title: International collaboration for pediatric oncology nursing leadership: Nicaragua and Canada.
abstract: In 2005, with financial support from the Pediatric Oncology Group of Ontario, a pilot nursing leadership project linked pediatric oncology nurses from Canada with nurses at the La Mascota Hospital in Managua, Nicaragua. Following consultation with the pediatric oncology team in Nicaragua, a program was developed to strengthen clinical nursing leadership in a clinical setting through continuing education. The nurses believed that care of the patient and family improved due to the increased leadership skills of nurses in the unit and as the profile and credibility of nurses as peers in the health care team became evident. Providing nurses with the autonomy and financing for a project related directly to nursing care represented an important development for leadership in the profession.
authors.affiliation: Pediatric Hemato-Oncology Unit, Hospital Infantil de Nicaragua Manuel de Jesús Rivera La Mascota, Barrio Ariel Darce, Managua, Nicarágua.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Orozco
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Marin
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Reyes
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Challinor
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Carpio
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D002983:Clinical Competence; D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D003479:Curriculum; D004509:Education, Nursing, Continuing / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D007393:International Educational Exchange; D007857:Leadership; D020380:Needs Assessment; D009527:Nicaragua; D009718:Nurse Administrators / Q000458:organization & administration; D015402:Nursing Education Research; D009741:Nursing Staff, Hospital / Q000193:education*; D009742:Nursing Theory; D009859:Oncology Nursing / Q000193:education*; D009864:Ontario; D010371:Pediatric Nursing / Q000193:education*; D016730:Program Development; D015397:Program Evaluation; D014146:Training Support / Q000458:organization & administration