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An Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF) nurse’s work is diverse. Our nurses have found themselves operating therapeutic feeding centres, running in/outpatient clinics, implementing vaccination campaigns and organising mother-child health programmes.

They may take on managerial roles, heading departments in hospitals or health centres and training and supervising other nursing staff. Standing at the forefront of primary healthcare in our projects, MSF nurses are highly responsive, adaptable and compassionate people, committed to their work and helping those in need.

Read the blog posts below to find out more about life as an MSF nurse, or click here to find out more about applying to join the team.

Khurshid Ahmad consulting with a patient in Pakistan
Khurshid Ahmed MSF
Khurshid Ahmed
Nurse
Pakistan: A new way of treating hepatitis C
In Machar Colony, a slum area of Karachi, an Médecins Sans Frontières / Doctors Without Borders (MSF) team have been treating patients for Hepatitis C using a new line of drugs to combat the virus. 
01 Feb 2019 / 4 minute read
Refugee women in Ain Issa camp, Syria, September 2017
Vera Schmitz
Nurse
When people flee to seek refuge
As she returns to her own home after a posting in Iraq, Vera Schmitz, a Médecins Sans Frontières / Doctors Without Borders (MSF) nurse reflects...
31 Jan 2019 / 5 minute read
Josie Gilday
Josie Gilday
Nurse
Innovation: A day in the life of a humanitarian nursing team – We did it!
For eight weeks, Josie has been in Bangladesh working on an innovative new research project that hopes to use data to learn more about humanitarian nursing - so MSF can save more lives in future. 
31 Jan 2019 / 6 minute read
A nurse treats a five-month-old for pneumonia at the MSF hospital in Kutupalong
Josie Gilday
Josie Gilday
Nurse
Innovation: A day in the life of a humanitarian nursing team – More observations
Any decision is only as good as the information it’s based on. British nurse Josie and her team are running an innovative new project to gather information on how nurses work in humanitarian emergencies – to ultimately help MSF save more lives.
17 Jan 2019 / 7 minute read
Josie Gilday
Josie Gilday
Nurse
Innovation: A day in the life of a humanitarian nursing team – The roll-out
After a successful pilot, Josie and the team are ready to launch their research project, using smartphones to track the work of Médecins sans Frontières / Doctors Without Borders (MSF) nurses caring for children in Bangladesh …
03 Jan 2019 / 6 minute read
A sunset on the Mediterranean Sea
Courtney Bercan
Nurse
Memorial
Courtney Bercan, a nurse from Vancouver, Canada, worked with Médecins sans Frontières / Doctors Without Borders (MSF) on a search-and-rescue boat in the Mediterranean in 2016, the Dignity I. In December 2018, MSF was forced to stop operations of its last rescue boat in the Mediterranean, the Aquarius, due to political pressure from several European countries. This news triggered harrowing memories for Courtney.
19 Dec 2018 / 7 minute read
Josie Gilday
Josie Gilday
Nurse
Innovation: A day in the life of a humanitarian nursing team – The things you learn during a pilot
What does a humanitarian nurse do in an “average” day? And how can finding out benefit our patients? Josie blogs from an innovative project that’s aiming to answer those questions…
18 Dec 2018 / 8 minute read
Josie Gilday
Josie Gilday
Nurse
Innovation: A day in the life of a humanitarian nursing team – The Pilot Project
Around the world, Médecins sans Frontières / Doctors Without Borders (MSF) nurses are caring for people whose lives have been impacted by conflict, epidemics or disasters. Josie is part of a project using smartphones to help us understand more about humanitarian nursing and ultimately save lives. In this fourth part of her blog, she begins piloting the project in Bangladesh.
06 Dec 2018 / 5 minute read
Josie Gilday
Josie Gilday
Nurse
Innovation: A day in the life of a humanitarian nursing team – Arriving in Bangladesh
Josie is an experienced MSF nurse embarking on an innovative new project that aims to understand the vital role of nurses in humanitarian emergencies, using data to ultimately save lives. In this third part of her blog, she arrives in Bangladesh to test a newly developed app.
14 Nov 2018 / 5 minute read
Josie Gilday
Josie Gilday
Nurse
Innovation: A day in the life of a humanitarian nursing team – Developing data collection tools
Do you remember everything you did today? How long did each task take? How many times did you repeat them? What if the answers to these questions could help change how MSF delivers medical care in an emergency? Nurse Josie Gilday blogs…
05 Nov 2018 / 6 minute read
MSF nurse Hanne and a colleague in Bangladesh
Hanne Beernaerts
Hanne
Nurse
Nursing in the world's largest refugee camp
900,000 refugees are currently living in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh. Medical needs are running high. Hanne joins the Médecins Sans Frontières / Doctors Without Borders (MSF) team trying to meet them.
29 Oct 2018 / 6 minute read
A premature baby is wrapped in a recovery blanket in Gambella hospital, Gambella
Harriet Zych
Harriet Zych
Nurse
A neonatal experience in Gambela, Ethiopia
Just one month ago, Harriet began her first posting with Médecins Sans Frontières / Doctors Without Borders (MSF). She is working at a busy hospital in Ethiopia, where she is working to ensure that very young babies have the best possible start in life. She blogs about her own first 28 days…
29 Oct 2018 / 6 minute read
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