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OFFICE OF GLOBAL NURSING

PAHO/WHO
Putting Knowledge Into the Hands of Those Who Care
The PAHO/WHO Collaborating Center for Nursing Knowledge, Information Management and Sharing (KIMS)  
 Co-Directed by Patricia A. Abbott, PhD, RN, BC, FAAN and Martha N. Hill, PhD, RN, FAAN
 
 
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About Our KIMS Collaborating Center
The World Health Organization (WHO) and the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) re-designated the Institute for Johns Hopkins Nursing as a Collaborating Center for Nursing Knowledge, Information Management and Sharing for a third term (2009-2012). The Institute for Johns Hopkins Nursing is the first PAHO/WHO Collaborating Center concentrating specifically on nursing information and communication technologies. As a Collaborating Center, IJHN engages in national and international activities that respond to nursing information, communication and knowledge management needs. As one example, our Collaborating Center hosts the Global Alliance for Nursing and Midwifery (GANM) which supports the professional development of nurses and midwives through collaborative networking and education.
 
Our Terms of Reference for 2009-2012:
  • Facilitate equitable access to information and scientific knowledge via appropriate and feasible technologies, for the promotion and support of global nursing and midwifery communities of practice and other ICT supported nursing activities.   
  • Promote the development of the Global Alliance for Nursing and Midwifery Initiative through facilitating and strengthening collaborative activities via ICT methodologies, including the leadership and maintenance of the Global Alliance for Nursing and Midwifery (GANM).  
  • Contribute to the growth, development and deployment of learning and informed online environments to improve nursing, health, and healthcare globally. 
  • Collaborate in the planning, conduction and dissemination of nursing and patient-centered research to improve health and nursing care though collection and analysis of the data, information and knowledge of nursing practice.
About the PAHO/WHO Collaborating Center for Nursing Knowledge, Information Management and Sharing
** Our raison d'etre: Why Do We Need Information and Knowledge Management? A WHO Health Metrics Network video. 
** Hopkins Nursing Launches International Midwifery Online Community of Practice.
** HRH Princess Muna: Launch of the Global Alliance for Nursing and Midwifery Community of Practice Video

Collaborating Center Information
** PAHO Collaborating Center General Information Site
** The WHO Collaborating Center Central Database
** Secretary General of the WHO Global Network of Nursing and Midwifery Collaborating Centers
** Online Health Educational Modules
 
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Email - IJHN@son.jhmi.edu
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The Institute for Johns Hopkins Nursing is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education
by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.

The Institute for Johns Hopkins Nursing is approved as a provider of Nurse Practitioner continuing education
by the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners:  AANP Provider Number 061216