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Abstract
After the pedagogical dialogues between the nursing faculty of the Seattle University and the Bolivian University of Saint Francis Xavier, a goal of working on research studies that would contribute to standardizing global nursing care was identified.1 Thus, they completed a study on the Bolivian Nurses' Response to the COVID-19 pandemic. This study highlighted the lack of generated nursing information for nurses to safely perform during the pandemic.2 Learning that few manuscripts were published after the nursing master programs were introduced in Bolivia in 1996,3 the faculty engaged in a two-phase project on knowledge diffusion of maternal and child health as the mortality rates of these populations in Bolivia are among the highest in South America.4
In Phase 1, to identify factors preventing the dissemination of studies, a cross-sectional online survey directed to Master and Specialized level nurses who graduated within the last two years and did not publish their research projects, was completed. In Phase 2, an intervention, based on the survey results, for nurses to develop publishable manuscripts and study reports to share with Bolivian health influential individuals is planned.
Of the 55 participants surveyed, 76% work as staff nurses and have not published their projects, 24% presented or submitted a report to scientific associations or to hospitals, and 47% identified their place of work as not having a system supporting a culture that values academic work. The publishing barriers participants faced were lack of time (24%), opportunities (11.2%), financial support (9.5%), and limited writing skills (9.5%). Participants indicated needing help with the results (24%), discussion (25%), and charts and figures (49%) sections to write a publishable manuscript. From this sample, 15 participants whose research projects addressed maternal and child health are joining the project’s Phase 2, which is framed on the COMITS model5 that proposes strategies to overcome disseminating information barriers.
While the publishing barriers identified by the participants can lead to a reformation of Bolivian graduate programs, it can open opportunities to exchange programs to join the efforts of global nursing care standardization. The potential application of published nursing best practices can also contribute to the quality of health care of women and children and motivate Bolivian health organizations to create an inclusive culture that values nurses scholarly work.
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References:
1. García DS, Fricas J, Orellana SL. Dialogues on nursing curriculum and pedagogy: A critical planning activity for global educational
collaboration. International Journal of Nursing Education Scholarship. 2023;20(1): 20240015. https://doi.org/10.1515/ijnes-2024-0015
2. Garcia DS, Fricas J, Vargas-Vargas M. Respuesta de enfermería a la pandemia COVID-19 en Bolivia [Nursing response to the COVID 19
pandemic in Bolivia]. FMENT-SPA [Internet]. Salud Pública en Acción. 2024; 5(1), e1-e13. https://doi.org/10.53287/gazw2569ik77n
3. L. P. Orellana Salas, oral communication, Sucre, Bolivia, March 2023.
4. The World Bank Group. (2020). Data: Infant Mortality Rate and Maternal Mortality Ratio [Internet]. Geneva: World Health Organization; 2023
[cited 2024 Dec 08]. Available from: http://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SH.STA.MMRT
5. Schmidt NA, Brown JM. The COMITS Model: A Framework for Successful Publishing. The Journal of Continuing Education in Nursing.
2020;51(10):477-483. https://doi.org/10.3928/00220124-20200914-10
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Text-based Document
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Mixed/Multi Method Research
Keywords:
Global Leadership, Academic-clinical Partnership, Public and Community Health, Interprofessional and Global Collaboration
Recommended Citation
Vargas-Vilela, Miriam; Orellana, Luisa; and Garcia, Daisy Sonia, "From Dialogues to Diffusion of Generated Nursing Knowledge of a Low-Middle Income Country" (2025). Biennial Convention (CONV). 133.
https://www.sigmarepository.org/convention/2025/presentations_2025/133
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2025-12-01
From Dialogues to Diffusion of Generated Nursing Knowledge of a Low-Middle Income Country
Indianapolis, Indiana, USA
After the pedagogical dialogues between the nursing faculty of the Seattle University and the Bolivian University of Saint Francis Xavier, a goal of working on research studies that would contribute to standardizing global nursing care was identified.1 Thus, they completed a study on the Bolivian Nurses' Response to the COVID-19 pandemic. This study highlighted the lack of generated nursing information for nurses to safely perform during the pandemic.2 Learning that few manuscripts were published after the nursing master programs were introduced in Bolivia in 1996,3 the faculty engaged in a two-phase project on knowledge diffusion of maternal and child health as the mortality rates of these populations in Bolivia are among the highest in South America.4
In Phase 1, to identify factors preventing the dissemination of studies, a cross-sectional online survey directed to Master and Specialized level nurses who graduated within the last two years and did not publish their research projects, was completed. In Phase 2, an intervention, based on the survey results, for nurses to develop publishable manuscripts and study reports to share with Bolivian health influential individuals is planned.
Of the 55 participants surveyed, 76% work as staff nurses and have not published their projects, 24% presented or submitted a report to scientific associations or to hospitals, and 47% identified their place of work as not having a system supporting a culture that values academic work. The publishing barriers participants faced were lack of time (24%), opportunities (11.2%), financial support (9.5%), and limited writing skills (9.5%). Participants indicated needing help with the results (24%), discussion (25%), and charts and figures (49%) sections to write a publishable manuscript. From this sample, 15 participants whose research projects addressed maternal and child health are joining the project’s Phase 2, which is framed on the COMITS model5 that proposes strategies to overcome disseminating information barriers.
While the publishing barriers identified by the participants can lead to a reformation of Bolivian graduate programs, it can open opportunities to exchange programs to join the efforts of global nursing care standardization. The potential application of published nursing best practices can also contribute to the quality of health care of women and children and motivate Bolivian health organizations to create an inclusive culture that values nurses scholarly work.
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Nursing Faculty from Bolivia and the Unites States completed a study on the Bolivian Nurse's Response to COVID-19 pandemic, which highlighted the lack of knowledge produced by Bolivian nurses to support the participants’ performance as cares. And considering that Bolivian graduate programs scarcely publish the nurses’ research, the faculty embarked in a two-phase project on knowledge diffusion of Bolivian maternal and child health concerns as the mortality rates are the highest in South America.