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June 2011
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1548-923X
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10.2202/1548-923X.2240

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Ed. by Andrusyszyn, Mary-Anne / Cragg, Catherine Elizabeth / Goldenberg, Dolly / Iwasiw, Carroll Louise / Maltby, Hendrika J.

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The Zambian HIV Nurse Practitioner Diploma Program: Preliminary Outcomes from First Cohort of Zambian Nurses

Eleanor D Msidi / Moses Sinkala / Amy Bositis / Thomasine Guberski / Patrick Katayamoyo / Jack Menke / Angela Montesanti / Mary Morris / Alexandrina Mwale / Flora Mwanahamunutu / Prudencia Mweemba / Ruth W Ngoma / Dorcas Phiri / C M Wilson / Lynda Wilson

1General Nursing Council of Zambia

1Catholic Medical Missions Board and University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Public Health

1AIDSRelief and The University of Maryland at Baltimore

1University of Maryland at Baltimore

1Zambia Prevention Care and Treatment Partnership

1Kara Clinic & Laboratory

1University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Public Health

1Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation

1HIV Nurse Specialist, Lusaka, Zambia

1FHI

1University of Zambia

1Former HIV Nurse Practitioner Program Coordinator

1AIDSRelief and The University of Maryland at Baltimore

1University of Alabama at Birmingham Sparkman Center for Global Health

1University of Alabama at Birmingham

Citation Information: International Journal of Nursing Education Scholarship. Volume 8, Issue 1, Pages –, ISSN (Online) 1548-923X, DOI: 10.2202/1548-923X.2240, June 2011

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Published Online:
2011-06-23

This article describes the implementation and evaluation of a program to prepare HIV Nurse Practitioners in Zambia. Thirty nurses from all nine Zambian provinces participated in this program. Data on a variety of indicators were collected at baseline and throughout the one-year program including student and supervisor assessments, student performance on pre- and post-tests, clinical and case study assessments, documentation of care in patients’ health records, and their performance on final oral and written examinations. Findings indicated that the students were able to achieve the identified competencies and that their supervisors perceived that they would be able to implement their expanded skills to improve care for patients with HIV and AIDS in Zambia. Lessons learned from this initial pilot project will be used to expand the program in order to ensure successful task-shifting to address the critical shortage of health workers in Zambia in the context of the HIV/AIDS epidemic.

Keywords: task-shifting; HIV; nurse practitioner; scale-up

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