@article{6ddd4c5d60334cf69b026367339fb1c3,
title = "Nursing onboard mercy class naval hospital ships",
author = "Amy Drayton",
note = "Funding Information: In contemporary hospital ship missions, Project Hope volunteers continue to serve onboard US Navy vessels during humanitarian assistance and disaster response missions. NGOs integral to the support of recent humanitarian and disaster relief missions have included the Johns Hopkins Go Team, Latter Day Saints Charities, University of California–San Diego Pre-Dental Society, Edge Outreach, Project Handclasp, International Red Cross, and Rotary International. This list of NGO partners is not exhaustive, and the mutually beneficial partnerships between military and NGO partners continue to expand. In addition to bolstering capabilities onboard, host nation and NGO partners enhance mission capabilities by reaching out to elements of their organizations stationed in host nations. For example, during Operation Continuing Promise (CP) 2011, Latter Day Saints charity volunteers reached out to birthing attendants who were not affiliated with the host nation{\textquoteright}s ministry of health and invited health care providers to subject matter expert educational exchanges between embarked and host nation health care providers referred to as Subject Matter Expert Exchanges (SMEE). This mechanism enabled the Helping Babies Breathe 12 program to reach approximately 30 additional participants. In Operation CP 2009, the full-time Project Hope staff stationed in Central and South America assisted in promoting and providing transportation and meals for subject matter expert exchanges in the Dominican Republic and Nicaragua. ",
year = "2013",
month = nov,
doi = "10.1016/j.jen.2013.08.006",
language = "English (US)",
volume = "39",
pages = "581--590",
journal = "Journal of Emergency Nursing",
issn = "0099-1767",
publisher = "Mosby Inc.",
number = "6",
}