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A Critical Need for Advanced Practice Nurse Education in Sub-Saharan Africa and Lessons Learned From the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Discursive Review.

Jacqueline Itambo, Brenda Owusu, Danielle McCamey, Diana-Lyn Baptiste

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Review in Nursing open, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Jacqueline ItamboSchool of Nursing, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9798-3610
Brenda OwusuSchool of Nursing and Health Studies, University of Miami, Coral Gables, Florida, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3891-7255
Danielle McCameySchool of Nursing, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9864-5285
Diana-Lyn BaptisteSchool of Nursing, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8902-6255

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

aimTo discuss the need to expand advanced practice nurse education in Sub-Saharan Africa as a strategic response to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.

designDiscursive paper.

methodSearching international literature in PubMed, CINAHL and Google Scholar databases, we explored the impact of COVID-19 in Sub-Saharan Africa and the advanced practice nurse role and education in the pandemic response. DISCUSSION: The COVID-19 pandemic served as a barrier to healthcare access and disrupted routine immunizations and care, reduced facility-based healthcare services, increased disease burden and mortality, strain and is expected to worsen the healthcare workforce shortage in Sub-Saharan Africa. The COVID-19 pandemic has further emphasised the necessity to strengthen advanced practice nurse education in Sub-Saharan Africa.

conclusionThis discursive paper underscores the critical role of advanced practice nurse education in Sub-Saharan Africa as a proactive strategy to strengthen the healthcare workforce and systems. The lessons learned from the COVID-19 pandemic highlight the urgency to invest in advanced practice nurse education and training programmes in the region. PATIENT OR PUBLIC CONTRIBUTION: There was no patient or public involvement in the design or drafting of this discursive paper. The authors reviewed the literature to develop a discussion about advanced nursing practice.

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Advanced Practice NursingCOVID-19Africa South of the SaharaHumansPandemicsadvanced practice registered nurseCOVID‐19 pandemichealth disparitiesnurse practitionernursing educationsub‐Saharan Africa

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PMID39710596
PMCPMC11663544

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