Vered Kater Presents “Cultural Competency in the Delivery of Health Care Internationally”
Vered Kater Presents “Cultural Competency in the Delivery of Health Care Internationally”
The Jiann-Ping Hsu College of Public Health and The School of Nursing have teamed up to host Vered Kater, RN, BA, MSA, CNS from Hadassah-Hebrew University School of Nursing in Jerusalem. Kater, a retired pediatric nurse, is visiting campus this week to speak about her experiences in international health care, and to share what she learned while teaching nursing during her travels.
Her next
appearance will be in Hendricks Hall on Thursday, April 18 from Noon - 1:30
p.m. in Room 3001. The University community is welcomed and encouraged to
attend.
Her lecture, “Cultural Competency in the Delivery of Health Care
Internationally” stresses innovation, creativity and finding realistic
solutions for realistic problems. Kater has led nursing projects in over 10
countries, including projects with the American Jewish Joint Distribution
Committee, Volunteer for Aid Without Borders and the American Jewish World
Service Volunteer Corps.
In her lecture, Kater offers real life examples of providing care without modern resources. Highlighting the importance of being culturally sensitive and aware of belief systems, she says, “If you go into a community, find out what they do before you start teaching. It’s very important for us to know that we don’t know everything.” In addition, she emphasizes the importance of demonstrating health care practices with the people in a community, not for them. “There is no greater help to people than helping them help themselves,” she says.
At her first
Georgia Southern presentation on Monday, students found it entertaining and
thought provoking. Senior nursing major Julie Morris said, “I’m very interested
in doing work overseas as a nurse. Her lecture was enlightening.”
Luke Duncan, also a senior nursing major, said, “You can only learn so much
from reading a book. Her experiences were informative and support what we’ve been learning in class. She
reinforced our readings to a greater
extent.”
Kater received nursing degrees from Tel-Aviv University in Israel, University College Hospital – London, Hebrew University, the University of Pennsylvania, and Hadassah University Hospital. In 2008, she received Hadassah-Hebrew University’s Volunteer Nurse of the Year award.
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