INU Nursing Collaborative

The INU Nursing Collaborative is a group of Faculty from 6 INU member universities who work together on collaborative projects in the field of nursing.

Background

The INU Nursing Collaborative was formed  in 2012 and began by hosting a Nursing workshop for students at Hiroshima University, Japan. The first workshop was delivered in August 2013 and was titled, “Peace and Disaster Nursing” with themes of: terrorism, pandemics, earthquakes. The Collaborative continued holding workshops in Hiroshima every year thereafter, up to 2017.  In 2017, the theme for this workshop was quality and safe care. The workshop was an intensive in-person 2-week immersion into the culture of Japan while participating in the workshop with multicultural undergraduate nursing students. Twenty-one students participated and ten faculty from nursing programs in the INU universities: Japan, Spain, Sweden, South Africa, United Kingdom, and USA.

Funding applications

The Nursing Collaborative continued to work together after the 2017 workshop. The group was committed to securing funding to support the initiatives surrounding quality care, patient safety, and cultural competency. The group applied for several ERASMUS + grants and an INU grant. After receiving funding from the INU’s Seed Money Fund, the group co-developed another workshop around the themes of leadership, cultural competency, and global citizenship. The on-line virtual workshop was delivered fall 2022 titled, “The Use of Virtual Learning Spaces to Cultivate Cultural Competency for Global Citizenship in Nursing”. Twenty-three graduate nursing students participated and six faculty from the same participating universities.

Future activities

The group is gearing up to present in September 2023 at the Royal College of Nursing International Nursing Research Conference in Manchester, UK. The group is also preparing a manuscript on their research findings for submission to the International Journal of Nursing Sciences late summer/early fall. Below is a listing of the scholarly work.

Members of INU’s Nursing Collaborative

1. Professor Portia J Jordan, Department of Nursing and Midwifery, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Stellenbosch University, Cape Town, South Africa.
2. Associate Professor Christine Argenbright, School of Nursing, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, USA
3. Associate Professor Maria Jiménez-Herrera, Faculty of Nursing, Universität Rovira I Virgili, Tarragona Spain
4. Professor Michiko Moriyama & Associate Professor Kako Mayumi, Department of Nursing Science, Graduate School of Biomedical and Health Sciences, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan
5. Senior Lecturer Helena Rezende, School of Nursing, Kingston University, London, United Kingdom.
6. Associate Professor Elisabeth Mangrio, Department of Care Sciences, Malmö University, Malmö, Sweden

Contact

The Nursing Collaborative would welcome other INU member universities with Nursing Schools to join their group.   To connect with the INU Nursing Collaborative, please contact INU Coordinator 

Grant submissions:

Argenbright, C., Jordan, Moriyama, M., Jimenez-Herrera, M., De Rezende, H., Mangrio, E., (2022) The Use of Virtual Learning Spaces to Cultivate Cultural Competency and Leadership for Global Citizenship in Nursing. The International Network of Universities. $10,000 [PI]

Jimenez, M., Argenbright, C., Sanford, J., Ponto, M., Jordan, P., Bengtsson, Lui L., & Sherwood, G. (2020) A Global Transformation in Nursing Education: Improve Patient Safety…Improve Health. European Union Erasmus Plus, Tarragona, Spain. Awaiting funding notice, 450,000 Euros, [co-PI]. (Not funded)

Jimenez, M., Argenbright, C., Sanford, J., Ponto, M., Jordan, P., Bengtsson, Lui L., & Sherwood, G. (2019) A Global Transformation in Nursing Education: Improve Patient Safety…Improve Health. European Union Erasmus Plus, Tarragona, Spain. Awaiting funding notice, 450,000 Euros, [co-PI]. (Not funded)

Presentations:

Argenbright C. Jordan P. De Rezende H. Mayumi, K. Mangrio, E. Jiménez-Herrera, M. Moriyama, M. Using virtual learning to cultivate cultural competency, global citizenship and leadership amongst nursing students: a mix-method study. Royal College of Nursing International Nursing Research Conference 2023. 7th September 2023, Manchester United Kingdom.

Argenbright, C., Jordan, P., DeRezende, H., Kako, M., Moryiyama, M., Mangrio, E., Jimenez Herrera, M. (2023) The Use of Virtual Learning Spaces to Cultivate Cultural Competency and Leadership for Global Citizenship in Nursing. International Network of Universities. Global Engagement Conference. Podium (Virtual)

Argenbright, C., Jordan, P., DeRezende, H., Moryiyama, Y., Mangrio, E., Jimenez Herrera, M (2023) The INU Nursing Collaborative Presentation on Past, Present and Future. INU Quarterly Meeting, Stellenbosch Invited Speaker

Argenbright, C. & Sanford. J., Sherwood, G., Jimenez Herrera, M., Bengtsson, M., Moriyama, M., Iwamoto, Y., Jordan, P., Lui, L. (2018) Nursing Students’ Global Perspectives on beliefs, life events and values during an international event in Hiroshima, Japan. Presented at STTI 29^th International Nursing Research Congress, Melbourne, Australia. Podium

Sanford, J. Argenbright, C., Sherwood, G., Jimenez Herrera, M., Bengtsson, M., Moriyama, M., Iwamoto, Y., Jordan, P., Lui, L. (2018) International Collaboration to Improve Quality and Safety in Nursing Education. 2^nd World Congress on Patient Safety and Quality Healthcare, Dublin, Ireland. Podium

Argenbright, C., Sanford, J., Sherwood, G., Jimenez Herrera, M., Bengtsson, M., Moriyama, M., Iwamoto, Y., Jordan, P., Lui, L. (2018) Traveling Across Oceans to Improve Quality and Safety in Nursing Education and Practice. Presented at QSEN Annual Forum, Bonita Springs, Florida. Podium

Lui, L., Sanford, J., Argenbright, C., Sherwood, G., Jimenez Herrera, M., Bengtsson, M., Moriyama, M., Iwamoto, Y., Jordan, P. (2017) INU Japan Workshop International Network Universities Council Meeting, UK, Invited Presentation

Publications:

Sanford, J., Argenbright, C., Sherwood, G., Jordan, P., Jimenez-Herrera, M., Bengtsson, M., Moriyama, M., Lui, L., & McDonald, M. (2021). Student outcomes of an international learning collaborative to develop patient safety and quality competencies in nursing. Journal of Research in Nursing, 26(1-2), 81-94. https://doi.org/10.1177/1744987120970606

Argenbright, C., Sanford, J., Sherwood, G., Jordan, P., Jimenez-Herrera, M., Bengtsson, M., Moriyama, M., Lui, L., & McDonald, M. (2022). Embracing Diversity: Measuring the impact of an international immersion learning experience on nursing students’ cultural beliefs and values. International Journal of Nursing Education Scholarship, 19(1). doi:10.1515/ijnes-2022-0019.

Manuscript in Preparation:

Argenbright, C., Jordan, P., De Rezende, H M., Mangrio, E., Moryiyama, Y. Kako, M., & Jimenez-Herrera, M.  (2023) The Use of Virtual Learning Spaces to Cultivate Cultural Competency for Global Citizenship in Nursing. International Journal of Nursing Sciences.