From February 13th to 24th DTU teamed up with Vifi, a German organization supporting Vietnamese women and children, to organize a training course on “Technology Transfer in Nursing”. Nursing specialists, DTU lecturers and students of Nursing, students from the Au Lac Hue High School and nurses working at the hospitals and health centers in the city attended.
Founded in 1994 in Germany, Vifi has supported humanitarian projects to eradicate poverty in Vietnam, focusing on the needs of women and children. Vifi has funded people in difficult circumstances in Vietnam and employed volunteers for training, counseling and consulting.
The training course was attended by German specialists with much practical nursing experience
The nursing specialists, who have all been working long-term at big German hospitals, provided the attendees with the latest information on patient care. Ms. Dorothea Moczek, a nurse at the Bergmannsheil Hospital, in Bochum, Germany and Ms. Ascha Kikstra, from the emergency room at the Maasstad Hospital in the Netherlands, demonstrated ways of improving digestion, nutrition and special diets to ensure the physical and the mental well-being of patients. Many medical conditions common today, such as vascular congestion in the elderly, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, gastropathy and issues related to digestion, special food requirements for paralyzed patients and depression and its treatment, were presented by Ms. Annegret Lieberoth Leden, a nurse from the Honigstal Hospital in Wuppertal-Heckinghausen, with ways of avoiding or treating them.
Practice sessions were held in parallel with theoretical tuition
The German experts also offered the future nurses useful advice on how to communicate with patients and relatives, gather information, develop a treatment plan and systemize patient records. In parallel with the theory, sessions were held in the practice room of the DTU Faculty of Nursing, using state-of-the-art facilities and equipment. With the dedicated and attentive guidance of the German nurses, DTU students were able to improve their practical skills caring for patients, share information and learn and practice new methods in modern medicine.
(Media Center)