMO-led curriculum component and even, a school...hmm.
Delegates strategized to plan for April's General Assembly meeting. Groups intend to report on activities of the coming year -- for example, holding a provincial-wide meeting for ANEMO members in Gaza, "workplace safety" training for HIV protection, development of a data-base of members and resources, more networking and collaboration, etc.
All in all, it was a very satisfying day and I do believe we're part of something very important. Michele and I laugh about the African song and dance and what it could do for our faculty meetings; however, the music clearly changes an intense group dynamic to one with togetherness, empowerment, passion, and joy! Translating one of the messages - "We are intelligent nurses, we are strong, we must work hard and we can be great together".
And, even as they sang words I didn't understand, I felt their awareness of the importance of ANEMO in improving health care for their people.
As Michele said, we stayed Wednesday night at Hotel Tofo Mer, a quaint resort oceanside, calmed by night rhythm of waves. Lori
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