August 31, 2021 - Rotary York East meeting guest speaker was Nancy Mannion, DNP, RN, CEN, FAEN. Nancy has an extensive career as a nurse leader, educator and consultant in emergency care and emergency department operations. She is the author of numerous articles on clinical practice, emergency department operations and nursing leadership in peer-reviewed journals and a contributing author to several books; a lecturer with years of presenting to diverse audiences on topics ranging from clinical care to leadership; consults with hospitals around the US as well as in Europe, the Middle East and Asia; is a Past President of Project Helping Hands, a medical humanitarian organization. Nancy completed 8 medical humanitarian deployments with Project Helping Hands in Bolivia, Kenya and Nepal. Currently, Nancy is leading an RN telehealth team managing COVID-related programs for an academic health system in Philadelphia. Nancy shared some of her experiences in the medical deployments around the world. A volunteer team of physicians and nurses recently traveled to Bolivia on a 10-day educational trip that was organized by Project Helping Hands (PHH). The purpose of this trip was to begin the implementation of a 5-year plan to provide targeted continuing education and training to Bolivian health care providers. |
