Even when in-person programming returned, Purcell continued to teach online. “The work I do is fighting to decrease this statistic,” says Purcell.ĭuring the pandemic, when she couldn’t teach people in person, Purcell began teaching on Cybersight, the Orbis telemedicine and e-learning platform. Globally, she says, 1.1 billion people live with vision loss–90% of which is avoidable. “During training programs, we care for children and adults with a wide variety of eye diseases, including cataracts, glaucoma, strabismus, and other conditions that can cause vision loss or blindness.” I work with them on the plane and in the partner hospital,” explains Purcell. I provide in-person, hands-on training to local nurse teams in infection control and emergency preparedness during training programs. “Training is at the heart of everything Orbis does and everything I do in my daily role.
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It travels to locations that don’t have access to quality eye care, and the staff trains eye care teams–ophthalmologists, nurses, anesthesiologists, and biomedical engineers–on how to deliver the same care in their community. Photo credit: Geoff Oliver Bugbee/Orbis International Eyes in the SkiesĪccording to Purcell, the Flying Eye Hospital is a fully accredited ophthalmic teaching hospital on board a plane. I promised myself that I would join their Voluntary Faculty, a global force of more than 400 medical experts who share their skills with local eye care teams around the world,” says Purcell.Īngela Purcell is the Associate Director of Nursing for Orbis International’s Flying Eye Hospital. “After a few years in this high-intensity specialty, I moved to specialize in eyes and earned my diploma in ophthalmic nursing,” she says.ĭuring her ophthalmic studies, Purcell attended a conference where she heard an Orbis representative talk about their work. Her first job out of nursing school was working as part of intensive care teams at a cardiovascular heart and lung specialty hospital. Purcell attended nursing school at Cambridge University Hospital in England, earning her RN degree in 1985. I knew it was the right decision as I thought about the lives I could change by helping to improve the well-being of others.” “It was then I decided to start my training to become a nurse. Those attributes attracted me to the profession,” recalls Purcell. Good nursing depends on discipline, keen observation, and sound clinical skills. During that brief experience as a patient, I was inspired by the nurses around me. “When I was unexpectedly hospitalized, my life and career path changed forever. Purcell, now an RN with an Ophthalmic Nurse diploma and the Associate Director of Nursing for Orbis International’s Flying Eye Hospital, began her career as a legal secretary. In fact, she didn’t even start working as a nurse until an amazing experience changed her life permanently. Purcell didn’t start her career expecting to help save people’s eyesight around the globe. Angela Purcell, a nurse making a difference, has helped save patients’ sight and taught others how as part of the Flying Eye Hospital.
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