Udupi: Manipal College of Nursing celebrates International Nurses Day

Bellevision Media Network

Udupi, 13 May 2016: Nurses being the change agents for society is the vision of the International Council of Nurses (ICN). This year the theme chosen for International Nurses Day was ‘Nurses: A force for change: Improving health systems’ resilience.’ Manipal College of nursing and Manipal School of nursing, Manipal university, Manipal observed week long activities to commemorate this significant event in the profession. International Nurses Day (IND) is celebrated every year all around the world by nurses on May 12 to remember the birth anniversary of Florence Nightingale and to mark significant contribution of nurses towards people’s health.

 

Captain Ajitha P S, chief nursing officer at Premium Healthcare, Kozhikode, Kerala - an eminent person in the profession was the chief guest for the programme. In her message to the audience she stressed that young nurses have advanced in their capacity to be resilient, because of the adversity in the situations they are exposed to at a very early age. She also said that the government’s inability to emphasize on the problem of inadequate nurses in the country will lead to dissatisfaction among consumers of healthcare which will ultimately affect the quality of care. She also said, ‘Each and every nurse need to introspect and realize how they ought to be. The present healthcare workforce demands nurses to be more logical, resilient and how they can raise above to take the profession forward.’

 

 

Dr Anice George, dean of Manipal College of Nursing, in her address to the students said that values of commitment, loyalty, integrity, humane touch and teamwork are essential for every nurse in the profession and that only if nurses are loyal towards their organization the performance of the organization will be of high standards.

 

Students and faculty of the college participated actively in events such as quiz held on May 6, mime competition held on May 9, extempore on May 10tand a half day seminar on May 12. The various themes for the seminar were in line with the theme of ICN. 

 

The distinguished speakers were Dr Judith Angelitta Noronha, Associate Dean, Manipal College of Nursing whose session on ‘Improving organization resilience by quality nursing education,’ emphasized on areas of improving organizational resilience. Being resilient strengthens leadership, enhances organizational performance and brings readiness for change. She also said that nursing education should focus on achieving seventeen sustainable developmental goals and the main areas of focus are teamwork, work environment, approaches to risk management and communication.

 

Talk on ‘Quality impact-role of a nurse administrator’ was taken by Dr Kasturi R Adiga, principal of School of Nursing Manipal, she stressed that nurses need to be assertive and as the healthcare system is digitalized confidentiality of the data is of utmost importance. She also said in her message that inter-professional education and practice needs to be incorporated for quality service.

 

Dr Christopher Sudhakar, dean of Manipal School of Nursing Mangaluru addressed on ‘Accreditation: force for change in 21st century,’ he highlighted on the basics of accreditation and role of different accrediting bodies in improving nursing education and healthcare.