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Navigating compounding problems in the healthcare system

“I grew up in Beirut in Lebanon in the post-Civil War period, and I saw a lot of trauma casualties during my growing up years. I wanted to really help the people around me, be there for first aid and be present during emergencies. I studied nursing at American University of Beirut just after the war, so my training was at the American University Hospital during a recovery period. You can imagine how things work after a devastating war, with a city that was shredded for 15 years. Nothing was working and all the systems were being reconstructed from scratch.”

Rana Abdel Malak is a doctor of nursing administration as well as a certified global nurse consultant. She has a heavy background in nursing leadership and owns the intellectual property rights to two career advancement and placement systems used in healthcare settings. She has also contributed research for and reviewed numerous studies on nursing and leadership in peer-reviewed journals, Rana currently serves as a contract healthcare consultant and full time course director for Osten healthcare. She also serves as a part-time professor at the University of Balamand in Beiruit.

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