Christ Church Canterbury University educational assessment report: Da Nang Hospital for Women and Children NICU/HDU, prepared for Newborns Vietnam

This report represents the findings of an educational assessment visit undertaken by Christ Church Canterbury University in March 2012, following a request to the Royal College of Nursing (RCN) by Newborns Vietnam (NBV) a charitable organisation working in partnership with the Da Nang Department of Health for assistance to advance neonatal care in central Vietnam. All parties recognised that nurses are critical to good neonatal care and assistance was sought to assess current skills, knowledge, working practices and to explore the potential to develop Vietnam’s first neonatal nurse training curriculum. NBV’s objective is to address the lack of a formal neonatal nurse training programme and through its fundraising activities provide sponsorship for additional nurses to improve the nurse baby ratio to facilitate the training and to provide the evidence base for advocacy for increased resources for neonatal care within Vietnam.