Now?that?you?have?reviewed?the?learning?activities?for?this?lesson,?for?this?discussion?answer?the?following
questions:
Hospital?administration?in?Georgia?moved?from?physicians?with?no?administrative?training?being?administrators,
to?attempts?to?train?people?specifically?in?administration.
Discuss?the?pros?and?cons?of?physicians?as?administrators?vs.?administrators?with?no?medical?training.
Which?functions?are?the?same?or?overlap?between?medicine?and?administration,?and?which?are?distinctly
different?
CHAPTER 23
Establishing Medical and Nursing
Education Programs in the Country
of Georgia
A functional healthcare system is a critical
cornerstone of any country.
The health and well-being of a country?s population
is vital to its economic progress.
Nurses are crucial caregivers and leaders in every
facet of the national healthcare system.
Georgia
? Population <5 million
? number 74 on the human development index
? HDI is calculated from life expectancy, education,
and gross domestic product indices
? Ally of U.S.
? Atlanta?Tbilisi healthcare partnership (ATHP).
Also known as the ?Georgia to Georgia? project
Environmental problems directly affecting
health in Georgia are:
? Air pollution
? Heavy pollution of Mtkvari River and the Black
Sea
? Inadequate supplies of potable water
? Soil pollution from toxic chemicals
? Poor roads but improvements in progress
The Georgian Healthcare System
? Until 1991 the Georgian healthcare system was part of
the greater Soviet healthcare system
? Deteriorated after dissolution of Soviet Union
? Being restored, multiple partnerships and humanitarian
efforts such as:
? Improve reproductive health
? Increase ability to refrigerate vaccines
The Georgian Healthcare System
? Health Indicators
? HIV/AIDS
? Drug trafficking
? Prisoners
? Increased STIs (sexually transmitted
infections)
? Tuberculosis
? Hepatitis C
Health of Women and Children
? Hypothyroidism in newborns detected
? Training of physicians
? Neonatal resuscitation program
? Women?s Wellness Center
(WWC) established
Nursing
? Better education needed
? Nurses do not receive academic
degrees
? Student nurses are taught by
physicians
? Training started in 9th to 11th grade
?Physicians outnumber nurses
?Partnerships in progress
? Physician education
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