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A Perioperative Nurse's Experience in Haiti
Author(s) -
Stobinski James X.
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
aorn journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.222
H-Index - 43
eISSN - 1878-0369
pISSN - 0001-2092
DOI - 10.1016/s0001-2092(06)62492-7
Subject(s) - navy , perioperative nursing , politics , health care , perioperative , port (circuit theory) , nursing , medicine , political science , family medicine , law , surgery , electrical engineering , engineering
Haiti is a poor Caribbean nation plagued by years of political uncertainty and a wealth of unmet health care needs. A significant amount of its health care, especially for indigent people, is provided by volunteer nongovernment organizations, including military medical staff members from the United States and Canada. One perioperative nurse, who served with a US Navy surgical company in Port au Prince, Haiti, shares his impressions and experiences of providing surgical care to United Nations troops and Haitian citizens at five hospitals in the Port au Prince area. AORN J 69 (Feb 1999) 346–357.