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Foundation Grant Brings Compassionate Care Training to Over One Million Nurses Via Leading App
Three world-class nursing organizations, The World Continuing Education Alliance (WCEA), The DAISY Foundation, and Chamberlain University, have joined together to ensure that nurses across the globe receive the training needed to provide extraordinary compassionate care. This 3-course program is free to the nearly 1.2 million healthcare professionals registered on the WCEA learning platform and all nurses globally practicing in low and middle-income countries.
A grant from the Health Carousel Foundation helped make this compassionate care training available.
A partnership between Chamberlain University and The DAISY Foundation initially developed the three-and-a-half-hour course content. A content agreement between Chamberlain and WCEA has made it available at no cost to nurses in low- and middle-income countries in its network, primarily across Africa and Asia.
“When our Patrick was hospitalized in 1999, we expected his nurses’ clinical competence. We did not expect and were deeply touched by their compassion and sensitivity. This course helps nurses learn how to create that human connection that patients and families need when they are most vulnerable. Thank you, WCEA, Chamberlain, and Health Carousel Foundation, for bringing it to nurses and students in under-resourced countries,” stated Bonnie Barnes, co-founder of The DAISY Foundation.
In this program, learners will reflect on the intrinsic or extrinsic motivators that led them into healthcare and how to cultivate meaningful and healing relationships in their daily practice. Topics include Swanson’s Caring Theory and the impact of extraordinary nursing care on patients, families, and others. Personal stories from patients, families, and nurses who have received the DAISY Award are also shared.
“A shining characteristic that unites nurses around the globe is the compassion we show for our patients. In this course, nurses can reconnect to the love that motivates their caring and help them reconnect to this foundational aspect of nursing. I am incredibly excited to see this content released for nurses worldwide. A special thanks go out to The DAISY Foundation, Chamberlain University, and WCEA for making this course a reality,” stated Earl Dalton, chief clinical officer and VP of clinical services of Health Carousel.
Accessing the Training
To access this new compassionate care training course, register on the WCEA platform through your Nursing Council or Association at https://wcea.education/register/.
Once logged in to the free mobile app or desktop version, please perform a keyword search for Compassionate Care, or under Educators, look for Chamberlain.
About the DAISY Foundation
The DAISY Foundation is a not-for-profit organization established in memory of J. Patrick Barnes by members of his family. Patrick died at the age of 33 in late 1999 from complications of Idiopathic Thrombocytopenic Purpura (ITP), a little-known but not uncommon auto-immune disease. (DAISY is an acronym for Diseases Attacking the Immune System.) The care Patrick and his family received from nurses while he was ill inspired the creation of The DAISY Award for Extraordinary Nurses, an evidence-based means of providing nurse recognition and thanking nurses for making a profound difference in the lives of their patients and patient families. Today, the Foundation expresses gratitude to the nursing profession internationally in over 7,300 healthcare facilities and schools of nursing in 44 countries through recognition programs that honor the super-human work nurses do wherever they practice, in whatever role they serve, and throughout their careers – from Nursing Student through Lifetime Achievement in Nursing and through the J. Patrick Barnes Grants for Nursing Research and Evidence-Based Practice Projects, Health Equity Grants and Medical Mission Grants. More information is available at http://DAISYfoundation.org.
About Chamberlain University
Chamberlain University, an Adtalem Global Education (NYSE: ATGE) institution, educates, empowers, and emboldens a diverse community of healthcare professionals who seek to advance the health of people, families, communities, and nations. Chamberlain has the largest school of nursing in the U.S., with both on-campus and online degree programs. Chamberlain is comprised of the College of Nursing and the College of Health Professions, offering a variety of bachelor’s, master’s, doctoral, and certificate programs. Chamberlain University is accredited by the Higher Learning Commission. Visit Chamberlain.edu for more information, and follow on Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, and LinkedIn.
About WCEA
The World Continuing Education Alliance (WCEA) is a social impact technology company that partners with global organizations to provide accessible, high-quality continuing education platforms for healthcare professionals. WCEA’s mission is to improve healthcare outcomes by facilitating lifelong learning and professional development across the globe.
Since our inception in 2004, Health Carousel has maintained its Light the Way initiatives, through which all our programs and activities promoting ethical recruitment practices and nursing sustainability globally have been funneled.
We are one of the largest U.S. healthcare staffing firms and have been awarded numerous industry awards, including Best of Staffing Diamond Award by ClearyRated and are listed on the Fastest-Growing US Staffing Firms by Staffing Industry Analysts.
Health Carousel and Health Carousel Philippines have received the status of Certified Ethical Recruiter by the Alliance for Ethical Recruitment Practices, a nonprofit organization that promotes the fair, transparent recruitment of global healthcare workers for employment in the USA. Health Carousel is a proud member of the Business Ethics Leadership Alliance and has achieved the Gold Seal of Approval from the Joint Commission.
