Nurse mentorship to improve the quality of health care delivery in rural Rwanda

Nursing Outlook

Volumn 61, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 137-144

  Anatole, Manzi ^a,b   Magge, Hema ^a,c,d   Redditt, Vanessa ^e   Karamaga, Adolphe ^f   Niyonzima, Saleh ^b,f   Drobac, Peter ^a,d,g   Mukherjee, Joia S ^a,d,g   Ntaganira, Joseph ^b   Nyirazinyoye, Laetitia ^b   Hirschhorn, Lisa R ^a,d,g,h  

^a PARTNERS IN HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF RWANDA   (Rwanda)

^c BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^f Rwandan Ministry of Health   (Rwanda)

^g HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^h JSI RESEARCH AND TRAINING INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Africa South of the Sahara; Continuing education; Developing countries; Mentors; Nurses; Primary health care; Quality improvement

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; NURSING EDUCATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PROGRAM EVALUATION; RURAL HEALTH CARE; RWANDA; TEACHER; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; EDUCATION, NURSING; HUMANS; MENTORS; PROGRAM EVALUATION; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; RWANDA;

EID: 84879821960     PISSN: 00296554     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.outlook.2012.10.003     Document Type: Article

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