Haiti: Head-To-Toe Assessments

Primary prevention and nursing interventions include: the workers and volunteers receiving available, necessary and appropriate shots prior to entering Haiti. For the Haitians, immunization would also be given. This is very important against, Hepatitis, and other rare, yet deadly diseases, such as measles, mumps, rubella, and pertussis. Education regarding: safe and proper sanitation practices; hand washing and personal hygiene; maintaining trash in designated areas; staying active by volunteering/assisting and caring for other fellow Haitian children and neighbors; clearing and cleaning out clutter and using available

Haiti Now was founded in 2010 by Alex Lizzappi. A successful Miami businessman today, Alex’s childhood was a very different story. His desire to help the Restavek children of Haiti is a reflection of his own life experiences and his understanding of how a child without a social network and social net worth can be left behind, regardless of their intelligence or potential.

The story of Haiti’s healthcare system is unfortunately tied all too closely to disaster, both man-made and nature-born. This paper will briefly discuss the pre-2010 earthquake healthcare environment in Haiti as the uncertainty that exists provides little opportunity to provide a reasoned understanding of its current national healthcare status.

One of the greatest challenges I had to face was my transition from Haiti to the United States. During that transition, I was faced with a lot of adversity. It varied from fitting in, academic struggles and remaining focus. Throughout all the trials and tribulations that came with it, I was able to be resilient. In my own words, to be resilient is to allow challenges to impact me in a positive way where at the end I can say I am an overcomer.

Living on an island with two third world countries; the Dominican Republic and Haiti, I’ve seen firsthand the major differences between both of them. The Dominican Republic has evolved from a Spanish colony, while Haiti was originally French. Throughout the years, Haiti has become known for suffering from poverty, misery, and distress. Pauperism has become a huge issue for the Haitians and prosperity of the country as a whole due to a lack of health, education, and social services.

“A disaster is an event that is a natural or man-made occurrence that can disrupt or destroy the lives of those it affects” (Stanhope & Lancaster, 2014). “Management of a disaster includes four phases; prevention, preparedness, response and recovery” (Stanhope & Lancaster, 2014). To date there have been 154 hospital-based shootings, which resulted in 235 dead or injured. (C.Catlett, 2012). The purpose of this paper is to identify emergency preparedness and response to hospital based shootings, and the role of the public health nurse in such a disaster.

The French and their slaves populated the island of Haiti during the 18th century. In the late 1700’s, the slaves revolted against the French and began a thirteen-year war for their freedom. This war began the significant problems for Haiti. Today, Haiti suffers from malnutrition, low standards of living, and poor literacy, which Haiti still faces today.

Nurses play a role in all the stages of disaster management (Nies & McEwen, 2015). There are two types of disasters that may affect a community; man-made and or natural. Man-made

What do you want for your birthday? This question was the beginning of an everlasting memory. For my birthday gift I asked my parents for a missionary trip. They acceded and I got the blessing of joining my church on a trip to Haiti. Preparation for the trip included months of collection of provisions and donations. In addition, I took part in a puppet show and choreography. To prepare for these participations I had to assist to rehearsals every week. Aside from this, the church prepared various workshops for those of us who were taking part of the trip. The workshops provided us with information about the different situations and communities we would encounter as well as the precautions we would have to take in order to avoid diseases. Two

In the fall of 2014 I was presented with the opportunity to go on a missions trip to Zambia. We had a few meetings about this trip and interest grew. Next thing I knew it was March of 2015 and I was headed off to Haiti. Plans had changed but I could never have imagined what great impact this would have on my life.

With anything that a nurse does in practice it is crucial for the nurse to educate the patient. Education about women’s health in Haiti as well as the nutrition, water, sanitation, and hygiene will help to improve all of these areas that are a major health concern in Haiti. There are currently programs in place in Haiti to improve these health concerns, however, with education and nursing interventions it will help to decrease the number of cases. For women’s health it is vital that the nurse educate about the importance of the women’s reproductive health and the importance of prenatal and antenatal care. With educating about the importance of women’s health it is also vital that the nurse educate about the importance of proper nutrition for

The country of Haiti endured a massive earthquake in January 2010, and left much of the country is disarray. Devastation of this magnitude in Haiti, which was already a developing, struggling country, set the country back and they had to begin to rebuild yet again. Lending institutions help a country sustain economic stability so that when a family needs cash to fund a new business or purchase a new home for their family, there is a bank available and able to supply those funds. “The international financial institutions are working with Haiti to rebuild its system from scratch. Interbank transactions and government payments are made manually, after the computerized system was knocked out in the earthquake.” (Conger, 2010) “The lending

In recognition of the public health crisis in Haiti, the Journal of the Association of Nurses in AIDS Care (JANAC) plans to publish a themed issue on the natural disaster, trauma, and HIV in Haiti. The issue will be published in early 2011. Haiti’s current crisis is exacerbated by a history of poverty and political instability and some effort is warranted to contextualize the crisis and to focus on priorities for HIV prevention and care. This commentary provides background information and a discussion of areas that affect HIV-infected Haitians in the present

We want to thank our partners and all of you who have already helped in our Disaster Relief efforts. You are saving lives each day! If you would like to make a contribution to the victims of Hurricane Matthew in Haiti, please consider a donation for food, clothing and shelter material. These people have a very tough road ahead of them and it will make such a difference in the lives of these poor Haitians.

Natural disasters mark a history where they happen, many are the cities and towns that have been affected by one of these feared phenomena; a hurricane, a tornado or an earthquake destroy everything in its step, often razing with material things and unfortunately sometimes destroying the lives of millions of people.