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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.

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
Josie Gilday
Josie Gilday
Nurse
Innovation: A day in the life of a humanitarian nursing team - the start
Nurses are key members of the Médecins Sans Frontières / Doctors Without Borders MSF team, providing vital medical care to patients in emergencies around the world. But staffing guidelines for nurses are largely based on experience and expert opinion rather than evidence.  Josie blogs from the start of a new project that’s aiming to change that…
29 Oct 2018 / 6 minute read
Al Qayarah camp
Vera Schmitz
Nurse
Iraq: Life after the war
A year after the end of the Iraq war, MSF is still providing desperately needed health care to people who were forced to flee the violence. Vera blogs...
26 Oct 2018 / 5 minute read
The triplets at Peshawar Women’s Hospital
Sundas Pervez MSF
Sundas Parvez
Nurse
Pakistan: Three baby girls and a proud mother
Sundas Parvez is a nurse in the newborn unit at Peshawar Women’s Hospital in Pakistan, where she has been working with Médecins Sans Frontières / Doctors Without Borders (MSF) since 2014. In this blog, she writes about caring for newborn triplets and the chance to speak to their mother. 
26 Sep 2018 / 3 minute read
Brigitte Ireson-Valois
Nurse
Haiti: Providing tender love and care
"As we are nearing the final closure date of the hospital, we, the management team, are trying to make sure we have everything organized and planned for the final days..."
21 Sep 2018 / 3 minute read
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