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Web site spotlight: Making a visible difference in nursing

Nurse Leader Weekly, October 6, 2008

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Many nurses enter the field because they want to make a difference and they know the care they provide can make significant changes in their patients' lives.

But many nurses are learning the differences they make can extend beyond healthcare facilities, and across state lines, countries, and continents. These differences can be eye opening—like the ones made by nurses volunteering with the global, nonprofit organization, Unite For Sight.

"The [Unite For Sight] nurses that travel abroad are able to see the effect that they are personally having [on patients] immediately," says Jennifer Staple, founder, president, and CEO of the organization. "Most of the patients that they see are completely blind. The nurses see them go from being completely blind, to having their vision entirely restored, and they participate in all aspects of the program."

Unite For Sight, which Staple started as a student organization in 2000 to provide basic vision screening and vision health education programs in New Haven, CT, has grown into a worldwide mission to improve eye health and eliminate preventable blindness.

Editor's note: This excerpt was adapted from the article, "Making a visible difference in nursing" featured in The Reading Room on HCPro's new online resource center, www.StrategiesforNurseManagers.com. Get a free trial membership that will give you 30 days to test drive all the exciting features on the Web site.

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