Siobhan Hale amp Christina Sayers Facts about Zambia Population Approx 129 million Religions Christianity Indigenous beliefs Muslim amp Hindu Languages Englishofficial 70 local languages ID: 604845
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Zambia
Siobhan Hale & Christina SayersSlide2
Facts about Zambia
Population: Approx. 12.9 million
Religions: Christianity, Indigenous beliefs, Muslim & Hindu
Languages: English(official), 70 local languages
Education: No compulsory education
Life expectancy: 38.63 years
Capital: Lusaka
Total number of people living with HIV is 1,000,000 in 2003Slide3
Ranchod hospice, Kabwe, ZambiaSlide4
Ranchod Hospice, Kabwe
HIV/AID’s Hospice Approximately 25 bed Mostly funded by outside donations, etc.
Provided other services such as: 1. Outpatients 2. VCT clinic
3. Outreach programme
4. Family Planning clinicSlide5
Planning Process
Choosing the service learning site
Arranging dates
Accommodation
Uniform
Injections
Fundraising
VisaSlide6
Fundraising
Coyotes Nurses & Doctors fancy dress partyChurch gate collectionsCoffee morning
Bag packingRafflesQuiz NightCard sellingSponsorship cardsSlide7
Gaining
gardai permitsCancellation of flights
Leaving fundraising too late, and it interfering with exams
Start Fundraising as early as possible
Research about service learning site
Difficulties related to planning
Recommendations for future studentsSlide8
First Impressions!
Different to my expectations due to: 1. Friendliness of the staff
2. More services provided than I expected 3. Other services provided by kara counselling
4. Lack of equipment, Different nursing tasks
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Differences between the Irish & Zambian Health care system!
Lack of funding, equipment
Nurses prescribe drugs in the hospice
Patients are woken, washed and dressed before the morning staff comes in
Health care assistants take care of the patients personal hygiene, this is not a nurses role
Staff in the hospice are very laid back
Government doesn't finance health care- all funding is from non governmental organisationsSlide10
Our role...
Different on a daily basis, dependent on where we were, what we were doing on the specific day, and who we were with.
Hospice Family Planning OutreachSlide11
Language & Cultural differences
Language barriers when dealing with patients
Cultural Differences: DressMusic & dancing
Religion Slide12
Most interesting/shocking/exciting aspects of the experience
Simply Driving around ZambiaChildren in tattered clothes, no shoes!
Vans with maybe 20-30 people sitting on the back!How Zambians, even though they have nothing, are so positive!How many can receive medication, but can’t take it due to having no foodSlide13
Main areas of learning
How to care for HIV/AIDS patients in relation to:
Medication – ARV’s
Methods of diagnoses
Nursing Management -
Pain, control of symptoms,
Psychological care
http://www.who.int/topics/hiv_aids/en/Slide14
Outreach, Medical clinicSlide15Slide16Slide17
VCT Clinic, set up in a handmade church on Outreach Slide18
Sister Kiola, of the hospice
Gabriel, Manager of the HospiceSlide19Slide20Slide21Slide22Slide23
Micro-lighting at Victoria Falls, Livingstone!!
Bungee Jumping!! Ahhh!!Slide24
Suggestions & Recommendations for future students!!!
Bring some type of music, a small speaker if possible
NB.!!! Insure to get a Visa, no other cards will work eg
. Laser or
mastercard
!!!! You can get this in BOI
Nuig
, if you inform them you are a student nurse and that you are undertaking this module
Bring books for own entertainment
Bring nursery rhymes( English is fine!) so you can teach the kids them, and small toys if possible! They will love them!
Bring mosquito net
Pictures of loved ones
One candle, matches and a torch
Insure your phone is unlocked before going!
Visa to enter Zambia can be got in Zambia airport, free for Irish citizens
If you are a bad traveller, make sure to bring travel sickness tablets, the roads out there are very bumpy!!
Try and learn some phrases in Bemba before going, they are really impressed by that! Slide25
You tube clips of our experience!!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qmyj6zHJf-s
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8-E2X3-GJ7kSlide26
Suggested Reading list
http://www.kara.org.zm/http://www.stephenlewisfoundation.org/what_project.cfm?project=3250
http://www.who.int/hiv/en/http://www.who.int/countries/zmb/en/
http://www.tmb.ie/Slide27
References
U.S. department of state website, 2010, Bureau of African affairs, viewed September 10, 2010,
http://www.state.gov/p/af/ci/za/ World Health organisation website, 2010,HIV/AIDS viewed July 2010, http://www.w74ho.int/topics/hiv_aids/en/