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Nursing Students Without Borders (NSWB) is an international, not-for-profit health care-related
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created and led by
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students in conjunction with relevant fields of science and humanitarian aid which focuses on improving living conditions where poverty exists both internationally and in the United States. Founded at the
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in 1999, NSWB created a constitution that provides a self replicating method of leadership that has been adopted by many universities across the nation including
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, and MCPHS University.Duke University School of Nursing. The newest addition to the National Nursing Students Without Borders is Fairfield University, which can be found at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fairfield_University. Since 1999 the different chapters of NSWB have traveled to El Salvador,
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, Haiti,
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, Ecuador, Guatemala and in the impoverished areas surrounding the chapters. In order to remain free to promote health in politically tense zones around the world, NSWB remains independent of any political or governmental affiliation. All funds are donated to the non-profit body and no party within the group is paid to provide services.


History

Nursing Students Without Borders was founded in the summer of 1999 by third-year University of Virginia (UVA) nursing school students Matthew Walden, Esther Miller, Ann Maushammer, Bridget Kuczkowski, Teri Woodard, Rosalind DeLisser, and Bob Watkins and two Charlottesville community members, Thomas "Roddy" Hughes, JD and Nathan S. Ivey, PhD .


Activities

The multidisciplinary health care team provides a key set of health maintenance support to chosen communities locally and internationally. This includes assessing
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, endemic diseases and individual patients' needs, developing plans of care, and providing continued care over a set period of time. The types of care that are provided include whole body
hygiene Hygiene is a series of practices performed to preserve health. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), "Hygiene refers to conditions and practices that help to maintain health and prevent the spread of diseases." Personal hygiene refer ...
education, performing
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, monitoring community diseases such as
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, hypertension,
sexually transmitted diseases Sexually transmitted infections (STIs), also referred to as sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) and the older term venereal diseases, are infections that are spread by sexual activity, especially vaginal intercourse, anal sex, and oral ...
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malaria Malaria is a mosquito-borne infectious disease that affects humans and other animals. Malaria causes symptoms that typically include fever, tiredness, vomiting, and headaches. In severe cases, it can cause jaundice, seizures, coma, or death. S ...
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malnutrition Malnutrition occurs when an organism gets too few or too many nutrients, resulting in health problems. Specifically, it is "a deficiency, excess, or imbalance of energy, protein and other nutrients" which adversely affects the body's tissues ...
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blood-borne disease A blood-borne disease is a disease that can be spread through contamination by blood and other body fluids. Blood can contain pathogens of various types, chief among which are microorganisms, like bacteria and parasites, and non-living infectious ...
, influenza as well as family planning, maternal-child care, assessing fetal heart tones and gestational age. The founding chapter of Nursing Students Without Borders has undertaken a larger initiative to provide support for the construction of a Red Cross medical clinic in San Sebastián, San Vicente, El Salvador. The UVA chapter also has the most extensive outreach program of all the NSWB chapters. Beginning in 2000 the El Salvador Initiative has traveled to San Sebastián 11 times; also beginning in 2000 the Migrant Health Initiative began provided local assistance to migrant camps in the Charlottesville, Virginia area; between 2001 and 2002 the Russia Initiative completed two trips to Kysmolovsky, Russia; and in 2004 the South Africa Initiative worked with local clinics, provided health education on various topics and delivered needed supplies in The South Africa Initiative to a community in
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Limpopo Province Limpopo is the northernmost province of South Africa. It is named after the Limpopo River, which forms the province's western and northern borders. The capital and largest city in the province is Polokwane, while the provincial legislature is ...
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See also

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Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF; pronounced ), also known as Doctors Without Borders, is a humanitarian medical non-governmental organisation (NGO) or charity of French origin known for its projects in conflict zones and in countries affected by endemic diseases. ...
(Doctors Without Borders)


References

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External links


UVA Today article




Nursing organizations in the United States International volunteer organizations Organizations established in 1999 Non-profit organizations based in Charlottesville, Virginia Medical and health organizations based in Virginia 1999 establishments in Virginia