León, Gto., February 20, 2018.- With the aim of strengthening their knowledge of health care, as well as sharing experiences and techniques of intervention in nursing, students of the University of Guanajuato (UG) Campus León, held an academic stay at the Southern Oregon University.

For three weeks, sixth-, seventh-and eighth-semester students of the nursing and obstetrics degree in the Guanajuato campus of León, coordinated by Dr. María Luisa Flores Arias, a research professor at UG, had the opportunity to Interact with students at the of Southern Oregon University's Faculty of Nursing to share theoretical and practical knowledge about health care, promotion, and prevention.

As part of the academic activities, they attended the course "Helping Babies Breathe" with which they obtained a certificate that accredits them to have the theoretical-practical knowledge for neonatal resuscitation and to intervene in a situation in which a newly born may have difficulty breathing.

Among the clinics visited are the Wellness Center, Three Rivers Clinic and George Briscoe School, all located in Oregon, which allowed students to learn how to work in the health system of the United States and on the Importance of providing nursing care with a humanist vision, in which the patient's family is involved so that the environment is favorable for its early recovery.

This academic link between the two universities also allowed the students to make visits to health institutions to have direct contact with professionals specialized in nursing, to know the technological equipment used for the Patient care, observe the conditions of the facilities and the environment generated to encourage the performance of the workers and the care of the sick.

In the same way, the interaction with students and health professionals of that country facilitated to broaden the vision of the measures that the American government makes so that from an early age child could carry out physical activity in homes and schools, in addition to that Constant medical visits for health prevention are scheduled.

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