Global Health Nursing Fellowship
Since 2023, CHOP Nurses have been working in Gaborone, Botswana to improve outcomes for the country’s tiniest citizens. CHOP Nurse Fellows partner with the CHOP Global Health Nurse Fellowship Director, nurse leaders, and frontline nursing and medical staff in Botswana to help improve neonatal outcomes at Princess Marina Hospital (PMH), Botswana’s main referral hospital. Nurse Fellows complete three-month rotations in Botswana, working collaboratively to achieve agreed-upon goals and objectives to improve neonatal intensive and general neonatal unit care using an evidence-based practice approach. Nurse Fellows participate in bedside teaching and mentoring to foster high-functioning teamwork within the neonatal unit. This fellowship is designed to build neonatal nursing skills in Botswana; therefore, CHOP Nurse Fellows teach, work, and learn alongside Batswana nurse colleagues in the neonatal units at PMH. Nurse Fellows co-design specific projects responsive to the local neonatal care priorities in close consultation with in-country and CHOP mentors.
Projects GH Nurse Fellows work on:
- New nurse orientation
- Safe medication administration
- Neonatal resuscitation skills
- Promoting lactation and human milk storage
- Quality improvement initiatives
Learn about the GH Nurse Fellowship benefits and eligibility.
How to Apply
Applications open in April for the following calendar year.
For more information, contact Sally Poliwoda, MPH, BSN, Clinical Program Director, Global Health Nurse Fellowship, at poliwoda@chop.edu.