Notes for the Nurse Educator/Nurse Practitioner
Congratulations! The mission was completed in one year, and all designated villages were visited. You were evaluated during and after the program by your staff as to your organizational and leadership skills. The WHO -India administrators will determine if there were any complaints from villagers about staff professionalism, and as time goes by the poliomyelitis statistics will be tallied to determine the success of the vaccination program.
Upon completion of this webquest, the graduate nursing student should be able to:
- Describe the transmission and pathophysiology of polio.
- Contrast the signs and symptoms of the stages of poliomyelitis.
- List the oral polio vaccine schedule of administration.
- Explain what it means to be culturally sensitive.
- Discuss the history and culture of India.
- Define the role of the World Health Organization.
- Identify the major safety issues for the campaign in India.
- Name the languages of India.
- Summarize the duties of medical interpreters.
- Formulate a plan for your workplace based on the organizational, leadership, and teamwork skills you have learned.
