Universidad Autonoma de Yucatan

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Universidad Autonoma de Yucatan

• International Committee Project
• Sharleen Simpson, PhD, ARNP
• Carmen Rodriguez, PhD, ARNP

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Yucatan
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Current relationship with UF

• There is a Cooperative Agreement with UADY in
  place at present
• Anthropology (Reciprocal Agreement)
• Architecture (May have moved to Guadalajara)
• UF does not currently have a reciprocal agreement
  with the College of Veterinary Medicine but
  rumors are that this is in the works.

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Current relationship with UF cont.

• Current Cooperative Agreement with UF would cover
  a Spring Break exchange.
• If we wanted to develop a relationship that would
  allow doctoral and other students to come for
  longer periods of time, we would need a
  Reciprocal Agreement.
• Lynn Frazier would be happy to come and work with
  us on the agreement.

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Day 1

• Orientation Meeting to the Nursing Program
• Secretarias Academicas
• Silvia Carola Salas Ortega,Lcda. Nsg -Coordinator
  of BSN Program
• Maria Rebeca Sosas Cardenas, Lcda.
  Nsg-Coordinator of Clinical and Fiscal Affairs
• Abraham Baas Torres,Dr.Psychology-Coordinator of
  Academic Advisement and Counseling
• Director of School of Nursing
• Lizbeth Padron Ake, Lcda. Nsg, MSN, PhDc

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Day 1

• Orientation to the bachelors program
• Orientation to the Vision and Strategic Plan of
  the Faculty of the School of Nursing
• Tour of the school of Nursing facilities
• Classrooms
• Skills lab
• Computer facilities
• Library
• Trip to Progresso (North Coast)

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Progreso
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BSN Program (licenciatura)

• First accredited in 1998
• Accredited by COMACE and evaluated by CIEES-SEP
• Changed to a more flexible program in 2002-2003
  (similar to UFs system)

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BSN PROGRAM (LICENCIATURA) 2005 General
characterisitics

• Once 391 credits are obtained the student
  caninitiate the social service year (5th year)
• Must be completed in order to graduate
• Other alternatives to be able to practice
• Exam
• Thesis
• GPA
• Written projects

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BSN PROGRAM (LICENCIATURA) 2005 General
characterisitics

• Individual or group thesis
• Individual monograph (research paper)
• A report or memoir about individual
  experiences during the practicum
• social welfare years work
• Average GPA (high enough, they pass)
• General exit exam for licensing,
• Optional additional course
• Enter into the Masters or Doctoral program

Options for Licensure
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BSN PROGRAM (L ICENCIATURA) 2005 General
Characteristics

• professional focus educator, clinician,
  administrator and investigator
• orientation towards self-care, sociocultural
  context, health promotion and prevention, and a
  holistic approach
• 8 semesters with a minimum of 3.5 years and
  maximum of 10 years depending on students
  capabilities

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MSN Program

• Scheduled to start in Fall 2006
• Faculty has obtained their MSNs in other schools
  in Mexico (Universidad de Guanajuato and others)

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Day 2

• Visit to Satellite campus of UADY
• Nursing Satellite Campus
• Education Satellite Campus
• Computer Science Campus
• Social Work Satellite
• Unidad de Salud Tizimin (model for faculty
  practice)
• Facultad de Medicina provides physician
• Facultad de Enfermeria provides nursing and 5th
  year nursing students
• All other services collaborate to provide
  services

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Unidad de Salud Tizimin
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Day 2

• Orientation to the Unidad de Salud activities
• Gloria de los Angeles Uicab Pool, Lcda. Nsg, MSN
  (preparing to enter doctoral program)

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Unidos por una comunidad saludable!
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Day 3

• Orientation to Research Activities
• Lines of research
• Patricia Isolina del Socorro Gomez Aguilar, PhD
  in nursingModels of nursing care (chronic
  diseases)
• Elmy Lucelly Rodriguez Alonzo, MSN in Community
  Health (considering doctoral program)
  Maternal-child and geriatrics

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Lines of research

• Nursing interventions that foster behavioral
  changes for healthy lifestyles
• Nursing care for individuals with chronic
  diseases
• Differences in health profiles and access to care
  (disparities)

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Doctoral Program

• One faculty member has obtained doctoral degree
  through the consortium in Brazil (Universidad de
  Sao Paulo)
• UADYs program to be started in 2007
• Consortium of 4 universities
• Central and southern Mexico

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Day 3

• Tour of the public hospital
• Ambulatory services
• Inpatient care units
• Med-surg
• OB
• Pediatrics
• Intensive Care Units
• Mayan restaurant
• Tour of Rehabilitation Center for Kids with
  special needs

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Rehabilitation Center for Children with Special
Needs
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Review of Recreational Activities

• Ongoing activities
• Sundays Mexican music at Parque Hidalgo in front
  of Hotel Caribe (potential lodging site)
• Mondays Vaqueria with the Ayuntamiento Juvenil
  (children and adolescents doing traditional
  dances)
• Tuesday Rancheras in one of the theaters in
  Downtown area
• Wednesday Trios Marimba music
• There is also the possibility of a day trip on
  the weekend to Chichen Itza or Uzmal.

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Recommendations

• Immediate Goals
• Initiate coordination efforts associated with
  Spring Break 2007 Project
• Develop goals for experience
• Share information with nursing students
• Develop criteria for selection of project
  participants
• Identify costs associated with project
  participation

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Recommendations cont.

• Decide what our participation would be
  regarding longer
• term exchanges with masters and PhD students
• Negotiate a Reciprocal Agreement to facilitate
  long-term
• student and faculty exchanges
• Sponsor a Sigma Theta Tau chapter at UADY.
  There
• are a number of people who are members but
  they do
• not have their own chapter. They are very
  interested
• and from what they said they should be able
  to have
• enough qualified people to charter a chapter.

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Flamboyan treecommon in Yucatan and other Latin
American countries.
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College of Nursing (Facultad de Enfermeria)
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Unidad de Salud-Tizimin
Urgent Care
Public Health
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Unidad de Salud-Tizimin
Review of region that benefits from services
offered at Tizimins facility.
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UADY- Facultad de Enfermeria Satellite Facility
at Tizimin
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Rehabilitation Center for Children with Special
Needs
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Maestras (Faculty Members), the Dean , the
Accountant gt, and nursing students completing
social service year (5th year of nursing School
before obtaining their title)
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Sites
Progreso Beach
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Hotel Caribe