In the year 2000 world leaders adopted the United Nation’s Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) to address specific development needs to improve the quality of living for the world.  According to the MDGs fact sheet http://www.undp.org/mdg/basics.shtml, “The Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) are the most broadly supported, comprehensive and specific development goals the world has ever agreed upon.”  What are the similarities between the United Nation’s Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and the curriculum within a LVN or LPN program?  Goals, especially in the nursing profession, provide a framework to foster collaboration between the patient, nurse and the rest of the healthcare team to reach expected outcomes.

 
The MDGs require not only nurses, but everyone from all nations to work together to reach the selected goals by the year 2015. In fact, there are eight MDGs with 21 quantifiable targets measured by 60 indicators that address various needs.  These goals include

1 Eradicate Extreme Poverty and Hunger,

2 Achieve Universal Primary Education,

3 Promote Gender Equality and Empower Women,

4 Reduce child Mortality

5 Improve Maternal Health,

6 Combat HIV/AIDS , Malaria and Other Diseases

7 Ensure Environmental Sustainability, and

8 A Global Partnership For Development.