{"id":1881,"date":"2018-03-19T20:08:20","date_gmt":"2018-03-19T20:08:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.wilmu.edu\/news\/?p=1881"},"modified":"2025-02-06T14:46:37","modified_gmt":"2025-02-06T19:46:37","slug":"wilmu-nurses-offer-aid-in-the-dominican-republic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.wilmu.edu\/news\/2018\/03\/19\/wilmu-nurses-offer-aid-in-the-dominican-republic\/","title":{"rendered":"WilmU Nurses Offer Aid in the Dominican Republic"},"content":{"rendered":"<style>.kadence-column1881_194dff-c2 > .kt-inside-inner-col{padding-right:var(--global-kb-spacing-lg, 3rem);padding-bottom:var(--global-kb-spacing-lg, 3rem);padding-left:var(--global-kb-spacing-lg, 3rem);}.kadence-column1881_194dff-c2 > .kt-inside-inner-col,.kadence-column1881_194dff-c2 > .kt-inside-inner-col:before{border-top-left-radius:0px;border-top-right-radius:0px;border-bottom-right-radius:0px;border-bottom-left-radius:0px;}.kadence-column1881_194dff-c2 > .kt-inside-inner-col{column-gap:var(--global-kb-gap-sm, 1rem);}.kadence-column1881_194dff-c2 > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;}.kadence-column1881_194dff-c2 > .kt-inside-inner-col > .aligncenter{width:100%;}.kadence-column1881_194dff-c2 > .kt-inside-inner-col:before{opacity:0.3;}.kadence-column1881_194dff-c2{position:relative;}@media all and (max-width: 1024px){.kadence-column1881_194dff-c2 > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;justify-content:center;}}@media all and (max-width: 991px){.kadence-column1881_194dff-c2 > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;justify-content:center;}}<\/style>\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-column kadence-column1881_194dff-c2 dynamic-main-col\"><div class=\"kt-inside-inner-col\"><style>.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading1881_c8b5d3-21, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading1881_c8b5d3-21[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading1881_c8b5d3-21\"]{font-style:normal;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading1881_c8b5d3-21 mark.kt-highlight, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading1881_c8b5d3-21[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading1881_c8b5d3-21\"] mark.kt-highlight{font-style:normal;color:#f76a0c;-webkit-box-decoration-break:clone;box-decoration-break:clone;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading1881_c8b5d3-21 img.kb-inline-image, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading1881_c8b5d3-21[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading1881_c8b5d3-21\"] img.kb-inline-image{width:150px;vertical-align:baseline;}<\/style>\n<h2 class=\"kt-adv-heading1881_c8b5d3-21 wp-block-kadence-advancedheading\" data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading1881_c8b5d3-21\">A team from Wilmington University\u2019s College of Health Professions embarked on a week long mission trip to Santo Domingo, capital city of the Dominican Republic, where they delivered medical treatment to a population in need.<\/h2>\n\n\n<style>.kb-image1881_d060e7-72 .kb-image-has-overlay:after{opacity:0.3;}<\/style>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-kadence-image kb-image1881_d060e7-72 alignwide size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"720\" height=\"540\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.test.wilmu.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/NursesAid.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"kb-img wp-image-1852\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.wilmu.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/NursesAid.jpg 720w, https:\/\/blog.wilmu.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/NursesAid-250x188.jpg 250w, https:\/\/blog.wilmu.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/NursesAid-640x480.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><figcaption><em>WilmU\u2019s Dr. Lori Irelan, Family Nurse Practitioner Jennifer Reynolds and RN Leah Chimes join other health care professionals in Santo Domingo.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>This was the second time WilmU faculty and student nurses volunteered their time and expertise to the New Jersey-based nonprofit Foundation for Peace, which organized the trip.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>An assistant professor, two students, and a nurse practitioner graduate joined caregivers from across the U.S. and Canada in staffing a medical clinic and lending a hand in the construction of a special needs facility.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cLast year, the group was able to bring more than $15,000 worth of medication and treat more than 1,000 patients in our mobile clinics,\u201d says Dr. Lori Irelan, regional chair of the nurse practitioner program at WilmU\u2019s Dover and Georgetown campuses. \u201cWe were bused to remote villages, 45 minutes to an hour away, and worked for 10 hours a day until we saw all the patients who were waiting for care.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Diabetes, high blood pressure, and joint pain were commonly treated complaints, as were mosquito-borne illnesses, fungal infections, and parasitic diseases. Many of the patients were children.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The group aimed to educate village residents, provide them with a supply of donated medications, and arrange follow-up visits for them with area physicians.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On an island nation where the average annual income is under $5,000, where 14 percent of the population is unemployed, where more than 40 percent live below the poverty line, and where \u2014 in the months since the trip was planned \u2014 Hurricane Maria flooded communities and destroyed housing on its way across the Caribbean in September, the assistance was desperately needed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe mission trip is rewarding in many ways,\u201d says Dr. Irelan. \u201cIt\u2019s a way to serve people who are under-served. It\u2019s very humbling to see the level of poverty they\u2019re in, and to make a difference.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It also demonstrates the ideals that WilmU\u2019s nursing program aims to instill in its students. \u201cWe emphasize holistic care, practical skills, and a passion for nursing across boundaries,\u201d she says. 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