Norwegian Nurses Visit School of Nursing

Jorgen Gregersen and Stig Struksnes, ICU nurses from Ulleval Hospital in Oslo, Norway visited the School of Nursing in March. They attended the Acute Care Nurse Practitioner Diagnosis and Management course to hear a lecture on nutrition issues for critically ill patients. Director of the ACNP program, Dr. Mary Johnson, also led the visitors on a tour of New York Presbyterian Hospital, primarily spending time in the CTICU talking with nurses, nurse practitioners, and physician intensivists there. SON faculty NP, Evangeline Veloria, guided them through the CTICU. A discussion about different types of practices, the roles of the ICU nurse and advanced practice nurses, cost & management issues followed. Dr. Johnson will be going to Norway over the summer as a Fullbright scholar to study simulation model utilization in acute care. The WHO Collaborating Center for Advanced Practice Nursing at the School of Nursing has a Memorandum of Understanding with Oslo and Akershus University College of Nursing.