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Andrea Hooley, registered nurse and transitional care case manager for UCHealth Family Medicine Center Residency, triages a patient in Haiti during her volunteer trip with Project C.U.R.E. earlier this year. Photo courtesy of Andrea Hooley.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Andrea Hooley\u2019s first experiences in Haiti more than 15 years ago had a lot to do with why she became a nurse \u2013 and rekindled her aspirations to return there on a recent medical mission.<\/p>\n

Hooley joined eight volunteers \u2014 including three UCHealth employees \u2014 on a weeklong trip to rural Haiti in late April. The volunteers, who paid $2,000 out of their own pockets, plus airfare, were part of a team of mostly medical professionals dispatched by Project C.U.R.E. to provide public health education, direct care, treatment and training.<\/p>\n

\u201cPart of what Project C.U.R.E. does is deliver medical supplies to places in need, and the other part is to run clinic trips and provide training in specific areas,\u201d said Ligita Cunningham, organizational development consultant with UCHealth Employee Engagement. \u201cCurrently, all of our UCHealth hospitals participate in donating used medical supplies to them in addition to employees choosing to volunteer for trips.\u201d<\/p>\n

For Hooley, her return to Haiti was significant because this time she had the tools and skills to help.<\/p>\n

During her initial visits to Haiti, she served with the Peace Corps and was tasked with writing grants and project proposals for agricultural and water projects, having just earned her bachelor\u2019s in cultural anthropology<\/p>\n

\u201cOnce I was on the ground in Haiti, I realized I didn\u2019t know how to do anything but write papers,\u201d she said. \u201cMost foreigners there were medical, so people would approach me with some sort of health problem \u2014 I remember a burned child once \u2014 and I didn\u2019t have any medical knowledge or advice other than what I could get from my Peace Corps medical kit.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Project C.U.R.E. volunteers and their Haitian coworkers. Photo courtesy of Andrea Hooley.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

When Hooley returned to the United States at age 25 \u2014 too old, she thought, to become a doctor \u2014 she went into nursing school and was hired at Poudre Valley Hospital. She took advantage of the hospital\u2019s fast-track to a bachelor\u2019s degree in nursing, and now is a registered nurse and transitional care case manager for UCHealth Family Medicine Center Residency.<\/p>\n

Hooley returned to Haiti to get in touch with her original health care aspirations: health equality and social justice.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is easier to see yourself making more of a difference in places like Haiti because you can literally save a life by treating a urinary tract infection,\u201d she said. \u201cThat is just as important here, but you see it more there, and it rekindles that original inspiration of \u2018yes, I\u2019m a nurse, and I know what to do.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

The group left April 22, led by a Project C.U.R.E leader who had traveled to Haiti more than 40 times, Hooley said. The UCHealth volunteers included two registered nurses, Hooley and Beyron Zecher; Christine Law, a medical assistant; and Julie Mullica, infection preventionist. Other members from the Denver area included an epidemiologist in public health, a dentist, pediatrician and lawyer. Accommodations were provided through partnerships between Project C.U.R.E. and other organizations with similar goals in Haiti.<\/p>\n

The first day, they became familiar with what Project C.U.R.E. had available for the team, from tools to medications, Hooley said.<\/p>\n

On day three, they held their first clinic at a countryside school. The nurses ran triage, the dentist examined teeth \u2014 and everyone supported each other.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe got huge crowds, and we triaged all the patients to determine who needed to see the doctors. Most did need to be seen,” Hooley said. \u201cWe saw a lot of skin infections, fevers, stomach complaints, rotten teeth. We were giving out worm pills. \u2026 But we weren\u2019t even able to see everyone who came.\u201d<\/p>\n

The team moved to a new clinic site on day four. At each site, the team worked with Haitian doctors and nurses to run the clinics.<\/p>\n

\u201cPart of the idea is not just to get more people through the clinic but to have a cultural exchange,\u201d Hooley said. \u201cWe learned how they do things, and they had fun with our gadgets. It\u2019s different there – what they look for and are accustomed to looking for \u2014 like anemia. We would just do lab work, but they look at eyelids and hair color. We just don\u2019t come across completely malnourished people here as often.\u2019\u2019<\/p>\n

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Andrea Hooley, registered nurse and transitional care case manager for UCHealth Family Medicine Center Residency, carries a child for a Haitian mother. The baby had a fever and was treated at the Project C.U.R.E. clinic where Hooley volunteered\u00a0as part of a week-long trip to Haiti. Photo courtesy of Andrea Hooley.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Her appreciation for the basic infrastructure and preventative care that keeps Americans healthy has grown, she said.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s amazing how different it looks just getting that preventative care,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

With only a week in Haiti, Hooley knew that she would play only a small part in the health of the Haiti people. She found it difficult to know that after the people received medical care, they\u2019d return to social and economic circumstances that were perpetuating their health problems, she said.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt can be more gratifying delivering Western medicine because there are immediately beneficial outcomes,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

\u201cHaiti is an intense place and it can be unsettling but, at the same time, everything you do there brings into perspective what\u2019s important. You see the intensity of how things could be, but it\u2019s also so beautiful. The people and kids \u2014 they are a very proud people, and they carry that with them and it rubs off in a way.\u201d<\/p>\n

It\u2019s rubbed off a bit on Hooley and rekindled her original inspirations for becoming a nurse in the first place. And for that, she\u2019s grateful.<\/p>\n

Women\u2019s care in Paraguay<\/h3>\n

Ligita Cunningham, organizational development consultant with UCHealth Employee Engagement, is recruiting UCHealth employees for a Project C.U.R.E. trip to Paraguay. Scheduled Sept. 15-24, the mission is to bring women and children\u2019s health care to Paragiau through medical clinics and training. The team needs two physicians, two advanced practitioners, four nurses, and two certified nursing assistants, emergency medical technicians or other medical professionals. Cost is $2,100 per person (tax-deductible) plus airfare.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019ll be providing education and resources about contraception, family planning and cervical cancer screenings,\u201d she said. \u201cAnd we\u2019ll be training the local midwives and nurses in their hospitals.\u201d<\/p>\n

Although the work will be in women\u2019s care, volunteers can come from any department, Cunningham said.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhile we do great things for our Colorado communities, it\u2019s amazing to step out of your bubble and see how others live and have the change to make an impact on their lives,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n

For more information, contact Cunningham at Ligita.Cunningham@uchealth.org<\/a> or 303.752.8347.<\/span><\/p>\n

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