Organizations Filed Purposes:
Nursing Heart Inc directs a number of initiatives that offer support and opportunities for communities, patients, nurses, schools and other health care providers. Its primary outreach has been to rural indigenous communities in the highlands of Guatemala, providing medical clinics and the construction of clinics with groups of nurses and doctors from the USA. Nursing Heart organizes the providers in order to share their talents and gain experience in an international setting. Our mission is to improve the health of marginalized communities in Guatemala and develop nurses to face global public health challenges by personalizing programs through trusted partnerships.
Clinical and construction projects in Guatemala to assist with health goals and developmental initiatives of communities in the highlands. The organization also has projects that support the health and well-being of practicing of healthcare providers with a special focus on nurses.
An Introduction to International Nursing Program offers nursing students at the undergraduate level who have yet to receive their licenses an opportunity to apply what they are learning in their schools by assisting with wellness checks at primary schools, offering foot care clinics, and by engaging in public health projects like the installation of high efficiency stoves in the homes of families. The high efficiency stove helps recipient families have better health by providing a means of venting smoke outside the home, better economic well-being because of the need to burn less wood, which in turn provides a benefit to the environment and surrounding forests. In 2019-2020, 4561 patient encounters took place utilizing the 141 healthcare providers, 10 professors from the states, and 32 other local professionals and volunteers. 47 stoves were installed benefitting 272 people, 74 homes were given access to clean drinking water by receipt of an ecofilter and one community multi use health center was built. Foot clinics were provided on five different occasions benefitting 112 patients. All clinical experiences were carried out under the supervision of faculty traveling with the team and Guatemalan doctors. The students are given learning opportunities that introduce them to cultural concerns in healthcare practice by NHI staff and their partners in Guatemala.Covid-19 affected almost half of our work in the communities, since five groups were unable to come to Guatemala due to the global health situation.
The EEPP Program is the mechanism by which Nursing Heart is strengthening its small scale partners in Guatemala. Many small Guatemalan not for profit groups struggle to keep their teachers and rents paid while helping many people, young and old, succeed and prosper. Each of the seven organizations sponsored in the EEPP program welcome groups brought by Nursing Heart. Each organization is unique and each is at different stages of development. Nursing Heart staff provides administrative support and meets regularly with each participant organization to advise them on how to build their capacity while they stabilize and sustain their missions. NHI helped them set and fulfill benchmarks in order to receive the next grant. 2020 sees the finalization of this program with the last two payment disbursements occurring in October 2020.
A clinical program for Nurse Practitioners in training. Working with and under the licenses of Guatemalan doctors, Nurse Practitioner students came to Guatemala with their faculty on three different occasions in the 2019-2020 season. There were five Nurse Practitioner groups programmed but due to Covid-19 the remaining two trips were cancelled. On average, each group saw around 600-700 patients in 4 days. The clinics offer primary acute care and cervical cancer screenings. Cervical cancer is the number 1 cancer killer of women in Guatemala. Out of the almot 400 women screened, 14 were treated for precancerous lesions that can be cured using cryotherapy and an extra 35% were treated for other illnesses or infections with medications. In the primary care clinic women who have not been screened are invited to do so by offering education about the process. All treatments are carried out by Guatemalan doctors and the clinics are offered in cooperation with partners like Hombres and Mujeres in Accion in San Martin Jilotepeque and under the municipal authorities in communities surrounding Antigua, Guatemala. Five undergraduate nurse groups performed over 1,000 chld health screenings in eight schools. All the clinical data is available online at Nursingheart.org. Guatemalan nursing students are offered the opportunity to learn from the nurse practitioners while providing assistance and gaining the valuable experience of taking vital signs.
Executives Listed on Filing
Total Salary includes financial earnings, benefits, and all related organization earnings listed on tax filing
| Name | Title | Hours Per Week | Total Salary |
|---|
| Jade Parker-Manderson | Executive Dir. | 40 | $0 |
| Cristy Velasco Toj | Trustee | 1 | $0 |
| Susan Milne | Trustee | 1 | $0 |
| Laura Shearer | Treasurer | 0 | $0 |
| Paige Mcmillan | Trustee | 0 | $0 |
| Beth Krum | Director | 0 | $0 |
| Ann Regenscheid Otrl | Treasurer | 2.5 | $0 |
| Amanda Choflet Msn | President | 3 | $0 |
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